Our Program
This two-year program is designed specifically for TFA corps members teaching in Philadelphia public and charter schools. The primary purposes are to:
- Support classroom teaching in the content areas
- Enhance learning about urban education
- Provide theoretical and practical frameworks for understanding pedagogy, content, and urban students
- Develop ways to build positive and meaningful relationships with students, staff and parents
- Support TFA corps members as teachers who learn from each other, from other teachers, and from students
- Enable corps members to find ways to continue to support urban education whether they stay in teaching or go on to other careers
The courses in the GSE/TFA Urban Teacher Program build upon the knowledge and skills that TFA teachers acquire about teaching through TFA along with a broader concern for building a deep intellectual understanding of urban education. The courses are grounded in years of experience of practitioners, researchers, and theoreticians.
The program follows an executive model to allow TFA corps members to focus on their classrooms. Courses are held once a week and one weekend a month.
Core Principles
- Taking an inquiry stance
- Learning about urban contexts
- Practicing social justice and equity
- Joining a community of practice
- Preparing leaders
- Integrating knowledge from research, theory and practice
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