Apply for the 2011-2012 Indianapolis Teaching Policy Fellowship
The Teaching Policy Fellowship engages early-career teachers in work on issues related to the future of the teaching profession. The program is rigorous and selective, admitting only 20 teachers for the 18 month commitment. Teaching Policy Fellows are current classroom teachers who meet monthly to interact directly with education policy leaders and research experts; analyze education reform initiatives; study innovative practices; and advocate for reforms that would retain teachers like them in the profession. Fellows gain knowledge of education policy and then use that knowledge, along with their unique perspective as classroom teachers, to formulate ideas with peers. The work will result in a series of policy changes, memos, events, and speaking appearances that articulate the voice of early-career teachers on the future of the profession. To learn more, please read the Frequently Asked Questions and bios of current 2009-2011 Indianapolis Teaching Policy Fellows.
- Selective 18 month fellowship for 20 outstanding early-career teachers
- Current teachers in IPS, township, and charter schools with at least 50% free- or reduced-price lunch
- Teachers with 2-10 years of experience
- Monthly four-hour sessions with expert speakers, professional readings, and working groups
- Address the question: What policies would retain you in the profession?
- $2,400 stipend over two years
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Application deadline: midnight on Monday, February 28, 2011
“This program has made me truly more excited about teaching than I ever have been…It ups the value of what it means to be a teacher."
-2009-2011 Indianapolis Teaching Policy Fellow
