Summer Internship
The Mississippi Teacher Corps (MTC) 2012 Summer Internship runs from May 28th to August 3rd. The application deadline for this summer has passed. Applicants will be notified no later than Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
The internship is unfunded. Housing on-campus costs $450 for the summer. Some meals are provided during the internship. We estimate that an intern needs about $1,000 for the summer. This covers housing and food expenses over the nine weeks.
The MTC Summer Internship has several components:
- Updating the MTC Oral History Project (started by 2010 Summer Interns Betsy Critchfield and Larissa Davis). This involves interviewing past MTC participants and staff members and adding to the oral history database.
- Assisting with the running of the MTC Summer School in Holly Springs. This involves: working with the summer school principal; interacting with parents and staff; observing classes; and helping to run after-school activities.
- Working at the main MTC office. This includes: interviewing principals and superintendents about the performance on the MTC teachers; taking photos for the MTC website; and helping to set the fall recruiting agenda.
- Attending the speaker series. We generally bring in two speakers each week to address the interns. Past speakers have included Andy Mullins (University of Mississippi), John Winkle (UM), Marian Barksdale (Oxford School Board), and Tucker Carrington (Mississippi Innocence Project).
- Field Trips. The internship usually includes at least three field trips: a tour of several towns in the Mississippi Delta, a trip to Jackson (the capital of Mississippi) and a visit to the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
You can see photos here, here, here and here and videos here, here, here and here.
2011 Summer Interns:
Kalina Deng
Wellesey College ’14
Briana Hanny
Amherst College ’13
Matthew Rawson
Amherst College ’12
Malik Sanders
Hampton University ’12
2010 Summer Interns:
Betsy Critchfield
Amherst College ’11
Larissa Davis
Amherst College ’13
Hallie Paul
University of Alabama ’12
2009 Summer Interns:
Shanika Audige
Amherst College ’12
Asia-Sierra Millette
Amherst College ’11
Kelly Tellis-Warren
Amherst College ’10
Mississippi Teacher Corps Class of 2010
Tahina Vatel
Amherst College ’12
2008 Summer Interns:
Matt Hopper
University of Mississippi (Honors College) ’09
Christine Lyons
Amherst College ’11
Amanda McGinn
Amherst College ’10
Philip Mohr
St. Johns College ’10
Mississippi Teacher Corps Class of 2010
Ashton Seip
University of Mississippi (Honor’s College) ’09
Mississippi Teacher Corps Class of 2009
Catherine Servati
University of Mississippi (Honor’s College) ’09
Elise Tropiano
Amherst College ’09
LaTisha Wilson
Amherst College ’09
2007 Summer Intern:
Lauryn Smith
Vanderbilt University ’09
2006 Summer Intern:
Molly Goldwasser
Duke University ’07
Mississippi Teacher Corps Class of 2007
2005 Summer Intern:
Virginia Best
University of North Carolina ’06
2004 Summer Intern:
Kamiah Turner
Rhodes College ’05