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Chicago’s Need for Special Education Teachers
If you’re considering a career as a teacher, you might find the most rewarding opportunities in special education. Over the past decade, Chicago and the nation have experienced a severe shortage of special education teachers. Special education teachers work with students who have a wide range of learning, mental, emotional, and physical disabilities. In 2019–20, […]
A Return to School Perspective from the Academy for Urban School Leadership
As Chicago Public Schools students head back to the classroom this month for their first full-time, in-person learning experience in 17 months, many will be grappling with significant learning and social emotional loss. After schools transitioned to remote learning in March 2020 and only partially reopened in spring 2021, an alarming number of students were […]
Twenty years of Transforming Lives in and out of the Classroom
AUSL is an equity-focused non-profit that works tirelessly with the belief that all students should have access to an excellent education. Since 2001, AUSL’s conviction for equity in education has impacted thousands of students and families who reside in under-resourced communities. This weekend the Chicago Teacher Residency celebrated the graduation of Diverse Learner, Elementary, and Middle School teachers. Hear from CTR graduate Amaziah […]
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Student Success: Jordyn A. Dean
[vc_row][vc_column][stm_title subtitle_enable="true" title="Jordyn A. Dean"] Chicago Academy High School, 2019 Graduate Central Michigan University Major: Physical Therapy (Nutrition or Early Childhood Minor) [/stm_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][stm_separator][vc_single_image image="7697" img_size="400x400" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chicago Academy High School graduate Jordyn A. Dean is attending Central Michigan University, her top college pick since her sophomore year in high school, to study Physical Therapy with a...
Student Success: Sabrina Akbar
[vc_row][vc_column][stm_title subtitle_enable="true" title="Sabrina Akbar"] Chicago Academy High School, 2019 Graduate Connecticut College Major: Environmental Studies [/stm_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][stm_separator][vc_single_image image="7640" img_size="500x500" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sabrina Akbar of Chicago Academy High School is headed to college as a Posse Chicago Scholar. She will be attending Connecticut College in New London, CT and is looking forward to the plethora of interesting areas of study and the...
Student Success: Emily Rivera-Paura
[vc_row][vc_column][stm_title subtitle_enable="true" title="Emily Rivera-Paura"] Solorio Academy High School, 2019 Graduate University of Wisconsin, Madison Major: Economics (Sociology Minor) [/stm_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][stm_separator][vc_single_image image="7639" img_size="500x500" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Emily Rivera-Paura is very excited to attend her dream school, University of Wisconsin-Madison, as a part of the school’s Banner Program for out-of-state, low-income students with an excellent academic...
Student Success: Leonard Smith, Jr.
[vc_row][vc_column][stm_title subtitle_enable="true" title="Leonard Smith, Jr."] Phillips Academy, 2019 Graduate University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Major: Computer Engineering [/stm_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][stm_separator][vc_single_image image="7642" img_size="400x500" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Leonard Smith, Jr. was motivated to pursue engineering after taking a calculus class his senior year at Phillips Academy High School. He will be pursuing his computer engineering degree at the University of Illinois at...
Student Success: Sean Waight
[vc_row][vc_column][stm_title subtitle_enable="true" title="Sean Waight"] Phillips Academy, 2019 Graduate University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Major: Mechanical Engineering [/stm_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][stm_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Phillips Academy graduate Sean Waight is headed to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to study mechanical engineering. He said he was inspired to go to college and study engineering after participating in the annual AUSL STEAM Fair and winning. ...
Student Success: Adrienne Toney
[vc_row][vc_column][stm_title subtitle_enable="true" title="Adrienne Toney"] Chicago Academy High School, 2019 Graduate Olivet Nazarene University Major: Criminal Justice [/stm_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][stm_separator][vc_single_image image="7695" img_size="300x400" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1565807955268{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chicago Academy High School graduate Adrienne Toney is attending Olivet Nazarene University, where she will be able to integrate her faith with her collegiate studies. ...
Student Success: Sabeer Al-Shareef
[vc_row][vc_column][stm_title subtitle_enable="true" title="Sabeer Al-Shareef"] Phillips Academy, 2019 Graduate Columbia College Chicago Major: Marketing (Fashion Merchandising Minor) [/stm_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][stm_separator][vc_single_image image="7689" img_size="250x350" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1565806782661{margin-top: 20px !important;}"] Phillips Academy graduate Sabeer Al-Shareef is staying close to home for his post-graduate plans. He will begin college at Columbia College Chicago majoring...
Student Success: Amado Candelario
[vc_row][vc_column][stm_title subtitle_enable="true" title="Amado Candelario"] Solorio Academy High School, 2019 Graduate Harvard University Major: Economics and Political Science [/stm_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1565798142177{padding-top: 10px !important;}"][stm_separator][vc_single_image image="7655" img_size="500x500" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Solorio grad Amado Candelario is headed to Harvard University as a 2019 US Presidential Scholar. Amado is interested in Economics and Political Science as majors...
Building Confidence and Self-Expression through Creative Writing
Check out what a group of over 75 creative writing students have learned this year.
Soon-to-be CTR Graduates Participate in Interview Day with the AUSL Network
The incredibly talented 2019 soon-to-be graduates of the Chicago Teacher Residency participated in a network-wide AUSL Interview Day, where they met with principals and teacher leaders to talk about taking the next steps in their careers as teachers of record within the AUSL network. We are so proud of their achievements and look forward to their continued development as teachers and teacher leaders in AUSL network schools!