Teach Plus Illinois Early Childhood Educator Policy Fellowship
Training Illinois Early Childhood Educators to improve the ECE professions and the outcomes for our students.
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Application Deadline: April 7, 2024
Training Illinois Early Childhood Educators to improve the ECE professions and the outcomes for our students.
Please note: The official launch of this program is contingent upon final confirmation of funding.
Teach Plus trains teachers in understanding education policy as a lever for student success. We teach fellows community organizing, writing op-eds and speaking to the media, providing public testimony, and more. Teach Plus works to create and connect teachers to opportunities to lead in real ways at the policy level.
Teach Plus recruits and selects Early Childhood Educator Policy Fellows from across the state and throughout the various early childhood education settings to participate in the cohort experience. You will become part of a larger movement of teacher leadership and help mobilize your peers around top issues impacting the early childhood education profession in Illinois. Teach Plus works with key stakeholders and policymakers to join the conversation.
Look out for an informational video on our 2024-2025 programs coming soon. Once you watch the video, you can sign up for any of our virtual Q&A sessions. These sessions will give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have for our Early Childhood Education Policy Manager and alums of the program.
Look out for an informational video on our 2024-2025 programs coming soon. Once you watch the video, you can sign up for any of our virtual Q&A sessions. These sessions will give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have for our Early Childhood Education Policy Manager and alums of the program.
The written application asks you to complete general demographic information and answer several essay questions. Applications are due Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 11:59pm.
You will be notified on April 15, 2024 if you have been invited to participate in an interview. The interview will consist of an individual interview as well as a group activity.
You will be notified on May 9, 2024 if you have been invited to join the Early Childhood Educator Policy Fellowship. If accepted, you will commit to attending all virtual and in-person Fellowship meetings.
Nominate a teacher who wants to achieve change in their schools and in the broader education system.
Get to know the Teach Plus Illinois Policy Fellowship teachers.