Arkansas Teacher Corps Institute Intern
Job Description:
Arkansas Teacher Corps (ATC) offers a paid 3 year fellowship to individuals holding (or completing by May 2021) an accredited bachelor’s degree. ATC teaching Fellows receive job placement, teacher pay, additional pay, licensure, and further training and support. Placements fall under almost all K-12 subject areas and the program generally caters to the geographic placement needs of the Fellow. Individuals interested in an ATC Fellowship are encouraged to visit our website and apply online before one of our three application deadlines for the 20201 cohort year (November 1st, January 1st, or March 1st).
Individuals accepted into ATC will begin summer training in Jonesboro, AR in late May of 2021 and begin teaching full time in the fall of 2021. Please reach out to John Hall, ATC’s Director of Recruitment, for more information.
How do we prepare and support our teachers? Every summer we send our new cohort of teachers to an intensive 8 week training session in Northeast Arkansas (ATC Summer Institute). Our Fellows lodge on campus at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and teach summer school in Osceola, AR - riding the 40 miles together on the school bus every morning. Summer Institute is purposely designed to mirror the program’s teacher development model - where each teaching Fellow receives support from a teaching “coach” throughout their Fellowship (observations, feedback sessions, group development, book studies, training sessions, etc.).
Who becomes an Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellow? Our teaching Fellows come from many different backgrounds, but they all share something in common: they see social inequality and they feel obliged to do something about it. ATC is looking for bright, passionate, energetic, and committed individuals from all majors and backgrounds to become teachers for Arkansas students who need them most. The individuals who are accepted into ATC are given a direct opportunity to serve children and give back to the state.
How are ATC Fellows compensated? First of all, ATC is free to apply to and free to join. Individuals that accept Fellowships are paid $2500 in advance of Summer Institute (where their dorm is paid for as well as some meals). Fellows are then placed in school districts as licensed teachers and earn teacher salaries - these vary by district and range from $30k-40k. Fellows are then paid out and additional $2500 at the completion of the Fellowship. Some Fellows are paid out additional bonuses from the state for teaching in specific school districts.
ATC expects Fellows to be open to serve in the Arkansas Delta but will also place a small number of Fellows in Central Arkansas each year.
For more information please visit our website at www.arkansasteachercorps.org , email us at atc@uark.edu ,call us at (479) 575 – 6418, or check out our FAQ page .