David Montague of Memphis Teacher Residency speaks on urban community education in Memphis, TN. www.memphistr.org

3. Sir
Edward
Hillary
&
Tenzig
Norgay

4. William
Wilberforce

5. Nelson
Mandela

6. Martin
Luther
King
Jr.

7. John M.
Perkins

8. Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn

9. Joy
Montague

10. 55 million students in
State US public schools
of Urban
10 million students in
Education 50 largest cities in US
Enrollment NYC (1st) 1.1m
Memphis (24th) – 110,000

11. 53% of all urban students
qualify for FRPL (within
State 130% of poverty line)
of Urban Memphis is the 5th
poorest public school
Education district in the US.
Poverty 83% (~90,000) of all
students qualify for
Free and Reduced Lunch.

12. 21% of teachers leave MCS
after first year of teaching
State
41% of teachers leave MCS
of Urban within their first three
Education years of teaching
Teacher 52% of Secondary teachers
Retention leave within three years
Teacher dropout rate
exceeds student dropout rate

13. 40-45% dropout rate
State Leading private 100%
of Urban
graduation rate (100%+ gap)
Education 3-4% “College Ready” 20+ ACT
Leading private 95%+
Academic (2,000%+ gap)
Gap Average ACT 16.6 (2010)
Leading private school 28.3
(70%+ gap)

14. 83% African-American
State 8% White
of Urban
8% Hispanic
Education
Memphis 1% Asian
85% FRPL

15. 207 Schools
103,000 students
State
of Urban 7,329 teachers
Education $11,324
Memphis per pupil spending
2011 ACT - 16.2
(English - 15.5)

16. 50% of the national urban
population
$17,000 average maximum
Urban annual income
High School 69% unemployment rate
Dropouts 25% incarcerated
More urban black males go
to jail than graduate from
college

17. 1954
Brown v. Board of Education
Access
History
of 1964/65
Elementary &
Urban Ed Secondary Education Act
Reform Resources
1983
A Nation at Risk
Output

18. Four-Year Commitment
One-year Residency Training Year
Three-year teaching obligation
Residency Year
MTR Masters in Urban Ed (MUEd Union Univ)
Full year internship
Stipend; Tuition; Housing
Teaching
Coaching support
Community education / staffing

22. Christian Community Education is
an effort to prepare responsible and
highly educated children from a
motivation inspired from Biblical
Kingdom values. These values
require us to provide all children,
Christian regardless of race, class or religion,
a fair and equal access to basic civil
rights such as K-12 education.
Additionally, these motivations
provide the opportunity for
teachers to live their career as a
calling to bring fairness and justice
to all of creation.

23. Image of God
All children deserve high
quality education
Restraint
Safe learning environment
Christian
Valid Response
By fully participating in what is
to come
Servant
Owners not critics. Costly
blessings in places of need.

25. Christian Community Education strives to
foster the relationship between healthy
communities and effective education based
on a foundation of hope. Students’ hope for
the future is proven to be a primary
determinant to educational investment,
achievement and individual life
Community opportunities, which all are critical elements
of community health. Similarly, the
effectiveness of excellent teachers is
enhanced by their students’ ability to
participate in the learning process. Their
ability is greatly influenced by community
health factors, such as stable family
employment, housing quality and safety.
Our strategy is to build transformative hope
within the community, including:

26. Place Based
Identify boundaries, asset-based
Holistic Family &
Community Health
Youth; Housing; Health; Eco-
Community nomic; Education
Return & Invest
Return to community leadership
Data-Driven
Key initiatives and student data
are tracked to gauge effectiveness
and inform strategies.

28. Education Reform, at its core, is an
emphasis on student academic
outcomes. Regardless of the living
conditions or degree of hope a
student has, academic achievement is
essential and must be the primary
Education responsibility of the teacher and
school. We believe measureable and
large-scale academic progress is
created through two primary factors:
early childhood preparedness and
positive school culture. Our strategy
to foster a culture of high academic
achievement includes:

29. Parent Education
PAT
School Readiness
PAT, Pre-School, Pre-K
Education Narrators of Culture
Feeder Pattern, Critical Mass,
High Expectations, Teacher
Retention
Education Partners
Adopt-a-school / tutors, Youth
ministry partners

30. Love
God’s love is for all people
Justice
The Gospel fairness to a broken system
Proclaimed Sacrifice
displays hope in life to come
through Grace
safe learning environment to all people
Teaching Dignity
bring and high expectations to those who
often live in a hopelessness of poverty
Power
as God brings victory into the impossible