Safety no. 1 concernWoody CarterThe following is a report on a survey Catalyst commissioned to see how recent education graduates decide where to teach. Institutions chosen for the survey were the University of Illinois at Chicago, National-Louis University, based in Evanston, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The survey was conducted by the Metro Chicago Information Center, a non-profit organization providing focus group, survey research, mapping and analysis services. Woody Carter, the author, is MCIC's director of research.
First the good news. About 60 percent of new teacher graduates from three... > Read More |
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CPS recruiters eye student teachersMichael HochmanBefore Phillip Daniel began student teaching at Mather High School in West Ridge last, he was open to the idea of taking a job in the Chicago Public Schools. After a semester at Mather, CPS was where this recent DePaul University graduate wanted to be.
"My view of teaching in Chicago has been enhanced," he said last summer. "Until I actually did it, there's a level of intimidation about city schools—coming from the suburbs. City schools absolutely do not have the resources that the suburbs do, so the challenges are different and greater, but the rewards are also greater."
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'Here's the city ... learn about it'Michael HochmanFor 33 years, 14 small colleges, most far removed from Chicago, have been sending student teachers to the city, placing them principally in the Chicago Public Schools. In recent years, about a third have gone on to become CPS employees, says Demetria Iazzetto, director of the Urban Education Program.
For 33 years, 14 small colleges, most far removed from Chicago, have been sending student teachers to the city, placing them principally in the Chicago Public Schools. In recent years, about a third have gone on to become CPS employees, says Demetria Iazzetto, director of the Urban... > Read More |
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Chicago faces snazzy competitionGrant PickThe Chicago School Reform Board, with its new initiative to hire "fierce crusaders," has undertaken a campaign that's lifting it into the modern age of teacher recruitment. Yet when measured against more innovative methods in use elsewhere, the drive seems quaint.
Teacher shortages have forced districts to change, and lots have done so sooner than Chicago. "While many districts are still doing the same-old same-old, others are bringing coherence and comprehensiveness to human resources," says David Haselkorn, president of Recruiting New Teachers, a Boston-based consultancy.... > Read More |
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Teacher profiles:Rachel GoldnerGrant PickIn the following pages, Catalyst shares the stories of eight new teachers as they decide where to take their first jobs. Writer Grant Pick selected them from 50 he met at job fairs last winter and spring or through the Teacher Recruitment Initiative, a joint venture of the Chicago Public Schools and the non-profit Financial Research and Advisory Committee. The thumb sketches indicate their job decisions with the Chicago Public Schools.
Though she grew up in Maplewood, N.J., 20 minutes from New York City, 22-year-old Rachel Goldner is totally enamored with Chicago. "Every... > Read More |
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Teacher profiles: Alma ParkGrant PickIn the following pages, Catalyst shares the stories of eight new teachers as they decide where to take their first jobs. Writer Grant Pick selected them from 50 he met at job fairs last winter and spring or through the Teacher Recruitment Initiative, a joint venture of the Chicago Public Schools and the non-profit Financial Research and Advisory Committee. The thumb sketches indicate their job decisions with the Chicago Public Schools.
When Alma Park approached job-fair booths last spring, the University of Chicago graduate (major: biology) with a University of Michigan... > Read More |
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Teacher profiles: Michael DiazGrant PickIn the following pages, Catalyst shares the stories of eight new teachers as they decide where to take their first jobs. Writer Grant Pick selected them from 50 he met at job fairs last winter and spring or through the Teacher Recruitment Initiative, a joint venture of the Chicago Public Schools and the non-profit Financial Research and Advisory Committee. The thumb sketches indicate their job decisions with the Chicago Public Schools.
A child of a single-mom household and the only member of his immediate family to attend college, Michael Diaz is committed to giving back. He... > Read More |
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Teacher profiles: Sara DeVriesGrant PickIn the following pages, Catalyst shares the stories of eight new teachers as they decide where to take their first jobs. Writer Grant Pick selected them from 50 he met at job fairs last winter and spring or through the Teacher Recruitment Initiative, a joint venture of the Chicago Public Schools and the non-profit Financial Research and Advisory Committee. The thumb sketches indicate their job decisions with the Chicago Public Schools.
"A classroom should fit each student's individual needs," says Sara DeVries, a special education major at the University of Illinois at... > Read More |
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Teacher profiles: Paul VogtGrant PickIn the following pages, Catalyst shares the stories of eight new teachers as they decide where to take their first jobs. Writer Grant Pick selected them from 50 he met at job fairs last winter and spring or through the Teacher Recruitment Initiative, a joint venture of the Chicago Public Schools and the non-profit Financial Research and Advisory Committee. The thumb sketches indicate their job decisions with the Chicago Public Schools.
A 1998 education graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Paul Vogt was frantic. The Air Force veteran had a wife, a baby due and... > Read More |
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Teacher profiles:Letitia MarisGrant PickIn the following pages, Catalyst shares the stories of eight new teachers as they decide where to take their first jobs. Writer Grant Pick selected them from 50 he met at job fairs last winter and spring or through the Teacher Recruitment Initiative, a joint venture of the Chicago Public Schools and the non-profit Financial Research and Advisory Committee. The thumb sketches indicate their job decisions with the Chicago Public Schools.
She thought she wanted a career in retailing. But after technical school and a year managing Express stores in Kankakee, Calumet City and... > Read More |
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Teacher profiles:Ed DavisGrant PickIn the following pages, Catalyst shares the stories of eight new teachers as they decide where to take their first jobs. Writer Grant Pick selected them from 50 he met at job fairs last winter and spring or through the Teacher Recruitment Initiative, a joint venture of the Chicago Public Schools and the non-profit Financial Research and Advisory Committee. The thumb sketches indicate their job decisions with the Chicago Public Schools.
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For four years, Ed Davis played tailback for the University of Michigan; then was acquired as a free agent by the... > Read More |
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Teacher profiles:Jada KempGrant PickIn the following pages, Catalyst shares the stories of eight new teachers as they decide where to take their first jobs. Writer Grant Pick selected them from 50 he met at job fairs last winter and spring or through the Teacher Recruitment Initiative, a joint venture of the Chicago Public Schools and the non-profit Financial Research and Advisory Committee. The thumb sketches indicate their job decisions with the Chicago Public Schools.
Jada Kemp, an elementary education major at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, launched her job search just the way Board of... > Read More |
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Chicago targets 'fierce crusaders'Grant PickLouis Anderson lay in wait for his prey in the Illini Student Union. A 53-year-old man in faintly tinted glasses and a mustard suit, he watched as education majors at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, most of them seniors, passed by the Chicago Public Schools booth at the annual job fair in April. Anderson would eye the students, nearly all dressed in black power suits, and when he caught a sympathetic look, he'd quickly check out the tag on the student's lapel and call out the first name.
"Hi, Melissa."
"I'm from the suburbs," said Melissa, who hailed from... > Read More |
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