The Honors Program is offering a new course for Spring 2013 called “Urban Education: Near Peer Mentoring Immersion” offered: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. The course is open to all students during Phase 2 registration, but may offer a few seats at the end of Phase 1 to pre-teaching students who are not Honors Program members.
This course challenges students to examine how race, poverty, gender, and other socioeconomic dynamics have shaped the educational opportunities available in historically segregated and economically distressed urban communities. It further invites students to inquire how these social circumstances have influenced the possibilities that young people from these communities imagine for their futures. The course will focus on two public charter schools in Atlanta’s near Westside communities: Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy for girls and BEST Academy for boys. Through direct service and intentional relationships with high schools, Tech students will seek to help H.S. students:
- Prepare for getting into college and being successful there
- Value higher education as a means of improving the quality of their lives.
***If you are not in the Honors Program and are interested in being on the waiting list for this course, please send your name and GT ID# to Susan Belmonte, Pre-Teaching Advisor, sbelmonte@gatech.edu no later than Monday, November 12, 2012. Honors Program students have registration priority. The capacity is 30 students total. All remaining spots will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis to non-Honors Program participants.
Please do not contact the Honors Program or the course professor for special consideration. Individuals who will receive spots will be notified regarding registration permits.
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