Our Mission
The mission of Urban Teaching Corps is to develop a corps of excellent, passionate and committed educators, targeting people of color, armed with the skills, tools and commitment to make significant academic gains with students from underserved educational communities.
What does an Apprentice do?
Apprentices commit to developing as teachers while working in a charter school with a mentor teacher and a strong support system provided by Urban Teaching Corps, for a year. While teaching, Apprentices will receive full health benefits and a salary of approximately $35,000. Following that year, they are eligible to be a lead teacher at that same school or other schools working with Urban Teaching Corps. It takes years to become an excellent teacher and we expect that Urban Teaching Corps' Apprentices will remain in education for a minimum of 4 years.
What are we looking for in an Apprentice?
* People with a strong belief that all students can excel academically
* Diversity in experiences, ethnicities and backgrounds
* Recent graduates, career changers or people that are from the communities UTC serves
* A strong commitment to personal excellence
* Coachability, Resilience, Humility, Leadership and a sense of Personal Responsibility
* A Bachelor's Degree at a minimum and a 3.0 GPA
How to Apply
Urban Teaching Corps is excited to build its second cohort of passionate new educators to work in charter schools in the most educationally underserved communities in New York City.
We are recruiting future teachers from Boston to Atlanta and will accept just 16 of the most promising Apprentices to teach at some of New York's most innovative charter schools.
The deadline for application is rolling. If your application is complete by one of the following dates, it will be reviewed:
Monday, January 14, 2013 6:00pm
Monday, February 11, 2013 6:00pm
Monday, March 11, 2013 6:00pm
The program is competitive so get started on your application today!