Why Join?
Program Overview
We need dedicated new educators to close the achievement gap in Nashville.
The need is real. Only 69% of our high school students are proficient in math compared to 85% for the state and only 52% of our 3rd to 8th grade students are proficient in math and reading. Three in 10 of our students won’t graduate from high school. 1 Be instrumental in changing that statistic. Nashville students need a brighter future. Start your career as an educator by applying to Nashville Teaching Fellows.
Teach where you are needed most; impact the lives of your students.
Nashville Teaching Fellows seeks outstanding professionals and recent graduates to make a difference in the lives of the students who most need them. This highly-selective program is designed to recruit and train socially-driven individuals, like you, who want to make a difference in the Nashville community by becoming teachers in some of our highest-need public schools. The Teaching Fellows program will offer over 75 individuals the opportunity to join this selective accelerated route into the classroom. We are looking for outstanding candidates to teach math, special education, chemistry, biology, Spanish, French, English, geography, elementary education, middle school education, and English Language Learning (ELL), in Metro Nashville Public Schools.
Candidates will benefit from a streamlined application and selection process and, if selected, will have the opportunity to participate in an intensive Training Institute in summer 2010 before entering their classrooms as full-time teachers in the fall. Fellows will pursue their teaching license while teaching full-time, and first year Fellows may be eligible for an AmeriCorps Education Award that will offset the cost of licensure coursework. Fellows will receive a full-time teacher’s salary once they begin teaching in the fall.
There is no one profile of an ideal Nashville Teaching Fellows candidate. Fellows may be fresh out of college and ready to leverage their academic success into a teaching career. Fellows may be professionals with years of experience in the business or non-profit world who are ready to change careers to make an impact where they are most needed. As a Fellow, you will become part of a dynamic and dedicated network of new educational leaders, working with other progressive educators in Nashville to raise academic achievement in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools...starting in your classroom.
1 Source: 2007 Tennessee Department of Education Report Card District Report Card.
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