Center for Teacher Education - J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

2008 Urban Teachers Institute Staff, Mentors, and Participants

Welcome to the Urban Teacher Institute

This summer brought the Second Annual Urban Teachers Summer Institute. Twenty-six Richmond, Petersburg, and Henrico County Public School Teachers came together to participate in a one week institute of professional development hosted by J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College's Center for Teacher Education, supported by Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Education and funded by The Community Foundation. Sunday, June 22 was a Kick-Off reception that included a keynote address by Dr. Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, an authority on Urban Education. Each day was split between a morning training session with Dr. Shirley Key, an Urban Education expert from Memphis, TN. Each afternoon was spent in content specific training with top instructors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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For more information regarding JSRCC’s Urban Teachers Institute or to find out how you can participate, please contact Dr. Harriet Morrison in the Center for Teacher Education.

Dr. Harriet R. Morrison
Director, Center for Teacher Education
Room 358, Downtown Campus
(804) 523-5543 (ph)
(804) 523-5085 (fax)
hmorrison@reynolds.edu