The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission has announced that the 2007-2008 application for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarship Program will be available online at www.teachingfellows.org beginning August 15th.
The deadline for students to return completed applications to the Mr. Laucher in the high school is October 19, 2007 by the end of the school day.
Jo Ann Norris, Associate Executive Director for the Public School Forum and Administrator of the Teaching Fellows Program, states, "In order to meet the increasing demand for top quality teachers for North Carolina's public schools, the program was created by the General Assembly in 1986, upon the recommendation of the Public School Forum of North Carolina. Legislators are to be commended for their continuous support of the Teaching Fellows Program. "
Each Teaching Fellow receives a $26,000 scholarship from the state, payable in $6,500 annual
increments. The full scholarship is forgiven after the Fellow has completed four (4) years of teaching in North Carolina’s public schools. John Denning, Chair of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission issues a challenge to North Carolina high school seniors. “I encourage high school seniors willing to make dreams come true for North Carolina students to apply for this one-of-a-kind scholarship.”
The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program continues to be the top teacher-recruitment program in the United States. "The primary purpose of the program is to attract top high school seniors to become education majors and ultimately public school teachers," Gladys Graves, Director of the Teaching Fellows Program, states. She adds, “In addition to the summer programs provided by the Teaching Fellows Commission, the eighteen colleges and universities participating in the program offer unparalleled teacher education experiences-- experiences which produce high quality educators and leaders for the state's public schools."
Additional program information is available online via the Teaching Fellows website at
www.teachingfellows.org. Applications may be downloaded from this site.
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