Teaching--Public
School
Abele Teaching Fellowships
Thanks to the generosity of John Abele '59 and
the Argosy Foundation, Amherst College is pleased
to offer students from the Class of 2005 the
opportunity to apply for an Abele Teaching Fellowship.
The intent of the Abele
Teaching Fellowship is to encourage seniors
to make a commitment
to public school teaching.
Five fellowships will be awarded to members of
the Class of ‘05 participating
in one of several
programs that place
teachers in public
schools located in challenging urban or rural
settings. These programs include, but are not
limited to, Teach for America, 180 Days in Springfield
, Project Pipeline, and the Massachusetts Institute
for New Teachers. Often, participating teachers
are also working towards a teaching certificate
or an M.Ed. qualification.
Abele Teaching Fellows will receive a stipend
of $5,000. Fellows will receive half of the award
upon confirmation of a summer start date and
the remaining half upon confirmation of having
signed a teacher contract for September 2005.
Applicants are asked to submit:
1. A personal statement addressing:
• Why have you chosen to teach?
• What
impact do you hope
to have on students? Please include a description
of the school system in which you will be working
• How have
your Amherst education and other experiences prepared
you to teach?
• How does teaching relate
to your future career plans?
2. A resume
3. Two written letters of reference--at
least one from a
member of the Amherst
College faculty
4. Confirmation of acceptance to a
teacher training
program
The deadline for applications
is Friday, April
22, 2005. Applications
should be submitted
via email to Dean
Bekki Lee or mailed
to her at:
Dean Bekki Lee
Amherst College Career
Center
First Floor College Hall
PO Box
5000
Amherst , MA 01002
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The
Amherst College/
Mt. Holyoke Teacher
Certification
Program.
EXPANDED TEACHER
LICENSURE OPTIONS
AND REVISED REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE AMHERST
COLLEGE/MOUNT
HOLYOKE COLLEGE
TEACHER LICENSURE
PROGRAM -- The
Massachusetts
Board of Education
has completed
their review
of the Amherst
College/Mount
Holyoke College
Teacher Licensure
Program and has
approved the
addition of new
licensure programs
in art, music,
earth science,
political science,
Spanish, German,
Russian, Italian,
French and Latin
and classical
humanities. The
Board has also
changed some
of the course
requirements
for those students
working toward
licensure in
biology, history,
mathematics and
English.
From the Amherst College 2003-2004
Catalog, pp. 306-7:
Students interested in teaching and education may achieve, during their four
years at Amherst, state certification in Massachusetts for positions in secondary
schools. Reciprocity agreements between Massachusetts and over 30 other states
permit students certified in Massachusetts to qualify for public school positions
across the country. Those who wish to obtain certification for public school
teaching may--as an alternative to enrolling in a Masters program after graduation--draw
upon our liaison with the Psychology and Education Department at Mount Holyoke
College to complete the requirements for provisional certification during their
undergraduate years. Acceptance into the Mount Holyoke program requires a formal
application in the spring of the student's junior year.
Because the requirements for Massachusetts certification involve both coursework
and a considerable number of hours engaged in classroom teaching, students
interested in the possibility of a public school teaching career should consult
with the education advisor in the Career Center and with the faculty advisor
to the Program in Secondary School Teaching, Professor Barry O'Connell of the
Department of English, as early as possible in their time at Amherst. In addition
to majoring in the subject area in which they seek certification, students
will need to following courses or their equivalents, in order to participate
in the Mount Holyoke program. Many of these can be taken at Amherst; others
in any of the Five Colleges. A few must be taken at Mount Holyoke (indicated
by an *).
1. Introduction to Psychology
2. Adolescent Psychology
3. Educational Psychology
4. A course in multicultural education (at Amherst, English 6 meets this requirement)
5. Differences in Learning (Educ. 234 at MHC or, with approval, courses at
Smith College or the University of Massachusetts)
6. Observing and Assisting in Middle and Secondary Schools (Educ.332j, a January
interterm course at MHC, or TEAMS at UMass among other possibilities)
7. Educ. 330* Process of Learning and Teaching in Middle and Secondary Schools
8. Teaching (Math, English, etc.) in Secondary School, an Amherst College special
topics course taken in conjunction with the teaching internship
9. Educ. 331* Teaching Internship. This is a double course at Amherst College,
to be taken in the spring semester of the senior year or during a ninth term
at MHC.
Passage of the Massachusetts Tests
for Educator Licensure is required of all participants
in the Mount Holyoke College Program. Tests are
administered four times each year in October,
January, April and June. Application forms and
test preparation materials are available at the
Amherst College Career Center.
Students interested
in the teacher licensure
program should contact Dean
Bekki Lee, the Career Center's education advisor and Professor
Barry O'Connell , Amherst's faculty advisor for students in the licensure
program. Details on the above additions and changes are forthcoming and will
be sent to students who have indicated an interest in the program.
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