Public mass transportation policy is a career path for two ATDP alumni. Their post-secondary education and career paths are as similar as their pre-collegiate lives were dissimilar, until each came to ATDP.
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A visiting high school teacher complained to an ATDP instructor that her students weren’t grasping the concept of functions. To help, they went to see Hannah Margulis-Kessel’s first-grade students performing “Mathmagic!”
Read More →At ATDP’s Elementary Division, our goal is to offer classes that allow students to gain deep knowledge in a specific subject. We also aim to give students something different from what they already study during the school year. And, very importantly, we strive to have classes that are taught in an engaging way that will […]
Read More →I know that this email conversation belongs in the Bragging Rights column, but I can’t single out who’s bragging: the teacher, the student, or ATDP for having the privilege of working with such teachers and students. This conversation begins on December 5th, when Dr. Christina Büchmann, ATDP’s 2010 and 2011 Advanced Reading and Writing instructor, […]
Read More →Many Secondary Division students, especially middle schoolers, know and have enjoyed working with Amy Abdallah as our ATDP-GearUp counselor. Amy had worked at the San Francisco Unified School District for years, but all of a sudden this past fall, I couldn’t find her. Just as I was starting to wonder “Where in the World is […]
Read More →The interview below is a part of a series on New Secondary Division Courses for 2012. Abraham Liao discusses his upcoming course, Computer Engineering. Read the course description here. 1. You’ve been with ATDP over the years as a student, a TA, and an instructor. What did you find most valuable about your ATDP courses […]
Read More →The interview below is a part of a series on New Secondary Division Courses for 2012. Abraham Liao discusses his upcoming course, Computer Engineering. Read the course description here. 1. You’ve been with ATDP over the years as a student, a TA, and an instructor. What did you find most valuable about your ATDP courses […]
Read More →The interview below is a part of a series on New Secondary Division Courses for 2012. Abraham Liao discusses his upcoming course, Computer Engineering. Read the course description here. 1. You’ve been with ATDP over the years as a student, a TA, and an instructor. What did you find most valuable about your ATDP courses […]
Read More →The interview below is a part of a series on New Secondary Division Courses for 2012. Laura Shefler discusses her upcoming course, Art History. Read the course description here. 1. How did you become interested in art and art teaching? I have been fascinated by art for as long as I can remember. Most of […]
Read More →The interview below is a part of a series on New Secondary Division Courses for 2012. David Chun discusses his upcoming course, Social Psychology. Read the course description here. 1. What do you do during the school year, and how does that experience inform your teaching at ATDP? During the school year, I’m an assistant […]
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