PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR EVENT TIME AND DATE HAS CHANGED TO: Thursday February 23, 2012 from 4:30-6:30pm

Registration is closed! There are still 35 seats available as of Wednesday February 23rd. Contact mariewebb8@gmail.com if you wish to reserve a seat the day of the event.

The University of San Diego Department of Learning and Teaching is proud to present a Microsoft Partners in Learning Community Screening of American Teacher.

USD faculty, students, and community members are encouraged to attend. The movie run time is 81 minutes and an open discussion centered upon education will take place after the screening.

         Thursday February 23, 2012        

University of San Diego

Mother Rosalie Hill Hall

Warren Auditorium

4:30-6:30pm

AMERICAN TEACHER is the feature-length documentary produced and directed by Academy Award–winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth; produced by Nínive Calegari, co-founder of the literacy non-profit 826 National, and best-selling author Dave Eggers; and narrated by Academy Award-winner Matt Damon.  

AMERICAN TEACHER chronicles the stories of four teachers - Erik Benner, Jonathan Dearman, Jamie Fidler, and Rhena Jasey - who live and work in disparate urban and rural areas of the country. By following these teachers as they reach different milestones in their careers, the film tells the deeper story of the teaching profession in America today. The film shows us the experience of these four young teachers as they recognize the importance of what they do, and how much they love what they do, but ask: can I afford to continue to teach? 

Undeniable research shows that a child's school success depends on quality teaching. In the next ten years, more than half of the current 3.2 million teachers will be eligible to retire. We will then have a choice: continue with the current, broken system of trying to attract talented college graduates to the teaching profession by offering low pay, long hours, little support, and no prestige - a system that results in high turnover and low morale and translates into 85 percent of graduates refusing to even consider the profession. Or we change: increase compensation and improve conditions to attract the best college graduates who might otherwise go into law, finance, or other lucrative fields. With the best and the brightest in the profession, schools will get better. 

To learn more about AMERICAN TEACHER, please vist our website atwww.americanteachermovie.org.