Are you prepared to become an excellent teacher who leads students toward tremendous academic gains? There are seven steps:
1. Read this website carefully.
2. Check your eligibility status. Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements to be considered for the program, so please make sure that you're eligible before you apply.
3. Apply! Applying is easy using our online application. Candidates are considered on a rolling basis so we strongly encourage you to apply as early as possible.
All prospective Fellows will apply using a common TNTP Teaching Fellows application. When completing the application, you may indicate a preference for more than one program site, including DCTF. You will be considered independently for each site you preference and we hope you will list DC Teaching Fellows as one of your preferences.
You will need to be familiar with the site-specific eligibility requirements and available subjects offered at each of your preferred site(s). A complete application includes the electronic application form, your résumé, and responses to three application questions.
Our program requires
the submission of a $25 processing fee. Before your application is considered
complete and ready to be reviewed, you must download our Processing Fee Guide and follow the instructions to submit your processing fee
payment.
Your application will only be reviewed when all of these elements are completed. Please take particular care with your responses to each of the application questions; they enable us not only to evaluate your writing and critical thinking skills, but also to gain a sense of your commitment to teaching high-need students.
Prospective Fellows who demonstrate strong potential to be an effective teacher for a preferred program site will be contacted directly by that Teaching Fellows program within 3-4 weeks of submitting their application.
4. Register and take PRAXIS exams. Fellows must pass the Praxis II tests administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) prior to June 1, 2013. You can learn more about these exams by visiting the Testing Requirements section of this website. To register for the tests, please visit the ETS website. Candidates are strongly encouraged to register and take the Praxis tests as soon as possible. Failure to take and pass required tests within the required time frame will prevent candidates from moving through the application process or being able to enroll in the program. It is therefore imperative that you are proactive about registering and taking required tests.
5. Participate in a Phone Interview. Candidates who demonstrate strong potential to be effective teachers based on their written application materials will be invited to participate in a phone interview via email notification. The phone interview is the first of the two-part interview process. During the 20 minute phone interview, candidates will be asked a series questions to assess fit with DC Teaching Fellows Program.
6. Request your transcripts. If you are invited to an Interview Event, you will be required to provide an unofficial transcript from every college or university that you attended. You will provide your unofficial transcript electronically via TeacherTrack.
If accepted into the program, you will be required to provide four official (sealed) transcripts to the DCTF program office. Because it often takes several weeks to process requests for official transcripts, we recommend that you request all four official transcripts from each school you attended upon submitting your application to the program.
Please note: Graduates of foreign universities must have transcripts evaluated by a foreign credential evaluation agency. Please visit the Eligibility Requirements section for additional information.
7. Attend an in-person Interview Event. The interview process varies from site to site. More information will be sent to those prospective Fellows who demonstrate strong potential in the application. In addition to bringing official transcripts to an interview event, you are also required to bring proof of test registration to the event. Interview Events are designed to give us a strong sense of candidates’ attitudes and the talents they would bring to the classroom.
8. Wait for a Decision. Admission to DC Teaching Fellows is highly competitive and will be based on the strengths of the submitted application materials and successful participation in an Interview Event. All interviewees will be notified of their status within two weeks after their interview date. Candidates who received an offer to join the program will have an additional two weeks to enroll. We understand that being denied admission is disappointing, and it is natural to want to know the reasons behind the decision. Unfortunately, because of the large number of applications we receive, we cannot accommodate requests for personalized feedback on individual applications or performance during an Interview Event.