| Profile of the Month - May 2005 |
Laura Manion |
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Laura Manion teaches 7th and 8th grade English at Chambers Middle School in Arcola. She graduated from St. Johns College in Annapolis in 2004. Laura is one of a long line of St. Johns graduates who have participated in the program. Recent St. Johns graduates who have taught in the Mississippi Teacher Corps are Adam Dawson, MTC Class of 2003, and Paul Spradley, MTC Class of 2000.
Of her first year Laura says, “It's been a real challenge but I'm glad I'm here. I love my school, my principal, and my students. As middle-schoolers the kids are vibrant and energetic, but they are eager to learn.”
As for the Mississippi Delta, "It's interesting,” says Laura. “It is like one really big small town.”
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The Mississippi Teacher Corps is a two-year program that recruits recent college graduates to teach in critical-shortage areas in the Mississippi Delta, in exchange for a full scholarship for a masters' degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Mississippi . The program was founded in 1989 by Amy Gutman, a Harvard University graduate and Dr. Andy Mullins , current Special Assistant to the Chancellor of Ole Miss. Since 1989 more than 300 participants, reaching an estimated 60,000 students, have taught in critical-needs school districts as part of the Mississippi Teacher Corps.
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