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Julie Kwong '16

Since I graduated from TPP, I applied to and learned about various schools and teaching positions. I also completed the edTPA during this time. For the 2017-2018 academic year, I will be doing my…

Roger Ladd '92

I went straight to graduate school after finishing TPP, and since then have taught at the university level. Since I arrived at my current position, about fifteen years ago, I've moved over more…

Freddie LaFemina '06

Starting fall 2014, I will be teaching Social Studies (9th grade World History and 10th grade US 1) at Ridgewood High School, a public school in Ridgewood, New Jersey. I am so excited to meet my…

Sophie Glenn Lau '92

I graduated from Princeton in 1992, and I have been teaching in independent schools since then (with a 2-year break to pursue a Master’s degree in History).  I am in a new position in 2014 as Dean…

Andrew Lazarus '79

I've had a somewhat scattered career.  I've been a teacher for approximately 14 of the 40 years since college, teaching Math & Computer Science in HS, college, and to professionals.  After two…

Anna Leader '18

In May of 2020 Anna accepted an offer to teach English and French at the Pennington School.  It is a private, coeducational school serving day and boarding students in grades 6 through 12 just a…

Douglas Lewis '81

I got hired as a high school math teacher in the spring of my senior year at Princeton (1981), and I've been teaching math and computer science in independent schools since then.  My first…

Bonnie Lieu '06

Bonnie Lieu '06 actively works with TPP students as they prepare to teach. During the summers of 2013 and 2014 Bonnie co-taught the PUPP Social Science Summer Institute with students from Trenton…

David Luo '18

I was a 2018 Computer Science major. TPP's reading and writing provided me with a counterbalance to the problem sets and projects…

Kaitlyn Mahan '11

Immediately after graduating from TPP I worked as a substitute teacher at the Bayonne Board of Education. That fall I started work as a Biology Teacher in North Bergen with Hudson County Schools…

Matthew Mahoney '92

I loved my time at Teacher Prep, everything.  First, all the people were fabulous encouragers.  Ruth Wilson, particularly, had to encourage me through a tough student teaching experience.  I got…

Catherine Mallette '84

The Teacher Prep program was instrumental in helping me succeed as a new teacher. I learned so many helpful strategies and techniques for classroom instruction and testing. I also walked away with…

Thomas Maltbaek '11

Since graduating from Teacher Prep, I have been teaching math for one year at Princeton Academy and two years at Cristo Rey Sacramento, California. I am currently teaching Geometry Honors, Algebra…

Anna Maritz '18

Anna was a Religion major with a focus on Buddhist Studies in America.  She completed her teaching certification in Social Studies after student teaching in Trenton Central High School during Fall…

Dr. John McCann '00

I have been a social studies teacher in the Princeton Public Schools since 2001. For the last 6 years, I have been teaching 8th grade Civics at John Witherspoon Middle School. At nights, I…

Tara McGowan '01

After graduating from the Teacher Preparation Program in 2001, I worked as an affiliated artist in a nonprofit storytelling organization founded by Princeton alumna, Susan Danoff. Through TPP, I…

Michael McKenna '06

Originally from Philadelphia, Mike graduated from Princeton University in 2006 with a B.A. in Sociology, and received his teaching license the following year through the Princeton Teacher…

Kate Miller '08

Kate is currently a Research Associate for Data Science Education at the Concord Consortium, a small research and design non-profit which focuses on data science education and digital literacy.…

Emily Moore '99

I've taught English, and particularly the "Poetry Workshop" classes, at Stuyvesant High School, a Title 1 Magnet school in New York City, since 2001.

In 2012, I received my PhD in English…

Kanoa Mulling '15

Kanoa Mulling ’15 is currently teaching EFL and English literature classes at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand through a Princeton in Asia fellowship. Now in his second term, he has…