Teach Plus Pennsylvania is excited to expand our collaborative efforts with teachers who want to be active in educational policy.
As a Teach Plus PA Network teacher, you will receive training on policy and advocacy, have an opportunity to advocate on behalf of your students, learn about teacher leadership opportunities and awards, and collaborate with other education champions from your region and throughout the state.
Through our Teacher Networks, Teach Plus engages with a community of educators to gather their input on key educational issues in their state and engage them in advocacy efforts to improve the teaching profession and outcomes for students. Network members gain access to Teach Plus training and learning sessions, inform policymakers, and engage in advocacy to increase equitable opportunities for students.
Teach Plus trains teachers in understanding education policy as a lever for student success, community organizing, leveraging their voices in both media and the legislature, and more. Teach Plus works to create opportunities for teachers to contribute to the discussions and action that directly impacts their profession at the policy level while maintaining their essential role as a classroom educator.
Teach Plus recruits and selects Teach Plus PA Network teachers from across the state to participate in the network experience. You will become part of a larger movement of teacher leadership, and help share your expertise with policymakers and mobilize your peers around top issues impacting the teaching profession in Pennsylvania. PA Network teachers will have a light-touch experience of the Policy Fellowship and will have an opportunity to apply for future Policy Fellowships.
Nationally and locally, Teach Plus Policy Fellows have:
Part 1 – Written Application
The written application asks you to complete general demographic information, choice and short responses. Applications are ongoing.
Part 2 – Selection
You will be notified if you have been selected to join the Teach Plus PA Teacher Network. If accepted, you will have an opportunity to attend in-person and virtual training events and participate in local/ state advocacy efforts, including opportunities to attend the Legislative Session.
Collaborate with other champion educators from your region and throughout the state.
