About Us

Program Overview

Indianapolis Teaching Fellows’ goal is to provide the students of Indianapolis with high quality teachers who are driven to do whatever it takes to make a positive impact on student achievement.

Indianapolis Teaching Fellows provides a streamlined path into the classroom for exceptional individuals looking to become teachers in Indianapolis. We look for outstanding professionals and recent college graduates from all fields and backgrounds to bring their experience, knowledge, and records of achievement to our classrooms to close the achievement gap.

Indianapolis Teaching Fellows is a highly selective program that targets exceptional candidates and trains these individuals during an intensive summer institute to start teaching in critical shortage areas in the fall of 2009. In addition to summer training, all Fellows will attend coursework at Marian University in the evenings and on weekends - while teaching full-time during the day - and earn a Master of Arts in Teaching and an Indiana initial practitioner teaching license by June 2012.  First year Teaching Fellows may be eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award after successfully completing their first year of teaching. The award, which is valid for seven years after issuance, may be used to pay for certification or future education costs, including the repayment of eligible student loans.

Your opportunity to make a difference in education is right now. As a Fellow, you will be part of a powerful network of like-minded professionals and work with other education leaders to effect systemic change in Indianapolis by impacting academic achievement.

Indianapolis Teaching Fellows is committed to providing the students of Indianapolis with dedicated teachers who will work relentlessly to impact their academic achievement and help to prepare them for success. We are looking for outstanding candidates to teach math, science, special education, and Spanish.