Interesting Article over at EDWeek
Chanté Chambers, the managing director of recruitment at historically black colleges and universities at the New York City-based Teach For America, sees the same trend playing out in her organization’s efforts to recruit teachers among high-achieving college students. She said education’s perceived low status is “definitely a major barrier” to bringing more men, and particularly black men, into the teaching field.
“They’re coming from communities that are not necessarily affluent, so it adds to that pressure to be that breadwinner, to have financial stability, … to make six figures so they can give back to their communities in a meaningful way,” she said.
Closing out Teacher Appreciation Week
We’ve take time to thank quite a few UA educators this week, both here and on Twitter. It’s not quite the weekend yet, so there’s still time for a bit more!
The Student Opportunities Team would like to thank the following teachers, with whom we work closely on enrichment, partnerships, and mentoring, for their dedication to students both in and outside of the classroom. Thank you for your dedication to ensuring your students have meaningful connections to enrichment experiences…
Franchesca Ho Sang, UA Green Careers
Carrie Bray, UA School for Wildlife Conservation
Daphne LaBua, UA School for New Technology
Danielle Cardarelli, UA School for Criminal Justice
Sharon Aiuvalasit, UA School for Careers in Sports
Jennifer Gennaro, UA Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists
Teacher Appreciation Day 2012
May 8th marks this year’s Teacher Appreciation Day. It takes a lot of folks to keep UA schools up and running, and our wonderful teachers play an extremely important role in nearly all that we do.
Whether they are making visits to students’ homes in the middle of the summer, or devising new and engaging teaching methods, our instructors consistently go the extra mile. We are incredibly grateful for them, not just today, but every single day of the year.
Have you recently stopped to tell a teacher how much their work means to you? Now would be the perfect time!
About Us
The Urban Assembly (UA) is a non-profit organization that creates and serves a growing network of New York City public secondary schools. We are dedicated to empowering underserved students by providing them with the academic and life skills necessary for college and career success. During the 2012 school year, we are serving 8,500 students in 20 schools from under-resourced neighborhoods across The Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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