Shortly after earning my bachelor’s, I felt a tremendous urgency to join the fight against the achievement gap by becoming this battle’s strongest soldier: a teacher. I stepped into the inner-city Detroit classroom that I would call home for my first year of teaching as a Teach for America corps member. I came to appreciate the notion that the quality …
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Student Spotlight: Dieuwertje Kast | Chino, CA
My name is Dieuwertje “DJ” Kast, and I am currently writing this blog from the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies on Catalina Island. I am here with a group of high school students from San Diego’s High Tech High North County who won the QuikSCience challenge, which is a marine biology and STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) competition …
Skills Gained While Earning a Degree Online
This post was written by Michelle Curtis, her background is in nonprofit work and she plans to take the skills that she has learned at USC Rossier to the classroom. Learn more about Michelle here.
Earning your degree through USC Rossier Online will help you hone skills that may go uncultivated in a traditional brick-and-mortar program. The skills discussed here are only …
Thank a Teacher Thursday
It’s always Teacher Appreciation Day here on Thursdays and today we’ve decided to feature a group of teachers and educators who we’ve seen grow their PLN via multiple forms of social media, including Twitter’s #edchat, their dynamic blogs, and their ability to interact with educators for PD! We’ll continue to spotlight a handful of individuals for Thank a Teacher Thursdays …
Five Reasons Why a Master of Education is Worth Investing In
A Master of Education degree is designed to provide teachers with the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to become more effective educators. ME degree programs tend to focus on curriculum and instruction, teacher leadership, educational technology, administration or special education.
In many states, a Master of Education (ME) is not required to teach, but those teachers who decide not to pursue …
The Best Undergraduate Majors for Becoming a Teacher
Becoming a teacher does not require getting an undergraduate degree in education. In fact, getting an undergraduate degree in another subject and then pursuing a master’s degree in education may be a wise option — particularly if you want to teach at the secondary level. Majoring in a subject other than education provides you with content knowledge and skills that …
USC Career Services: Tips for Applying to Teaching Positions
Anita Singh is the Career Counselor for USC Rossier students. She is from New Jersey, is a MAT graduate, and is currently stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Commencement is finally here, which means that many people will be focused on their job search. If you are looking for job opportunities, I am here to help you with your resume, cover …
Student Spotlight: Christine David | Seattle, WA
This student spotlight was written by Christine David. Christine graduates this May with her MAT TESOL degree. She is excited to start her position at Shantou University which begins in August 2013.
Will the Guilty Parties Please Stand for Your Applause
With five graduate school rejections in hand, I began speaking with my USC Admissions Counselor. I was discouraged, thinking no one …
How to Prepare a Resume When Applying to a Master’s Program
The rules for writing a resume or curriculum vitae (CV) for graduate school are a little different than they are for the ordinary job hunt, but the end goal is still the same: you want to make it is clear that your particular qualifications make you a good fit for this opportunity. These five tips will help you prepare the …
10 Tips on How to Write a Statement of Purpose for Graduate School
It requires a fair amount of direction to successfully complete the application process, and most grad school applicants don’t enter into the process half-heartedly. However, when it comes time to express that sense of direction verbally, the pressure can be intense, even stifling. These 10 tips on how to write a statement of purpose for grad school will help you …
Weekly Writing Tip #28
This post was written by James Hayashi. James is the writing advisor for USC Rossier Online and Rossier’s Masters Programs office. He earned his Master of Professional Writing from USC, and enjoys writing in the field of creative non-fiction in his (limited) free time.
“Clutter” (Pt 3)
Dear Trojans,
Today’s entry concludes our series on cleaning up the clutter from our writing. …
