I still have more questions.  How I can get more personalized assistance and/or advisement?

Please send Tyra or Kym an email ASAP, requesting access to our secure survey, "TEACH! UrbanSouth Candidate Profile & MTEL Status"  and please fill the form online in order to expedite your request for additional information and/or personalized advisement services.  We are here to help!

For more information about the TEACH! UrbanSouth program, please contact:

• Tyra Lopes Mendes, Program Director, TEACH! UrbanSouth
  • tlopes@umassd.edu
  • 774-929-3038

• Kym Welty, Program Associate, TEACH! UrbanSouth
  • kwelty@umassd.edu
  • 774-929-3063

For more information about the Teach Grant Program (financial aid) or the Graduate School Application process, please contact:

• Traci Almeida, Graduate Admissions Coordinator, School of Education, Public Policy & Civic Engagement
  • talmeida@umassd.edu
  • 508-999-8098

• Via "conference call" technology (using either your personal telephone and/or the Internet)
• On site in Brockton 

Interested candidates are highly encouraged to attend one of these group sessions with Program Director Tyra Lopes Mendes in order to learn more about the program.

• Thursday, December 22, at 4:00 PM
• Tuesday, December 27, at 10:00 AM
• Thursday, December 29, at 7:00 PM
• Tuesday, January 3, at 3:00 PM 
• Saturday, January 7, at 10:00 AM 
• Monday, January 9, at 7:00 PM    
• Wednesday, January 11, at 4:00 PM 
• Saturday, January 14, at 10:00 AM
• Monday, January 23, at 3:00 PM
• Monday, January 23, at 7:00 PM
• Tuesday, January 24, at 4:00 PM
• Wednesday, January 25, at 7:00 PM
• Thursday, January 26, at 3:00 PM
• Friday, January 27, at 5:00 PM
• Saturday, January 28, at 12:00 PM

Directions to join a group information session via a telephone line only:

(1)  Dial the following toll-free number:   (866) 302-6250 

(2)  When asked for your meeting's "conference code," enter 337 049 0767, followed by the #.

(3)  You will be asked to announce yourself by stating your name, followed by the #.

You will now be able to hear the entire meeting and ask the leader questions, etc...  If you wish to be able to see the leader's PowerPoint presentation, etc...  you will need to join the meeting using your personal computer or a "smart phone" with a web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari (see instructions below).

Directions to join a group information session via the Internet (using a personal computer or a "smart phone":

(1)  Click on this link: TEACH! US Online Group Session

(2)  At the Moderator User Login prompt, enter the following code: 337 049 0767

(3)  Click Join Meeting as Participant, and a new screen will open.

(4)  Enter your name when prompted to enter Display Name

(5)  Choose to have the Intercall system EITHER call you directly (your phone will ring in less than 30 seconds) or you can choose to call into the group information session yourself:

---> click the Dial Me Now option and enter your telephone number, or

---> click the Dial In Now option and follow the instructions on the screen

You will now be able to see and hear the entire meeting and ask the leader questions, etc... 

Individual meetings can also be arranged by contacting Tyra Lopes Mendes if you prefer to meet face-to-face.  Feel free to request a meeting with Tyra either at the UMass Dartmouth satellite campus in Fairhaven or at Brockton High School.  Tyra is in Brockton on a regular basis and is more than willing to either meet you at BHS at the end of the school day OR she can visit you at your school site, depending on her schedule.  Thank you!