What is the MƒA Los Angeles Early Career Teacher Fellowship?
The MƒA Los Angeles Early Career Teacher Fellowship is an up to four-year fellowship designed to help beginning teachers grow into effective instructors and school leaders. The goal of this program is to increase the number of teacher-leaders in the greater Los Angeles area who will make a difference in and beyond their classrooms.
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for the fellowship, candidates must meet the following criteria:
BENEFITS
Fellows in good standing will receive:
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The design of MƒA Los Angeles' PD synthesizes the best available research on how to retain our most talented teachers, help them develop leadership skills, and improve student outcomes. It is also grounded in strong theoretical frames on teacher leadership and professional development.
Monthly, mandatory, all-day professional development (PD) meetings are held on the first or second Saturday of the month (no PD in January, July, and August (fellows attend conferences in April and November). These meetings are designed to build on all areas of teachers' pedagogical content knowledge of math.
Additionally, all fellows have time during each Saturday PD to meet in a working group. These working groups are intra-school professional learning communities focused on specific courses and are facilitated by experienced teachers and MƒA Los Angeles leadership.
Fellows will receive financial support to attend regional/national conferences organized by the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, California Mathematics Council, and other similar entities.
The Early Career Teacher Fellowship Program is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation through DUE #1439917 ("Math for America Los Angeles: Putting Research into Practice to Raise Teacher Quality and Retention and Student Performance").
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for the fellowship, candidates must meet the following criteria:
- Be at least halfway through your induction program.
- Teach math to grades 6-12 in a public or charter school in a high-need district in the greater L.A. area at the time the fellowship begins. (Note: LAUSD is a high-need district)
- Commit to teaching math at a school in a high-need district during for the duration of the fellowship.
- Have completed a substantial amount of math coursework in undergraduate or graduate school (a total of at least 18 credits or 6 courses of post-calculus mathematics or related courses).
- Hold a valid California teaching credential.
- Demonstrate high content knowledge, a love of mathematics, and exemplary teaching and leadership skills.
- Enjoy collaborating with colleagues.
- Cannot be enrolled in any other academic program or any other program that may conflict with MƒA Los Angeles Fellowship requirements.
BENEFITS
Fellows in good standing will receive:
- $10,000 annually in salary support.
- Coaching and mentoring from MƒA Los Angeles Master Teachers and coaches.
- Travel funding to attend regional/national mathematics conferences.
- Monthly professional development meetings to deepen their mathematics content knowledge and pedagogical skills.
- MƒA Los Angeles will encourage and assist Early Career Teacher Fellows to become certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards near the end of their fellowship period.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The design of MƒA Los Angeles' PD synthesizes the best available research on how to retain our most talented teachers, help them develop leadership skills, and improve student outcomes. It is also grounded in strong theoretical frames on teacher leadership and professional development.
Monthly, mandatory, all-day professional development (PD) meetings are held on the first or second Saturday of the month (no PD in January, July, and August (fellows attend conferences in April and November). These meetings are designed to build on all areas of teachers' pedagogical content knowledge of math.
Additionally, all fellows have time during each Saturday PD to meet in a working group. These working groups are intra-school professional learning communities focused on specific courses and are facilitated by experienced teachers and MƒA Los Angeles leadership.
Fellows will receive financial support to attend regional/national conferences organized by the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, California Mathematics Council, and other similar entities.
The Early Career Teacher Fellowship Program is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation through DUE #1439917 ("Math for America Los Angeles: Putting Research into Practice to Raise Teacher Quality and Retention and Student Performance").
APPLICATION PROCESS:
The application package contains forms and further instructions. Please note: This is the 2022 application; it is here just to give you an idea of what our application looks like. Do not use it to apply to our program. We are not currently accepting applications for this fellowship.
If you have any questions about the MƒA Los Angeles Early Career Teacher Fellowship, please do not hesitate to contact us by sending an email to [email protected] or calling us at (213) 821-3438. We're here to help!
Math for America Los Angeles mailing address:
USC Rossier School of Education
Math for America Los Angeles
3470 Trousdale Parkway WPH 904F
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4039
- By the application deadline, each applicant submits a completed two-page information form to [email protected]. This form must be accompanied by a resume, personal statement, and list of post-secondary math courses taken. If you have issues with the fill-in forms, please check to make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Reader installed. Mac users: do NOT use Preview.
- Arrange to have two letters of recommendation (each with a rating sheet--found in the application package) mailed to our office or emailed to [email protected] by the application deadline by the person writing the recommendation--not by the applicant. One letter from your principal; the second from your assistant principal/ administrator in charge of the math department or from your math coach.
- Arrange to have official transcripts for all post-secondary coursework emailed to [email protected] by the application deadline. If the institution can only send the transcript via mail, please use the MƒA LA office address at the bottom of this page).
- Each applicant must take the Praxis 5161 Mathematics: Content Knowledge test. A reimbursement for the $120 test fee is available if a completed Early Career Teacher Fellowship application is submitted by the deadline. Proof of payment will be required. This is a computer-delivered test. A final decision regarding acceptance into the program cannot be made absent the test results.
- Candidates will be contacted regarding an interview.
- Applicants will be notified by email as to whether they are accepted into the program.
The application package contains forms and further instructions. Please note: This is the 2022 application; it is here just to give you an idea of what our application looks like. Do not use it to apply to our program. We are not currently accepting applications for this fellowship.
If you have any questions about the MƒA Los Angeles Early Career Teacher Fellowship, please do not hesitate to contact us by sending an email to [email protected] or calling us at (213) 821-3438. We're here to help!
Math for America Los Angeles mailing address:
USC Rossier School of Education
Math for America Los Angeles
3470 Trousdale Parkway WPH 904F
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4039