From: Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation WWNFF@xmr3.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 3:07 PM
To: Strikwerda, Robert A.
Subject: Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship

Identifying and developing the best minds for the nation’s most important challenges
 

April 15, 2008

Dear Student Group Leaders and Advisors:

This fall the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, known since 1945 for highly competitive fellowships, will offer promising students a new fellowship opportunity. I write to you to ask you to spread the word to potential candidates—promising juniors and seniors, as well as recent graduates with whom you may still be in touch.

This new award, the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship, seeks to attract talented, committed science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) graduates into teaching in high-need high schools. Funded through a $10 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, the Fellowship offers rigorous disciplinary and pedagogical preparation, extensive clinical experience, and ongoing mentoring.

The Fellowship will provide recent college graduates in STEM fields with a $30,000 stipend during a master’s degree program at one of the four Indiana universities. The master’s program will prepare Fellows in urban and rural high schools that function well but serve primarily disadvantaged students. In exchange, Fellows commit to teach math or science for three years in an Indiana secondary school. Upon completing the master’s degree and teaching certification, Fellows will be placed in teaching jobs in participating districts, where they will receive continued support and mentoring. More details about the program are available at www.woodrow.org/indiana.

Competitive candidates will meet the following standards:

• They have completed or are completing a math, science, or engineering major as undergraduates.

• They will graduate in the top ten percent of your class.

• They demonstrate a commitment to the program and its goals.

• They are willing to reside in Indiana while completing their master’s degree and three-year teaching commitment.

The Fellowship application will be available online this summer, with a submission deadline of December 1, 2008. Many candidates, however, will need to give the possibility some careful thought during the summer. We ask you to forward this e-mail and the links below to members of the student groups you lead, as well as to any other students who may be interested in this opportunity. If you would like print materials to post on bulletin boards or distribute to members, please e-mail WWTeachingFellowships@woodrow.org.

Many STEM graduates choose careers in academic research and college teaching, or perhaps corporate research jobs. But there are many others, equally talented, who are looking for something beyond the lab or lecture hall. Their scholarly preparation and enthusiasm for the field can become an unmatched asset for the high school students who need good teachers the most. And, as a new kind of high school teacher, they can change the lives of young people who desperately need them.

Thank you, in advance, for your interest. We hope you will take a few minutes to explore the links below. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Rocco Russo, Program Officer, Teaching Fellowships, 609-452-7707 x 161, or WWTeachingFellowships@woodrow.org.

Sincerely,
Arthur Levine

President

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
WWTeachingFellowships@woodrow.org

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Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship - Fact Sheet
Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship - FAQs
Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship - Poster 1
Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship - Poster 2
Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship - Poster 3