Teaching Fellows

Program Description

The Teaching Fellows Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill recruits creative and accomplished students to teaching. Supported by a full time scholarship provided by the North Carolina Legislature, the Teaching Fellows at UNC-Chapel Hill participate in four years of work with youth in schools.

Program features include: experiences to both prepare and inspire pre-service teachers; seminars around contemporary issues in education; opportunities to tutor and help in local public schools; and work with community organizations. We are also active participants on campus sponsoring service projects. In 2001, we won awards as the largest fundraiser for North Carolina Children's Hospitals, and the Mary Chapp Community Award for the Orange County Rape Crisis Center.

In the pursuit of enlivening the discussion on campus, we sponsor a bi-annual "Carolina Teaching Fellows Workshop Conference." Through all of our efforts, we aim to help keep students' sense of mission alive as they encounter the promise and frustration of our educational system.