Welcome to the official fan page for New York City Teaching Fellows! The NYC Teaching Fellows program recruits and prepares talented, dedicated individuals to become teachers who raise student achievement in the NYC classrooms that need them most.
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Website: www.nycteachingfellows.org
Phone: 718-935-4101
Email: Fellows@schools.nyc.gov
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NYC Teaching Fellows Refer a candidate to the Fellowship!! If you know an outstanding recent college graduate or accomplished professional who could be a remarkable NYC Teaching Fellow, please refer him or her through the "Refer a Friend" link below. The final application deadline for this year’s Fellowship is January 25, 2010.
NYC Teaching Fellows CFC’s Teacher’s Aid Program provides teachers with much-needed educational materials. These grants are for a maximum of $1,500 and are primarily for classroom resources such as books, science and math equipment, musical instruments, and other classroom items. Click on the link below to download an application!
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NYC Teaching Fellows Education week reports that adding learning time to schools' schedules may play a role in boosting middle and high school achievement.
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Jazwaur Webster, 6, dozes off while waiting to see the principal at the end of the day at Jacob Hiatt Magnet School in Worcester, Mass. The school has been participating in the state’s expanded-learning-time initiative since 2006.—Erik Jacobs for Education Week
NYC Teaching Fellows Today is the application deadline for the June 2010 NYC Teaching Fellows program! Don't miss your chance to raise student achievement in the schools that need you most -submit your application by 11:59 p.m. (EST) tonight!
NYC Teaching Fellows
NYC Teaching Fellows holds regular information sessions at NYC public schools throughout the application season. These information sessions are not required for the application process; however, we highly recommend that you attend one as they give applicants a chance to learn more about the program and meet current Fel...lows. In addition to live information sessions, we will also host several webinars that offer the same opportunity to learn more about the program and hear from a current Fellow.
For more information, please visit our website at http://www.nyctf.org/how_to_apply/info_s
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Lorraine Wronski Woodward Have you thought about creating a discussion board for this site? I spend time on the LiveSpaces blog, but it would be great to have another forum to share with other potential fellows, people who are currently teaching, etc.
NYC Teaching Fellows Our next application deadline is December 21 - less than one week away! Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to submit your application before our next deadline.
NYC Teaching Fellows Jane Viau, a former investment banker and a cohort 5 NYC Teaching Fellow, has spent the last eight years making math easy for her students to understand. Last year her advanced placement statistics class had a 91 percent passing rate, compared with the national rate of 59 percent. Join us in congratulating Jane on a job well done!
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On the third floor of Harlem’s Frederick Douglass Academy, 21 senior students are discussing the moral implications of organ transplant markets. A student raises her hand and wonders if doctors would be motivated to harvest a criminal’s organs before he was actually dead. ...
NYC Teaching Fellows Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein applauded consistent and sustained gains by New York City public school students on the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math exam.
NYC Teaching Fellows Our next application deadline is December 21 - just a few weeks away! Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to submit your application before our next deadline.
NYC Teaching Fellows Want to add some great books about teaching to your wishlist? Try "Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them" by Ross Green or "The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time" by Steven R. Covey.
NYC Teaching Fellows Last year, cohort 5 Teaching Fellow Yvon Milien directed and managed a class of emotionally disturbed students to complete a detailed three-dimensional scale model of a community plan, which was generously funded by a Teachers Network grant. The project included traffic patterns, a park, and solar energy, and was able ...to help students understand that mathematics, geometry, arts, earth science, and social studies are important tools for successful architects and engineers. Please join us in congratulating Yvon on a job well done!
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Teachers Network is a major, non-profit education organization offering online multimedia professional development and teacher education packages in order to improve student achievement.
NYC Teaching Fellows
Interested in learning more about NYC Teaching Fellows? Attend one of our December information sessions on December 9th or December 15th! These information sessions are designed for people considering applying for our June 2010 program. To sign-up to attend this event, please visit our website at http://www.nyctf.org/how_to_apply/info_s
