Dear Professor O'Neil,
I hope you’ll indulge a short, out-of-the-blue
email. I'm the Recruitment Manager of a great teacher prep program in
Boston called MATCH Teacher Residency. Basically, we give recent
college graduates one year of intense training designed
to make them unusually effective rookie teachers. We then help them
find positions in high-need schools, and continue to support them as
they begin their careers in the classroom.
All the info on our program can be found here:
http://www.matchschool.org/
I have a simple request
that seems win-win if indeed you help one of your students find just
the "right" opportunity upon graduation: Could you please take the time
to forward the following blurb along to the
students from your Political Science classes?
If you’d be kind enough to help, I'd be really grateful and send you all the positive karma I have.
All the best,
Eric Johnson
MATCH Corps
Recruitment Manager
Recruitment Manager
ATTENTION--SENIORS AND RECENT GRADS:
Do you want to be an unusually effective first year teacher in a high-poverty charter school?
If so, you should consider MATCH Teacher Residency--an innovative, one-year teacher residency program.Basically, we give recent college graduates one year of intense training. We then help them find positions in high-need schools, and continue to support them as they begin their careers in the classroom.
What sets MTR apart from other teacher prep programs? 1) We’re prescriptive, like a sports coach or piano teacher; you learn and practice very specific “Teacher Moves.” 2) Trainees are specifically being prepared to teach in certain charter schools with a track record of “turning around” low-performing kids. 3) We have a very particular approach, which involves building relationships 1-on-1 with kids and parents, then using those relationships to run a tight ship in class, enforcing rules consistently, and pushing/demanding a LOT from our kids.
MTR is no different from the MATCH Corps (our full-time tutoring program) from Monday to Thursday. However, unlike MATCH Corps, MTRs want to go on to become full-time teachers in high-poverty, “No Excuses” charter schools. So on Fridays and Saturdays, MTRs learn about the nuts and bolts of teaching, do tons of practice, and get a lot of coaching.
We’re especially proud of our
brand new elementary school, MATCH Community Day, which specifically
serves students who speak a language other than English at home. MATCH
Teacher Residents have the option to
serve at MATCH Community Day, or our previously established High School
or Middle School. For more information on MATCH Community Day, have a
look at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
For more information about MATCH Teacher Residency, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.matchschool.org/