Each fall, Dr. Andy Mullins, the co-founder of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, teaches a course on leadership to the second-years.  “The course is an examination of effective leadership across a wide variety of situations,” said Dr. Mullins.

(Dr. Andy Mullins and the Class of 2005)

“The course is going very well this year,” said Dr. Mullins.  “There is a lot of give and take between me and the students, but more importantly, there is a lot of give and take between the students themselves.  It has truly been a pleasure teaching this group.”

“Every year Dr. Mullins’ class is the highest rated on our anonymous evaluations,” said Mr. Ben Guest, the Program Manager of the Teacher Corps.  “The students really enjoy exploring the issues he brings up.  Effective leadership is difficult to narrow down, and the students enjoy the process.”

(The Mississippi River)

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 350 participants, reaching an estimated 70,000 students, have taught in critical-needs school districts as part of the Mississippi Teacher Corps.

(MTC Class of 2006)

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