Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellowship
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Application Deadline: May 27, 2024
We grow teachers as leaders and empower them to take action in order to increase equitable opportunities for students.
You are invited to apply for the Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellowship, a highly selective leadership opportunity for outstanding Massachusetts teachers looking to deepen your knowledge of education policy and gain a voice in decisions that affect your students and the teaching profession.
Launched in 2009, the Greater Boston Teaching Policy Fellowship offered excellent teachers an unprecedented opportunity to influence key education policy issues. In an effort to reach more teachers, Teach Plus Massachusetts launched the Massachusetts Policy Fellowship in 2016.
Today, Teach Plus Massachusetts offers the Massachusetts Policy Fellowship to outstanding teachers in the state looking to deepen their knowledge of education policy and gain a voice in decisions that directly affect students and the teaching profession. The fellowship is open to teachers in the Greater Boston area and to teachers across Massachusetts.
Teach Plus trains teachers in understanding education policy as a lever for student success, community organizing and outreach, promoting teacher voice through writing op-eds and speaking to the media, providing public testimony, and more. We work to create and connect teachers to opportunities to lead in real ways at the policy level.
Teach Plus recruits and selects Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellows from across the state to participate in a year-long cohort experience. Fellows become part of a larger movement of teacher leadership and help mobilize their peers around top issues impacting the teaching profession. Teach Plus works with key stakeholders and policymakers in the state to inform the conversation and influence outcomes.
Our Policy Fellows focused on advancing equity and opportunity in education across the Commonwealth. During the 2023-2024 program year fellows advocated for the Educator Diversity Act, participated with the Common Start Coalition, and leveraged work from the Massachusetts Equity Education Partnership. They also advocated for increased support for LGBTQ+ educators and students, and led focus groups and statewide surveys on important topics such as High Quality Assessments, The Science of Reading, and Early Childhood Education.
Teach Plus seeks a cohort of teachers who reflect the cultural and geographic diversity of Massachusetts. Apply to the policy fellowship if you:
The written application asks you to complete general demographic information, short responses, and a current resume. Applications are due May 27th, 2024.
You will be notified by Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 if you have been invited to participate in an interview. Interviews will take place June 11-13, 2024 over Zoom.
You will be notified by mid-June 2024 if you have been selected to join the Massachusetts Policy Fellowship. If accepted, you will commit to attending a kick-off event in early August 2024.
Nominate a teacher who wants to achieve change in their schools and in the broader education system.
Get to know the Teach Plus Massachusetts Policy Fellowship teachers.