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 Mr. Ben Guest, a former MTC participant, Peace Corps Volunteer, and Amherst College graduate. Dr. 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 University, Princeton University, Duke University, the University of Chicago, the University of North Carolina, Brown University, Amherst College, Williams College, and the University of Mississippi.

The eighteenth class of participants arrived in June of 2007. The nineteenth class began the initial summer training on June 3rd, 2008.

MTC also offers a summer internship for rising seniors, juniors, and sophomores.

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