While we all have our own personal experiences with education, being a teacher is a lot different than being a student. Through our teacher highlights, we aim to showcase the experiences of our teachers in education and with the Residency program. Read below for Lilly...
Today we are highlighting one of our wonderful Mentor Teachers, Michelle Culpepper! She teaches 5th grade at our partner school, Kansas City International Academy and has been a Mentor Teacher for KCTR for the past 2 years. Mentor Teachers are the backbone of the Residency....
Teacher: Paula Hayden School: Academie Lafayette Grade level: 6th Grade ELA Years teaching: two years Hometown: Kansas City, MO Degrees: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Art History, Kansas City Art Institute; Master of Arts, History of Art, University of Kansas; Master of Education, Urban Education, Park University What were you doing...
On March 27th, at the spring conference of the Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE), Ms. Tawar Khalandi and Ms. Shamara Moore were recognized as two of Missouri’s Outstanding Beginning Teachers. Our first award winner, Ms. Khalandi, is a graduate of the Kansas City...
Teacher: Lauren Rodriguez Celestin School: KIPP: Endeavor Academy Grade level: 7th grade ELA Years teaching: two years Hometown: St. Louis, MO Degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Missouri-Kansas City; Master of Education in Urban Education from Park University What were you doing before you became a teacher? Before teaching,...
Teacher: Sarah Koo, KCTR Cohort Two School: Millennium @ Santa Fe Elementary, Hickman Mills C-1 District Grade level: 4th - ELA, Math, Social Studies, Science Years teaching: less than one year Hometown: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Degrees: Bachelors in Neuropsychology and Theater from UMKC; Masters Candidate in of Urban Education from Park...
Teacher: Camille Wilcox, KCTR Cohort Two School: Troost Elementary Grade level: 3rd Years teaching: less than one year Hometown: Kansas City, MO Degrees: Bachelor's in Healthcare Administration; Master's of Urban Education (Spring 2019) What were you doing before you became a teacher? Before I became a teacher I was a Paraprofessional. I have...