NWR: Teaching Fellowship

Can someone please tell me how this works and lead me in some sort of direction. Any and all info will be greatly appreciated.

I am so confused and really want to go back for teaching but i dont know............

hey girl...well i had applied for this a few years back but honestly when I got the offer I was turned off by how much you need to do to complete it...yes they pay for your masters but for education at hofstra where I am going for my masters currently you need 39 credits to complete but with them they wanted me to do 90 credits and commit to the NYC schools for 4-5 years during and 2 years after....i felt that i could do more on my own and get a better education elsewhere...FM me for more info but this is my personal opinion....

Hows Royalton planning going??? I have 4 months to go Im getting so excited and waiting to hear back from gerard about scheduling my tasting!!!!

Abby :)

I know a bunch of girls at my school were teaching fellows. I honestly don't know too much about it, but here is the website if you haven't checked it out yet.

http://www.nycteachingfellows.org/

I am a teaching fellow, well I was a teaching fellow. I've graduated and received tenure, so I guess I'm just a regular teacher now.

The application process is as follows: you submit your application and resume; they call you in for an interview and to give a demo lesson; they tell you if you're accepted.

You get assigned to a college and a region. Some colleges involved in the program are better than others, I won't lie. I got lucky, and was placed in SJU. During the first summer, before you start teaching, you take classes. You're not on NYC payroll, so you won't have benefits but you do receive a non-taxable stipend.

They pay for MOST of your college while you're teaching. A small amount comes out of each paycheck to go towards tuition. BUT you are entitled to an AmeriCorps Grant, which more than makes up for what's taken out of your paycheck.

You only gaurantee them your time while you are in school. In my case it was 2 years (including summers), but I know if you choose a field in special ed it's 3 years. I've never heard of anyone in the program going longer than 3 years. You don't owe them any time after.

You can FM me if you want more info.

Edit: you go to college in the summers, you don't have to teach in the summers

I was a teaching fellow. But I finished my years of service and my masters. I dunno if things have changed since I was a teaching fellow but I only had to guarantee them two years. But it took me two years and a half to finish my masters.

The application process is tough. And yes you do have to student teacher and go to school the summer before you start teaching but its really not that bad. Teachers can still have a life and finish the program. There are plenty of teachers that I know who are not fellows who are teaching full time and going to finish their masters so its not very different. The first summer is just the tough one and then after that I jsut felt like any other teacher.

Just make sure that you don't have a bachelors in education though cause the fellows don't take people with an educational background. Dunno why I think its a dumb move on their part but that's their first weeding out criteria.

If you have any questions feel free to FM me.

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Posted by Ivyqueenz

I was a teaching fellow. But I finished my years of service and my masters. I dunno if things have changed since I was a teaching fellow but I only had to guarantee them two years. But it took me two years and a half to finish my masters.

The application process is tough. And yes you do have to student teacher and go to school the summer before you start teaching but its really not that bad. Teachers can still have a life and finish the program. There are plenty of teachers that I know who are not fellows who are teaching full time and going to finish their masters so its not very different. The first summer is just the tough one and then after that I jsut felt like any other teacher.

Just make sure that you don't have a bachelors in education though cause the fellows don't take people with an educational background. Dunno why I think its a dumb move on their part but that's their first weeding out criteria.

If you have any questions feel free to FM me.

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what if you have a MBA? do you know how that would work - do you get a second masters in education? TIA

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I had my MBA before I started the fellows program. Like you said, the second masters is in education. The MBA will put you at a higher salary.

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Posted by shortiroc127

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Posted by ksandjj

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Posted by Ivyqueenz

I was a teaching fellow. But I finished my years of service and my masters. I dunno if things have changed since I was a teaching fellow but I only had to guarantee them two years. But it took me two years and a half to finish my masters.

The application process is tough. And yes you do have to student teacher and go to school the summer before you start teaching but its really not that bad. Teachers can still have a life and finish the program. There are plenty of teachers that I know who are not fellows who are teaching full time and going to finish their masters so its not very different. The first summer is just the tough one and then after that I jsut felt like any other teacher.

Just make sure that you don't have a bachelors in education though cause the fellows don't take people with an educational background. Dunno why I think its a dumb move on their part but that's their first weeding out criteria.

If you have any questions feel free to FM me.

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what if you have a MBA? do you know how that would work - do you get a second masters in education? TIA

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I had my MBA before I started the fellows program. Like you said, the second masters is in education. The MBA will put you at a higher salary.

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Thanks - one more ? did you have to take the standard exam - LAST or GRE's even though you had the MBA

TIA

I am currently a teaching fellow! i think its a GREAT program for people who want to switch careers... it makes the process quicker and easier...me and a friend were both accountants i chose to do the fellows program she chose to do it on her own... well i just completed my first teaching year! and she is still an accountant waiting till she graduates till she can find a teaching job.

the good thing about the fellows is you can start teaching right away while you go to grad school at night (which they pay for)... oh and you are not commited to stay in the city for more then 2 years.. once your done with your masters your free to teach whever you want.

if you need more details.. feel free to FM me!

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Posted by Ann 52409

A lot of people dont know about it but there is a program very similar to teaching fellows for long island schools called empire college masters in teaching, im in that program

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yes, my husband got into that one as well, altohugh he ended up going with the Teaching Fellows because he was able to start earlier. this is a good program too