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Leonore
Annenberg Teaching Fellowships
Fall 2009 Application Deadline:
December 21, 2009
TO APPLY, CLICK HERE
Upcoming Info Sessions:
Thursday, October 29 – 6:30-7:30pm – Huntsman Hall F90
WEDNESDAY, November 4 – 6:30-7:30pm – Civic House
The Leonore Annenberg Teaching Fellowship will support sophomore,
junior and senior undergraduate students, as well as recent alumni, of the College of Arts and Sciences to
acquire the expertise necessary to become successful teachers in urban public
high schools. Over the course of
three years, 23 students will be named Leonore Annenberg Teaching Fellows. This prestigious fellowship includes a
$30,000 scholarship and unique educational and mentoring benefits. Fellows will be placed in one of three
high schools in West Philadelphia.
This geographic focus will enable Fellows to work as a team with one
another, school administrators and community partners towards systemic,
positive change within schools and neighborhoods.
The Leonore Annenberg Teaching Fellowship is a partnership among
the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, the Graduate School of Education,
and the School of Arts and Sciences.
Fellows will work closely with faculty mentors from these two Penn
schools beginning in their junior or senior year. During their year as a Master’s student, Fellows will add a
third mentor, a veteran high school teacher, who will work closely with them as
they learn to teach. The Leonore
Annenberg Teaching Fellows enjoy a number of benefits:
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As undergraduates, Fellows will establish a relationship with the
high school where they will do their student teaching and ultimately teach for
their first three years.
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As undergraduates, Fellows will have the opportunity to take part
in school year and summer internships in West Philadelphia public schools.
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Beginning in their junior or senior year, Fellows will participate
in seminars with faculty members from SAS, GSE and the Netter Center for
Community Partnerships, classroom teachers, mentors, and participants in the
program.
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Fellows will take courses and receive their Master’s degree
through Penn’s nationally recognized urban-focused, social justice-oriented
teacher preparation program. The
MSEd program is carefully designed to prepare Fellows to be inquiry-oriented
educators who are constantly learning as teachers. Courses in the MSEd program are based on the latest research
and geared specifically toward supporting new teachers who are launching their
careers in urban schools. As
student teachers, Fellows spend 5 days a week in classrooms, staying in the
same classroom for the entire year of the MSEd program.
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Through ongoing activities that span disciplines, pedagogy, and
practice, including seminars and a mentorship system, the program will support
Fellows after their MSEd for at least the first three years in their teaching
career.
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Fellows may defer full time participation in the MSEd program for
up to one year after being named Leonore Annenberg Teaching Fellows.
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Fellows will receive a scholarship of $30,000 from the Woodrow
Wilson Foundation. The scholarship
will be applied to tuition and fees of the Graduate School of Education MSEd
program and/or living expenses.
Contact
Information:
NancyLee
Bergey
Urban
Education Minor Advisor
Penn Graduate
School of Education
nancylee@gse.upenn.edu
215-573-4026
Maureen A.
Cotterill
Center for
Collaborative Research and Practice in Teacher Education,
Penn Graduate
School of Education
maureenc@gse.upenn.edu
Cory Bowman
Associate
Director
The Netter
Center for Community Partnerships
bowman@pobox.upenn.edu
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