New Teacher Policy Program at ED (2/15/2008)

On Monday, the United States Department of Education (ED) announced a new program, the Teaching Ambassador Fellowship. The program is designed to improve education programs and policies by strengthening the connection to classroom practices, recognizing and retaining motivated and innovative public school teachers, and providing them the opportunity to expand their leadership roles outside of the classroom. The program will have two tiers of participation: Classroom Fellows and Washington Fellows.

Classroom Fellows will serve their regular teaching contracts within their districts, and will be paid to perform additional Fellowship duties for ED. Washington Fellows will serve as full-time federal employees in Washington, D.C. from summer 2008 through June 2009, placed in appropriate positions within the Department of Education to work on education program development and implementation.

Highly Qualified K-12 teachers, as defined under No Child Left Behind, of all subjects from public schools who have spent at least three years in the classroom are eligible to apply. Potential candidates for the Teaching Ambassador Fellowship should visit http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/applicant.html for further information. Up to 20 Classroom Fellows and up to 5 Washington Fellows will be named by summer 2008.

Resource:
“Teaching Ambassador Fellowship,” United States Department of Education, http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/applicant.html.
Author: DAD