Here's what you need to know about the Teaching Fellows Program.
- Includes enrichment programs, professional development, and leadership opportunities
- Supplies up to a $6,000 fellowship annually for four years (as long as the student is in the process of completing a degree leading to initial teacher certification and meets the criteria to continue in the Program)
- Requires participants to agree to teach in a South Carolina public school one year for each year funding is received and sign a Promissory Note along with a surety
Teaching Fellows must attend one of the eleven Teaching Fellows Institutions. These include Anderson University, Charleston Southern University, Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, College of Charleston, Francis Marion University, Lander University, USC Aiken, USC Columbia, USC Upstate, and Winthrop University.
To apply for Teaching Fellows, a student must be:
- a United States citizen or will be an eligible non-citizen under State Residency statutes at the time of high school graduation (Please note - students categorized as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are not eligible for Teaching Fellows.)
- a legal resident of South Carolina (Please note - The Teaching Fellows Institution will verify residency after a student has been offered an award.)
- a high school senior or a junior who is graduating early
Remember:
- Students can upload a PDF or screenshot of their ACT/SAT scores.
- Applicants can download and deliver letters to their school counselor and references.
Here's what you need to know about the Teaching Fellows application:
- Kaleidoscope hosts the application.
- The Kaleidoscope system saves students' applications as they move through the process. This allows the student to complete the application over an extended period, as necessary. Students must use the same email address to create the application and log in.
- Students may edit their application, even after submission, as long as the edits occur before 11:59 PM on December 1, 2023.
- Students will be asked to enter their school counselor's name and email address during the application process. Once entered, the Kaleidoscope system will email the counselor and provide instructions on creating an account and uploading a transcript. Students can also download and deliver a letter to their counselor. Transcripts will be automatically attached to the student's application.
- Students will be asked to enter their references' names and email addresses during the application process. Once entered, the Kaleidoscope system will email each reference and provide instructions on creating an account and completing the reference survey. Students can also download and deliver a letter to their reference. Reference surveys will be automatically attached to the student's application.
- Applicants will have access to their personalized Kaleidoscope dashboard, where they MUST monitor the submission of their transcripts and reference surveys.
- Students must complete the application online via the Kaleidoscope system.
- For applications to be considered complete, the student must answer all mandatory questions on the online application by December 1, 2023. A high school transcript and required reference surveys must be submitted through the Kaleidoscope system before 11:59 PM on December 7, 2023.
The online application is now open and available at https://www.cerra.org/teaching-fellows-application.html! The deadline for submission will be December 1, 2023, with notification to Fellowship recipients in early spring 2024.