04.14.06

Outstanding teacher candidates attend Teachers of Promise Institute

By Mike Frontiero
VCU School of Education
April 14, 2006

Only the best teacher candidates get into the annual “Teachers of Promise Institute” and this year six students from VCU were among those who did.

Co-sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Milken Educator Network, the institute offers an exemplary professional development program that focuses on advancing teacher quality and encourages new teachers to remain in Virginia.

“As the VCU faculty representative at this event, I left with a renewed sense of hope and excitement about the future of our profession,” said Tammy M. Milby, an instructor in the School of Education’s Department of Teaching and Learning. “Our candidates were exceptional.”

Representing VCU were: Becky Bednar, Hannah Castro, Lindsey Covington,
Susan Rumans, Amelia Vogt-Guigou – all studying Elementary Education – and Chris Tuck, who is studying Health and Physical Education.

"I was so blessed when the institute was over because it equipped me with the creative ideas and motivation to be a superior teacher," said Ms. Vogt-Guigou.

Outstanding teacher candidates are selected from all 37 of the state’s approved teacher education programs, including the VCU School of Education, and are provided with award-winning mentors during their first year in the classroom.

Participants are selected on a competitive basis and represent the commonwealth's most promising and gifted pre-service teachers. They must exhibit a strong commitment to their profession and demonstrate the traits necessary for an exemplary career in public education.

The institute has been held at James Madison University for the past three years.

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