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About the Teaching Fellows
Program
The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program is one
of the nation’s most ambitious teacher recruitment
systems in the United States. The N.C. Public
School Forum administers the program. Each year,
the program selects a group of outstanding high
school seniors to receive $26,000 scholarships/loans
in exchange for their agreement to teach in a N.C.
public school for four years following college graduation.
Meredith is one of five private institutions selected
to participate in the N.C. Teaching Fellows program.
A total of 18 colleges and universities statewide
participate. Visit www.teachingfellows.org for an application or additional
information.
The Meredith
Advantage
Meredith College, one of the largest private women’s colleges in the United States,
offers N.C. Teaching Fellows a dynamic educational
experience enriched with opportunities to get classroom
experience, to learn from professional teachers,
to volunteer for community projects, and to study
abroad.
• The teacher education
program at Meredith is fully accredited by the National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
and by the North Carolina State Department of Public
Instruction.
www.meredith.edu/
education
• Meredith offers Teaching Fellows a program
of financial assistance that provides grant funds
to help them meet the cost of tuition, room and
board. The scholarship award of $6500 from the State
is matched by Meredith. This additional $6500 award
includes the NCLTG and other competitive scholarships
for a total award of $13,000 per year for four years.
For more information, please contact the Office
of Admissions at admissions@meredith.edu and the Office of Financial Assistance at finaid@meredith.edu.
• Meredith Teaching Fellows participate in
a superior academic program that blends the liberal
arts, a major in your chosen academic field, and
professional courses leading to teacher licensure.
Read more about Meredith’s 40+ majors in Academics.
• Meredith Teaching Fellows may choose from
a wide array of Study Abroad programs, many of which
are available at no additional cost above Meredith’s
tuition. Recently, Teaching Fellows have studied
in England, France, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland, Chile and Spain.
• At Meredith, Teaching Fellows gain valuable
classroom experience by working in Wake County Public
Schools each year they are in the program. As a
junior, a public school teacher in your licensure
area becomes your mentor teacher and will continue
in that role as a cooperating teacher during your
student teaching experience.
• Meredith offers Focus on Excellence, special
series of cultural events and activities, to Teaching
Fellows at no additional cost. See the 2007-2008 schedule.
• At Meredith, the Teaching Fellows Program
focuses on a special theme for each class year.
The College offers a Seminar Series to support each
theme. The themes are
o Freshmen: Success in College
o Sophomores: Learning to Teach, Learning to Serve
o Juniors: Catching the Dream
o Seniors: Beacons of Light
o Read more about the seminars
Additional Advantages of a Meredith College
education
• At Meredith, Teaching Fellows will join
a community of learners who enjoy a
11:1 student-to-faculty ratio. Meredith students
work closely with faculty members on undergraduate
research, service learning projects, and other areas
of academic interest. Meredith faculty
are experts in their fields; 100% of the
School
of Education’s
full-time faculty have earned a doctorate or the
highest degree available in their fields.
• Teaching Fellows are required to complete
a minimum of 15-17 credit hours of honors work,
including an honors thesis. Some Fellows are invited
to participate in the full Meredith College
Honors
Program.
• Meredith’s 225-acre campus in Raleigh provides Teaching Fellows with
a capital city location and exciting opportunities
to observe education at the state and local levels.
• At Meredith, Teaching Fellows with have
the chance to develop strong leadership skills,
which can be maximized in the women's college environment.
You may choose to take a strong leadership role
in the Program and participate in other campus groups
-- possibly heading up a major campus organization,
as many Teaching Fellows have done.
• Meredith offers a career planning service
that helps you develop job-search skills and networking
that can help you throughout your life.
For additional information, please contact Director
Allynna Stone at
(919) 760-2334, or Fax (919) 760-8057.
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