first-year teaching – School Stories

A Teaching Fellow Finds Her Footing

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 - by Madeleine Cummings

Luisa Cavagna once thought she wanted to be a doctor, but now her heart is in the classroom

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Surviving the First Year, Day by Day, in the South Bronx

March 28, 2014May 13, 2014 - by Dartunorro Clark

Just getting through the first year is an accomplishment for a new teacher, but Emma Schneider, 31, is determined to make a difference in the lives of her students at the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science in the Bronx.