Welcoming Brookwood’s 2024-25 Teaching Apprentices!
Our school community welcomes its 34th Teaching Apprentice cohort to Brookwood this fall. Through a competitive admissions process, we selected five aspiring educators to work in our Early Childhood and Elementary classrooms alongside experienced mentor teachers. Please introduce yourself and extend a warm Brookwood welcome to:
Gianna Shin - KB with Pam Hawes and Tayte Messman
Katie O’Brien - 1A with Sarah Dawe
Tasha Anderson ’07 - 1B with Jeff Wilfahrt
Greer Harnden - 2B with Katie Swanton
TJ de Blij - 3B with Lauren Hutchinson
In a single year, our Teaching Apprentices earn Massachusetts initial teaching licensure and a Master of Education degree through Lesley University. They immerse themselves in classroom and school life, translating theory, current research and teaching pedagogy into daily practice in two semester-long classroom placements, all while taking a full slate of graduate classes at Lesley and Brookwood! They receive the mentorship, training and experience to launch a successful career in education, all the while enriching our community as people and learners. We are excited for them and for the students whose lives they will positively affect.
If you have any questions about the program, please contact Jen Cunningham Butler, Director of Teacher Training [email protected]
