INDEPENDENT SCHOOL TEACHING RESIDENCY (M.S.ED.)
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ProgramFormat: Full-time Facts: INDEPENDENT SCHOOL TEACHING Summer Entry Term n Format: Professional Full-time Course Requirements: 10 Courses RESIDENCY (M.S.ED.) n Summer Entry Term The M.S.Ed. program in Independent School Teaching nTypical Course Course Requirements: Load: Summer: 2 Residency (ISTR) prepares early career educators in our courses,10 courses Fall: 4 courses, Spring: 4 courses partner schools with foundational pedagogy and classroom n Culminating Experience: management skills to become successful teachers through a ProgramInquiry projectLength: and 12 Months final portfolio highly mentored fellowship. nCulminating Program Length: Experience: 2 years ISTR enables aspiring and early career teachers to receive a master’s nOral Prerequisite: Clinical Comprehensive Hired at partner Exam degree in education while completing teaching fellowships at ANDindependent Written Report school host partner schools. With a comprehensive curriculum designed specifically for the independent schools’ unique settings, ISTR features intensive on-site sessions in combination with innovative and collaborative distance learning. Penn GSE Facts: Boarding School Partners Day School Partners n 950+ Master’s students Deerfield Academy Gilman School n 390+ Doctoral students The Hotchkiss School Greenwich Academy n 40 Standing faculty The Lawrenceville School Hathaway Brown School The Loomis Chaffee School Hopkins School n 70% of faculty are involved in Milton Academy North Shore Country Day School international initiatives Miss Porter’s School Princeton Day School n Ranked in Top 10 by U.S. News Northfield Mount Hermon Riverdale Country School and World Report St. Paul’s School Roxbury Latin Taft School St. Anne’s–Belfield School St. Albans School The Shipley School Trinity School
Required Courses Application Deadline & The curriculum of the Boarding School Teaching Residency (BSTR) and Requirements the curriculum of the Day School Teaching Residency (DSTR) are each Applicants must first apply directly to a divided into three interconnected strands that span the length of the partner school for a fellowship position. two-year program. • Teaching and Learning / • History, Culture, and Social Contexts • Reflective Practice
Faculty John Allman, M.A., University of Virginia Kerry P. Brennan, M.A., Columbia University Ed Brockenbrough, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Kai Bynum, Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania Zachary Herrmann, Ed.L.D., Harvard University Charlotte E. Jacobs, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania For the most up-to-date information visit Chistopher Pupik Dean, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania www.gse.upenn.edu/apply Janine Remillard, Ph.D., Michigan State University Sonia M. Rosen, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Frances Rust, Ed.D., Columbia University Hugh Silbaugh, M.Ed., Harvard University Indu Singh, B.A., Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College Alumni Jessica Whitelaw, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Computer Science Teacher, The Latin School Katherine G. Windsor, Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania Director of Choral Music, Episcopal Jonathan Zimmerman, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University High School English Teacher, Northfield Mount Professional Full-time Hermon School The ISTR program acknowledges the significant time demands placed History and Social Sciences Teacher, on students serving in teaching fellowships at host partner schools while Milton Academy concurrently pursuing their master’s degree studies. ISTR’s blended on- site and online curriculum allows students to meet their full-time partner History Teacher, Taft School school fellowship obligations while simultaneously completing their Mathematics Teacher, master’s degree studies over the course of two years. Milton Academy Science Teacher, The Walnut Contact Information University of Pennsylvania Hill School Graduate School of Education Independent School Teaching Visual Arts Faculty, Northfield Mount Residency, M.S.Ed. 3700 Walnut Street Hermon School Philadelphia, PA 19104 Christopher Pupik Dean, Ph.D. Phone: (877) Penn-GSE Co-Director Fax: (215) 746-6884 Charlotte E. Jacobs, Ph.D. Co-Director