As I have previously stated, I am a North Carolina Teaching Fellow! Now, not everyone knows what that exactly entails, so here you go. The Teaching Fellows program is a scholarship program that awards 26,000 dollars over four years to about 500 students living in North Carolina who are planning on becoming a teacher. If you are a teaching fellow you are required to do various activities such as tutoring, and different trips during the summer and spring. A teaching fellow is also required to pay back their scholarship by teaching in a North Carolina public school for four years, or else the scholarship becomes a loan and the teaching fellow is required to pay back the award, with interest. Now, you know what a teaching fellow is!
Next week, on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, the first year UNC Chapel Hill Teaching Fellows will begin tutoring in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro school district. I, personally, will be tutoring in the AVID program, which means I will be tutoring one student in middle school who is experiencing hardship in one aspect of school. I volunteered to be in this program because I am not sure if I want to teach middle school or high school, so tutoring a middle school student will enable me to "feel middle school out," and help me decide if middle school is where I should be. I cannot begin to express how excited I am to begin tutoring! That is why I wanted to become a teacher, because I love influencing, teaching, and helping students, and ever since I started college I have been in a classroom talking about why I want to be a teacher and now, I can finally begin working with students! YAY!
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I can't wait until we start tutoring either! I admire all the TFs who signed up for the AVID program. It sounds like such an amazing experience! Please keep me up to date throughout the program so I can decide if I'd like to participate later on. I also read in your profile that you plan on teaching in foreign countries (I'm assuming after the four years of teaching to repay your scholarship). I was just wondering in which countries you would like to teach and if you were planning to study abroad in those countries as well. I hope you have an amazing time on your first day Tuesday! GO TARHEEL TFs!
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