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This program was adopted and funded by the 1986 North
Carolina General Assembly as part of a ten-point teacher recruitment
plan proposed by the Public School Forum of North Carolina. The
first recipients were named in 1987.
Applicants must be North Carolina residents currently
enrolled as high school seniors and qualifying high school juniors.
Selection is made on the basis of high school grades, class
standing, SAT scores, writing samples, community service,
extracurricular activities, and references from teachers and members
of the community. Interviews at the local and regional levels are
required. Recipients must be accepted for admission to one of the
following postsecondary institutions in North Carolina: Appalachian
State University, Campbell University, East Carolina University,
Elizabeth City State University, Elon University, Lenoir-Rhyne
University, Meredith College, North Carolina A&T State University,
North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University,
Queens University, UNC Asheville, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte,
UNC Greensboro, UNC Pembroke, UNC Wilmington, and Western Carolina
University. Applicants are screened by two committees, one from the
applicant's local school district, and the other from the
educational region in which the applicant lives. Candidates
recommended by the selection committees are interviewed by the
Regional Screening Committees. Financial need is not a selection
criterion.
Subject to continuing legislative appropriations, up to 500
Teaching Fellows are selected annually from area high schools. The
maximum award is $6,500 per year and is renewable for a total of
four years of college.
Applications are available online at http://www.teachingfellows.org
after April 15 for high school seniors and qualifying high school
juniors. The application deadline was October 19, 2007, and
recipients will be named in March 2008. Additional information is
available through:
North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program
3739 National Drive, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27612
(919) 781-6833
email tfellows@ncforum.org.
Teaching Obligation: Scholarship recipients are required to
teach in a North Carolina public school for one year for each year
of assistance they receive. Scholars have seven years from the date
of college graduation to repay the loan, either through service or
cash repayment at 10% interest.
For more information on this program, visit their website at
http://www.teachingfellows.org
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