Colorado Rural Teaching Fellowship
The Colorado Center for Rural Education and the Colorado Department 高等教育 [CDHE] encourage talented 老师候选人s to teach in 科罗拉多州农村学区s and eventually become teachers in Colorado 农村学校. The value of the rural teaching fellowship is $10,000 given to selected candidates who complete a year-long clinical experience in a rural school during the final year of their teacher preparation programs and commit to teaching for the two years in a rural district after completion. 候选人 who are selected for this fellowship, Rural Teaching Fellows, receive $5000 from their institute of higher education and $5000 from the Colorado Department 高等教育 as a lump sum (taxable income) or as a scholarship (may interfere with financial aid package) during their final year of licensure preparation. 一年的奖学金是 created via partnerships between educator preparation programs and rural Colorado schools/districts/BOCES or charter schools.
应用程序需求
注意:这个 application differs from all other stipend applications via the Center for Rural Education 因为 educator preparation program leaders submit applications to CDHE on behalf of their candidates and the districts with which they partner. 应用程序 must contain the following documents:
1. 一个 completed agreement per partnership between an educator preparation program and an LEP; and
2. An individual agreement for and signed by each 老师候选人 that outlines the financial terms of the fellowship if awarded.
The individual agreement for each 老师候选人 needs to be created by the IHE on official letterhead and must include the financial agreement details. 本协议 must also include the name of the school, grade level and endorsement area that the candidate will serve for the fellowship year. Each agreement must be signed by the 老师候选人.
合格的合作伙伴
合格的合作伙伴 Must Meet the Following Criteria:
- Rural LEP demonstrates serious need in hiring or retaining teachers and serious financial need that makes provision of any fellowship monies a hardship
- Agreement between Rural LEP and EPP to design an individualized, one-year teaching fellowship for each fellow, outlining the roles and expectations of both parties including: the fellow section and match with school/ district process, the school's provision of a mentor who is an effective teacher, the LEP's commitment to hire the fellow, and a plan for year-long support and assessment of the fellow.
资格要求
候选人 must teach in a Colorado rural school that has critical shortages of qualified teachers to fill elementary and secondary teacher positions. 如申请人数 exceeds the number of total fellowships available, priority may be given to rural schools based on the level of chronic hiring difficulty and financial need demonstrated 经济发展计划. Priority may also be given to a candidate who resided within the area of the LEP and seeks to return there as a teacher.
Eligible Applicants Must Meet the Following Criteria:
- Be enrolled in an approved educator preparation program at a Colorado Institution 高等教育.
- Be placed in a year-long clinical teaching experience within a 科罗拉多州农村学区 for their final year of the preparation program.
- Be willing to commit to teach for 2 years in the rural school / district of the year-long clinical experience upon completing the preparation program and upon securing a Colorado 教学许可证.
- Maintain communications with the Colorado Center of Rural Education and Colorado Department 高等教育 staff during the year-long clinical experience and the 2 years of teaching commitment to share experiences, complete surveys and provide any necessary 文档.
Definition of Rural School District
For the purposes of this fellowship, the definition of 农村学校 comes from the Colorado Department of Education.
申请截止日期
应用程序 for the 2024-2025 school year accepted from ▽4月15日2024年8月15日. Please submit all materials to Sam Fogleman at the Colorado Department of Higher 教育 山姆.fogleman@dhe.状态.co.us. Please contact Sam with any questions about application materials as well.
