Tuesday, October 24. 2000
NEWS
THE BATTALION
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Teach for America program set
to share teaching ideas at A&M
By Courtney Stelzel
The Battalion
^H'hc traditional four-year curricu
lum program to receive a bachelor’s
degi ee and teaching certificate may
beihanging as organizations such as
the Teach for America program seek
to place college graduates in teach
ing positions around the country af
ter five weeks of training.
^■"he Teach for America program is
a “corps of teachers” who want to
change the world for public school
.students. Some of its members are
scheduled to visit Texas A&M in
mid November to hold information
al [essions regarding the possibility
ofpecoming a corps member. The
Te|eh for America program will be
gin recruiting in the spring.
■A&M education department offi
cials declined to comment on the
Teach for America program because
the\ were not familiar with the
specifics of the program. However,
the\ said they are interested in seeing
the program when Teach for Ameri
ca pomes to A&M.
■The program was started by Wendy
Km)pp, who graduated from Princeton
University more than 10 years ago.
The program’s mission is for all chil
dren to receive an education, no mat
ter what socio-economic background
they come from or what type of neigh-
borhood their school is in.
i^HTeach for America alumni mem
bers recruit college graduates, train
p? them and then place them in various
if schools throughout the nation. The
lyfl recruits are hired at beginning teacher
Is salaries based on what district they
i; work for.
m “Not only are the new teachers
i placed with mentors, but they are also
i kept in contact with alumni corps
(ill members,” said Mary Stauffer, cen-
J traI recruitment director for Teach for
^ America. “This provides a source of
0 l advice, support and encouragement.”
The corps members go through a
five-week training program at either
the University of Houston or a new
location on the East Coast, yet to be
determined.
This training program teaches the
recruits and provides interaction
through hands-on experience and
discussion groups concerning teach-
“I don't think
that the recruits
will he able to
pick up on certain
disabilities that
students might
have”
— Amy Willis
A&M sophomore elementary
education major
j - —" 1
ing theory and professional develop
ment. Corps members also attend
workshops conducted by alumni and
staff members in the evenings.
“I was a corps member from
1998-2000, so speaking from per
sonal experience, I can say that the
training program is very efficient,”
said Tamara Stewart, recruitment op
erations manager for Teach for
America. Stewart added that most
school districts hire on a trial basis,
so a lack of classroom experience is
not an issue.
However, Teach for America has
received criticism at A&M for its fast
program.
“It’s not fair that they have only
five .weeks of training and are ex
pected to go out there and teach,” said
Amy Willis, a sophomore elementary
education major. “I don’t think that
the recruits will be able to pick up on
certain disabilities that students might
have. I believe the teaching and train
ing that we do to prepare for the class
room is important.”
A&M education department of
ficials said they strongly support
theory work in the classroom and
student teaching the final semester
of a students’ senior year. The de
partment is one of the top in the na
tion for teacher-retention rate, Carr
said. In the first year after gradua
tion, 96 to 100 percent of A&M
graduates remain teachers. For the
second year, about 93 percent re
main working as teachers, com
pared to the national average of
about 30 percent.
“After the first year, it is harder to
keep teachers in the field due to low
pay and long hours,” said Dr. Becky
Carr, assistant dean of academic af
fairs for the education department.
“A&M has been pretty successful in
keeping its graduates in the teaching
profession.”
The curriculum at A&M is spe
cialized, depending on what field
students want to go into within the
teaching profession. Classes range
from psychology courses dealing
with the educational development
of children to the socio-economic
backgrounds of the state in which
students plan to teach. Many of the
classes involve a great amount of
theory work, compared to the Teach
for America program, which en
courages more hands-on training
and less theory work, program offi
cials said.
“Students interested in the Teach
for America program need to be re
sourceful, intelligent, creative and
have a desire to improve public edu
cation,” Stauffer said.
For more information, visit
www.teachforamerica.com.
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White supremacist
leaves compound
to satisfy verdict
I SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Aryan
Nations leader Richard Butler has
; moved out of the Idaho compound
fhe lost in a $6.3 million verdict
against the white supremacist or
ganization, a wealthy benefactor
said Monday.
News in Brief
Vincent Bertollini said he
bought a new home for Butler in
nearby Hayden, Idaho, last week
and that the 82-year-old neo-Nazi-
has moved in.
A woman at the Aryan Nations
declined to answer questions.
Bertollini said Butler is not finished
spreading the message of white
supremacy.
“Pastor Butler will continue
preaching. Pastor Butler will con
tinue printing, and Pastor Butler
will continue to ride the Internet,”
Bertollini wrote in an email.
Butler must turn over the 20-
acre property to satisfy part of a
$6.3 million judgment against
him. A mother and son won the
negligence lawsuit last month af
ter they were attacked by Aryan
Nations security guards in 1998.
Butler is seeking a new trial, al
leging juror misconduct.
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