Learning on other people's kids : becoming a Teach for America teacher

• Main Author: Veltri, Barbara Torre (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2010]
• Subjects: Teach for America (Project); First year teachers > In-service training > United States.; Federal aid to education > United States.; Children with social disabilities > Education > United States.; Education > Schools > Levels > Higher.; Teaching staff.; Higher education, tertiary education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806617579
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-444-1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages) : illustrations

This work captures the voices of TFA novices who offer candid accounts of their experiences in Becoming Teach For America Teachers. Previously unanswered questions are addressed: Why do recent college graduates apply to Teach For America? How are they recruited, trained, and hired? How do they learn...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Becoming a tfa corps member
• Chapter 1. Coaching the corps
• Chapter 2. Why become a tfa teacher?
• Chapter 3. School districts and teach for America
• Chapter 4. Corps training institute
• Chapter 5. Learning the culture of teach for America: The regional organization
• Part II. The socialization of teach for America teachers
• Chapter 6. Learning the culture of communities and schools
• Chapter 7. Learning the culture of teaching
• Chapter 8. Learning the complexities of teaching in poverty schools
• Part III. Teach for America and the education of poor children
• Chapter 9. Tfa corps members and their students
• Chapter 10. Full circle
• Chapter 11. The master narrative and teach for America
• Chapter 12. Problematics and persistent questions. Appendices references.