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Urban Education: Student Teaching in Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Faculty advisors & contacts

Important: Always make sure to contact the Education Department and/or the Off-Campus Study office at your college for assistance with how to prepare for student teaching through the ACM Urban Education program.

For more information on this program, please contact the following person in the ACM Office:

Emily Gaul, Program Associate
205 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312.263.5000
egaul@acm.edu

The Chicago Programs' office is located at:
177 N. State Street, Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312.915.0919 | Fax: 312.915.0253

ACM off-campus study programs are available to students from any college or university. If you're a student at one of the ACM colleges, contact the faculty advisor for this program below:

Beloit College
Kathy Greene greene@beloit.edu
Carleton College
Deborah Appleman dapplema@carleton.edu
Coe College
Roger Johanson rjohanso@coe.edu
Colorado College
Charlotte Mendoza CMendoza@ColoradoCollege.edu
Cornell College
Cynthia Postler cpostler@cornellcollege.edu
Grinnell College
Paul Hutchison hutchiso@grinnell.edu
Illinois Wesleyan University
Robin Leavitt rleavitt@iwu.edu
Lake Forest College
Shelley Sherman sherman@mx.lakeforest.edu
Lawrence University
Stewart Purkey stewart.c.purkey@lawrence.edu
Luther College
Jeannette Pillsbury pillje01@luther.edu
Macalester College
Ruthanne Kurth-Schai kurthschai@macalester.edu
Monmouth College
Craig Vivian cvivian@monm.edu
Ohio Wesleyan University
Paula White pmwhite@owu.edu
Ripon College
Jeanne Williams WilliamsJ@ripon.edu
St. Olaf College
Rosie Pfarr-Baker pfarrbak@stolaf.edu
Westminster College
Linda Aulgur linda.aulgur@westminster-mo.edu
Westminster College
Therese Miller Therese.Miller@westminster-mo.edu
Westminster College
Jim Concannon Jim.Concannon@westminster-mo.edu

Urban Education: Student Teaching in Chicago

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Becky Provencher I am glad that I did the ACM Urban Education Program, because it helped to prepare me for teaching in an urban school. I know that after I did my student teaching in Chicago, I was ready to teach anywhere, but it would have been a very difficult transition for me to go from doing my student teaching in a small town to teaching in Chicago. I was placed in a progressive, bilingual school for my student teaching, where I am still teaching today. I was well-supported by the Urban Ed staff throughout my student teaching, with frequent observations and feedback, opportunities to problem solve with other student teachers and my supervisor, and seminars/workshops with experts in the field. I am still in contact with a number of Urban Ed alums (both personally and professionally), many of whom didn't student teach at the same time as me.

—Becky Provencher, Urban Education, Spring 2004, Kindergarten teacher at Telpochcalli Elementary School

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