Description:

The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship seeks to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—into teaching in high-need secondary schools in Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and New Jersey.

Eligible applicants include current undergraduates, recent college graduates, midcareer professionals, and retirees who have majored in, or had careers in, STEM fields.

The Teaching Fellowship includes:

•admission to a master's degree program at a partner university

•preparation for teacher certification in science, mathematics or technology education

•extensive preparation for teaching in a high-need urban or rural secondary school for one full year prior to becoming the teacher-of-record in a science or math classroom

•a $30,000 stipend, with tuition arrangements varying by campus in Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and New Jersey. (Once Fellows are certified teachers at the end of the first year, they obtain salaried employment in high-need schools.)

•support and mentoring throughout the three-year teaching commitment

•support of a cohort of WW Fellows passionate about science and math education

•lifelong membership in a national network of Woodrow Wilson Fellows who are intellectual leaders

October 13, 2014 - First application deadline (passed)

November 14, 2014 - Second application deadline

January 31, 2015 - Final application deadline

For more infomation visit: http://woodrow.org/fellowships/ww-teaching-fellowships/

Campus Contact: Jason Kelly Roberts

847 491 2617 | jason.roberts@northwestern.edu