Mississippi Teacher Corps
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The Mississippi Teacher Corps (MTC) is a two-year teaching program that recruits college graduates to teach in "critical-need areas" of Mississippi, specifically in the Mississippi Delta and Jackson, Mississippi. The program is the most competitive teaching program in the country, selecting about 25 applicants each year--less than 5 percent of the more than 600 applicants who apply. In addition to full teacher's pay and benefits, participants receive a full scholarship for a Master's Degree in Education in Curriculum and Instruction and specialized training for teaching in high-poverty, high-need areas. Most teachers are placed in the Mississippi Delta, though in recent years a growing number have been assigned to the greater Jackson area. The corps has an especially strong presence at Jim Hill High School in Jackson.
MTC is administered by the University of Mississippi and largely funded by the Mississippi Legislature. The program has been compared to Teach for America, the New York City Teaching Fellows, or the Peace Corps and in some ways is a combination of all three. MTC was founded by Dr. Andy Mullins and Ms. Amy Gutman in 1989. The current Program Manager is Ben Guest, a former MTC participants, Peace Corps participant, and Amherst College graduate. Ann Monroe is the lead instructor for the initial summer training.
Participants currently hail from a wide variety of private and public colleges and Universities throughout the United States including Harvard, Duke, Brown, Amherst, Williams, and Ole Miss itself.
[edit] Current placements
- Jackson
- Callaway High School
- Jim Hill High School
- Lanier High School
- Provine High School
- Powell Middle School
- Rolling Fork
- South Delta High School
- Greenwood
- Amanda Elzy High School
- Greenville
- Greenville-Weston High School
- Indianola
- Gentry High School
- Raymond
- Raymond High School
- West Tallahatchie High School
- Hollandale
- Simmons High School
- Arcola
- Chambers Middle School
