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Septemeber Teaching and Leading Excellence Recruiting Events

September 01, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

Each year, YES Prep's recruitment and selection team embarks on an ambitious nation-wide search for our country's top leaders.  In the month of September, we will be hosting various events across the country.  Here is our September calendar.  Come out and meet us:

SEPTEMBER 7 -

2010-2011 Online Teacher Application goes live

SEPTEMBER 8 -

Rice University Fall Career Fair, 11a-4p, Grand Hall @ the Rice Memorial Center

http://cspd.rice.edu/careerexpo

SEPTEMBER 29 -

University of Michigan Fall Career Expo, 2p-6p, Michigan Union

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23 Things to Know about Teach For America Aluma and YES Prep Southwest teacher Reem Semaan

August 27, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

1. Name: Reem Semaan

2. Position: Bio Instructor/9th GLC

3. Years of Experience: 3rd year

4. Family: Mom, Dad, 1 older brother

5. Hometown: Greensboro, NC

6. Birthday: March 1, 1986

7. College: UNC-Chapel Hill

8. Major/Minor: BIOLOGY!!/Chemistry

9. Favorite (it was movie but I changed it) Show: How I met your Mother

10. Favorite Food: Shawerma (Mary’z on Richmond has the best)

11. Hobby: Dancing, reading, movies, grading…(hah)

12. Pets: None, but I used to have 2 fish

13. Growing up, I wanted to be: A Doctor! (Teaching is actually making me reconsider)

14. The one thing I can’t live without: FAMILY!

15. The world would be a better place if: Everyone had respect for others

16. If I could go back and do one thing differently: I would have

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT - YES Corps Urban Education Internship

August 26, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

JOB OPENING:  YES Corps Urban Education Internship

REPORTS TO:  School Director/YES Corps Coordinator

JOB GOAL:  To ensure that more students in Houston have the opportunity to attain an excellent education, the YES Corps Urban Education Internship is an opportunity for local college students to attain a deeper insight into what the best school in Houston is doing to close the educational achievement gap while having a direct impact on student achievement. 

OVERVIEW:  Founded in 1998, YES Prep Public Schools is a free, open-enrollment public school system that prepares low-income, minority students in 6^th-12^th grades for college graduation. 100% of YES Prep’s graduating seniors have been accepted to college and over 90% are the first in their family to attend a four-year

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The first lesson in every great science classroom

August 23, 2010 by Reem Semaan

Walking into classroom 15 at YES Prep Southwest on any given day, one wouldn’t notice anything out of the ordinary.  Besides the Biology posters on the walls (and the lab tables sized for 3^rdgraders), it looks like just any other portable building classroom.   Four out of five days a week, it is.  One special day a week, however, the wood-paneled classroom transforms into a laboratory where students stretch their brains and explore the ins and outs of the Scientific Method.  Though our Science Department recently received some desperately needed lab supplies, we’re still lacking what many HISD schools take for granted every day.  A single electrical outlet in the classroom may be enough for a Power Point presentation, but it doesn’t go a long way when trying to plug in eight

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Five YES Prep teachers receive the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award

August 22, 2010 by Allison Poarch

Last night over 700 faculty and staff from YES Prep, KIPP and TFA gathered at the Hilton-Americas for the Be the Change Dinner. After a cocktail hour and three-course meal, five teachers from each organization were recognized with the Kinder Excellence in Teaching award. This is the second year that Nancy and Rich Kinder have funded this award, and we are truly grateful for their generosity. Below are the 5 YES Prep teachers that went home with a much-deserved $20,000 check for their outstanding work in the classroom:  

Karen Autrey

Ms. Autrey started teaching at YES Prep eight years ago and has since become a role model for YES Prep Southeast. She teaches classes ranging from AP Language and Literature to Spanish III, and her students consistently rank among the highest on campus

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