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Learning Facilitators and Mentor Teachers2008-09 Learning FacilitatorsLearning facilitators work with students and their mentor teachers during the fall term internships in the schools. They serve as the primary liaison between the program and the schools during this pivotal experience in the training process. Each learning facilitator works with a small cohort of three to four interns whom they meet with and observe on a regular basis. Colby Berger Colby Berger has been a learning facilitator at the Divinity School since 2005. She earned her master's degree in education at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, where, during her graduate studies, she codirected and produced Learning to Be Straight: The (De)construction of Heterosexuality, an educational film that she has since presented in numerous academic and professional development settings. Colby is a former high school English teacher who went on to work as the assistant director of SpeakOut, the nation's oldest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) speaker's bureau, and was subsequently hired by the Home for Little Wanderers to help start Waltham House, the first co-ed group home for GLBT youth in the country. Colby is now the director of GLBT Services at the Home for Little Wanderers, where she provides training and consultation to organizations nationwide. Pam Gordon Pam taught high school civics and history in Melrose, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, before beginning doctoral studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. While a teacher, Pam also served as a mentor for pre-service educators during their internship in the schools. Pam's research interests are in the areas of civic education and new urban teachers. Her dissertation will look at whole-school approaches to educating for democratic citizenship. She has conducted a collaborative research project on new urban educators in which she followed beginning urban teachers from their teacher education program into their first year of teaching, investigating their beliefs about effective urban teaching, culture and community, and teacher leadership. This is Pam's second year with the PRSE program. Previously, she worked extensively with the teacher education program at HGSE. When she is not working on her dissertation, Pam enjoys hiking, running, and playing with her three children. She and her family recently moved to a nineteenth century schoolhouse in Harvard, Massachusetts. 2008-09 Mentor TeachersThe mentor teacher program forms the heart of the PRSE. Each fall, a new cohort of student interns experiences an immersion experience in the schools in partnership with designated master teachers who serve as their mentors. This partnership is essential to the PRSE, and we are very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with such a gifted and diverse array of experienced educators. The PRSE is in partnership with the Arlington Public Schools, and all of our students do their internships at either Ottoson Middle School or Arlington High School. This year's mentor teachers are:
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