Post by captaggie on Sept 21, 2010 20:07:21 GMT -5
Teaching fellows get financial aid, prestige
www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/21/1706987/teaching-fellows-get-financial.html
By Lee Bierer
Posted: Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010
Tuition grants worth $26,000 over four years, plus a job in your chosen profession after graduation - that's a pretty sweet deal for a prospective college student. If you know you want to be a teacher, the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program ( www. teachingfellows.org ) is a phenomenal opportunity.
Considered one of the most prestigious teacher recruitment programs in the country, NCTFP identifies and trains talented high school graduates and provides them with opportunities and experiences well beyond the regular college program.
The teaching fellows program was started in 1986 to attract more people into teaching. According to John Dornan, president and executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, the parent agency for NCTFP, "The people who were really the architects of the program saw it as creating a new generation of leaders in North Carolina schools who would bring a Peace Corps spirit to it and really want to make the schools the best they can be."
Each year roughly 2,000 students apply and 500 are selected based on scholastic performance, interviews, leadership experiences and a commitment to teaching. The teaching fellows program is offered on 17 public and private campuses - Appalachian State, Campbell, East Carolina, Elon, Lenoir-Rhyne, Meredith, N.C. A&T, N.C. Central, N.C. State, Queens, UNC Asheville, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, UNC Pembroke, UNC Wilmington and Western Carolina.
Kerry Mebane, state director of the NCTFP, is proud to point out that the teaching fellows are highly regarded during college and in the job market. NCTFP is not involved in job placement; however, all teaching fellows are required to teach within the public, charter or federal schools of North Carolina for four years following graduation. If the recipient does not repay the scholarship through service, the loan is repaid to the state with 10 percent interest.
Teaching fellows also participate in a variety of summer experiences, including a bus tour of the state to meet with cultural, economic and educational leaders as well as options for Outward Bound courses, camps and study abroad.
How to apply
Go to www.teachingfellows .org . Applicants must be accepted by a college offering the teaching fellows program. Teaching fellows applications are due by Oct. 15, and regional finalists will be notified by Jan. 11.
Read more: www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/21/1706987/teaching-fellows-get-financial.html#ixzz10DSAWoaX
www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/21/1706987/teaching-fellows-get-financial.html
By Lee Bierer
Posted: Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010
Tuition grants worth $26,000 over four years, plus a job in your chosen profession after graduation - that's a pretty sweet deal for a prospective college student. If you know you want to be a teacher, the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program ( www. teachingfellows.org ) is a phenomenal opportunity.
Considered one of the most prestigious teacher recruitment programs in the country, NCTFP identifies and trains talented high school graduates and provides them with opportunities and experiences well beyond the regular college program.
The teaching fellows program was started in 1986 to attract more people into teaching. According to John Dornan, president and executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, the parent agency for NCTFP, "The people who were really the architects of the program saw it as creating a new generation of leaders in North Carolina schools who would bring a Peace Corps spirit to it and really want to make the schools the best they can be."
Each year roughly 2,000 students apply and 500 are selected based on scholastic performance, interviews, leadership experiences and a commitment to teaching. The teaching fellows program is offered on 17 public and private campuses - Appalachian State, Campbell, East Carolina, Elon, Lenoir-Rhyne, Meredith, N.C. A&T, N.C. Central, N.C. State, Queens, UNC Asheville, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, UNC Pembroke, UNC Wilmington and Western Carolina.
Kerry Mebane, state director of the NCTFP, is proud to point out that the teaching fellows are highly regarded during college and in the job market. NCTFP is not involved in job placement; however, all teaching fellows are required to teach within the public, charter or federal schools of North Carolina for four years following graduation. If the recipient does not repay the scholarship through service, the loan is repaid to the state with 10 percent interest.
Teaching fellows also participate in a variety of summer experiences, including a bus tour of the state to meet with cultural, economic and educational leaders as well as options for Outward Bound courses, camps and study abroad.
How to apply
Go to www.teachingfellows .org . Applicants must be accepted by a college offering the teaching fellows program. Teaching fellows applications are due by Oct. 15, and regional finalists will be notified by Jan. 11.
Read more: www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/21/1706987/teaching-fellows-get-financial.html#ixzz10DSAWoaX
