Nine Residents in Cohort 1 are nicely tucked under graduate seminar desks and beginning to think about working with their Clinical Faculty Coaches (master teachers) to jointly launch their classrooms in the fall. You can read all about it under their blog named, Resident Talk. They are wonderful. Of course. Talented. Bright. Passionate. Caring. Dedicated. Fun. Grounded.
Does it get any better than this?
These nine came from all walks of life - from the big city and the small town. All but one came directly from undergraduate and graduate school programs. We have 3 Residents from Virginia Tech, and one each from Temple, U. of Chicago, William & Mary, Radford U and of course, VCU! We have in our midst 4 English, 3 Social Studies, 1 Math and 1 Science teacher (s). They will set you on fire with their enthusiasm and drive. They want to teach for change. They know that our world depends on teachers who do. They are up for the challenge.
If you were to talk to them they would snag your attention. They are eager to be the tipping point for student success. They already talk about measuring their success by the success of their students. They are eager to position their students to learn and grow and wonder and try and stretch and imagine and hope and dream and become . . .
. . . to be transformed by the learning itself.
. . . to be ignited to become the change.
. . . to be full of imaging what could be in place of what is.
Yep, this Cohort 1 is special. They are on the cusp of something big. Something sacred even. Something beyond words and description. In two weeks when they step into their Richmond Public Schools classrooms, they will become the important tipping point in many lives. The critical factor is building up a city from inside a classroom.
At the end of the day, does it get any better than this?
