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Teacher Fellowship Program

Overview
Fund for Teachers provides educators, possessing a broad vision of what it means to teach and learn, the resources needed to pursue self-designed professional learning experiences. FFT grants are used for an unlimited variety of projects; all designed to create enhanced learning environments for teachers, their students and their school communities. Fund for Teachers believes that supporting teachers’ active participation in their own professional growth, positively impacts student learning and achievement. Fund for Teachers enriches the personal and professional growth of teachers by recognizing and supporting them as they identify and pursue opportunities around the globe that will have the greatest impact on their practice, the academic lives of their students and on their school communities.

Teacher Fellowship Geographic Information

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Application Information
From 2010-2015, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction awarded teacher fellowships specifically to teachers working in Wisconsin Schools of Recognition. The federal funding source that supported Wisconsin’s fellowship program is no longer available. However, teachers interested in this unique professional development opportunity may apply for the national Fund for Teachers Teacher Fellowship Program.
Individual teachers may apply for up to $5,000.
OR
Teams of teachers may apply for up to $10,000.
Basic eligibility requirements include the following:
  • Teach in a Pre-K through 12th grade classroom;
  • Minimum of three years classroom teaching experience;
  • A full-time teacher spending at least 50 percent of the time in the classroom or a classroom-like setting; and
  • Must have the intention of returning to teaching in their school/district in the following school year.
Teachers will design their own professional development, considering both their own learning as teachers and the overall improvement of the school. This grant is dedicated to fostering opportunities that bring fresh perspective, expertise, and broad world knowledge into classrooms.
Fund for Teachers has 10 years of experience awarding these fellowships. Examples of projects they have funded in the past include:
  • Exploring Hawaii’s active volcanoes;
  • Studying Islam through Morocco’s political, social, and economic development;
  • Conducting research on the chemical impact of Puerto Rico’s environment;
  • Participating in a hands-on study of Beluga whales;
  • Trekking across Laos learning about Hmong culture;
  • Sharpening Spanish skills in Guatemala; and
  • Tracing the early development of the United States in Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, DC.
 
Applications are available on the Fund for Teachers website. Applications are due January 31, 2017.
For questions about this information, contact Fund for Teachers.