The Teacher Face: Does it really exist?

MTC recently had their annual "summer photo day." Photos were taken of both the first and second-years.

"In the first photo the first-years were instructed to smile," said Ben Guest, Program Manager for the Mississippi Teacher Corps. "In the second photo we asked the first-years to put on their meanest 'teacher face.'"

(The first-years with their "teacher face")

"In the second-year photo we instructed the second-years to smile," said Mr. Guest.

(The second-years smiling...)

The Mississippi Teacher Corps is the most competitive alternate-route teaching program in the country. It 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 master's degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Mississippi. The program was founded in 1989 by Amy Gutman, a Harvard University graduate student, and Dr. Andy Mullins, then Special Assistant to the State Superintendent of Education. 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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