The Urban Education Fellows Program (UEFP) is designed to improve the quality of education in independent private, parochial or charter schools in the greater Milwaukee area. Those who desire to teach in this setting in grades 1 - 8 will benefit from this program. The UEFP requires a two-year commitment to work in a school, learning on the job with a coach, and successful completion of college course work.

Urban Education Fellows Program is co-sponsored by Alverno and Mount Mary College. Funding provided by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the Trinity Fund Foundation.

The program's mission is to assist participants as they become new teachers and to help them prepare their credentials for licensure. Applicants must have a baccalaureate degree, but it needn't be in education. See Mount Mary's undergraduate programs.

Requirements: Once accepted into the program, participants will be matched for a salaried teaching position at a Milwaukee independent private, parochial or charter school. Program classes begin in June and teaching positions begin in the fall.

This rigorous program consists of a series of accelerated courses and other professional development opportunities. The two-year program (seven semesters) will lead to teaching certification (grades 1 - 8) and a Master of Arts in Education degree from either Mount Mary College or Alverno College.

To ensure your success, coaching and mentoring will be part of the program, along with sharing among program participants. Generous financial assistance makes the program affordable. Classes are scheduled in a convenient format that works around your schedule and responsibilities. This program is open to women and men.

If you are committed to improving the quality of education for children in Milwaukee's independent private, parochial or charter schools, this program is for you!

As an Urban Education Fellow, you will:

• Be hired as a teacher in an independent private, parochial or charter school while you are participating in the program
• Take courses in a schedule that accommodates your teaching responsibilities (late afternoons, evenings, weekends, and summer school)
• Demonstrate consistent progress in completion of coursework
• Apply the learning in your coursework to your practice with learners at your worksite
• Share your experience with fellow program participants
• Demonstrate a level of professionalism consistent with the Fellows philosophy
• Receive AmeriCorps funding to partially cover your tuition during the time you are a Fellow in good standing
• Participate in team activities as a condition of your acceptance into and continuation in the program

Eligibility Requirements: Applicants (men or women) must:

• Want to be teachers in selected independent private, parochial or charter schools
• Have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Demonstrate a commitment to their community
• Demonstrate instructional leadership potential
• Demonstrate a commitment to assume mentoring responsibilities after licensure, particularly with new Urban Education Fellows

Applicants must submit transcripts of all prior baccalaureate work to the Director of the Urban Education Fellows Program. Finalists will be invited to an interview.

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Check out UEFP schedule and tuition/funding.

Print out the UEFP application for admission and application process information sheet.

Or request an application by sending your name, address, and phone number to Dr. Linda Delgadillo.

For more information on the Urban Education Fellows Program, contact Dr. Linda Delgadillo, (414) 382-9666.

Job opportunity: The Urban Education Fellows Program is seeking a job coach. Read more here. To download an application, click here.