
Posted Apr 13, 2016
National program funds Alabama teachers’ self-designed summer fellowships around the world
BIRMINGHAM, AL (April 11, 2016) — Nine teachers from across Alabama convene today to at Alabama Public Television to accept approximately $30,000 in grants from Fund for Teachers. With this money, teachers will pursue learning and skills in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Romania this summer.
Fund for Teachers, a national nonprofit that invests in teacher learning, has partnered with Alabama Public Television to send 86 of the state’s teachers fellowships across America and around the world to impact student learning in local classrooms. This year’s Alabama Fund for Teachers grant recipients and fellowship descriptions include:
A complete list of 2016 Fellows, their schools and their fellowships can be found here.
Since 2001, Fund for Teachers has invested approximately $26 million in self-designed fellowships of more than 6,500 preK-12 teachers across the United States, changing their role from knowledge takers to knowledge makers. Fund for Teachers believes the answer to effective teaching lies in trusting teachers to identify gaps in their learning (and/or their students’) and providing grants to make the learning happen.
Fund for Teachers is a national program that enriches the personal and professional growth of preK-12 teachers by investing in their ideas for relevant learning that has the greatest impact on their careers, students and school communities. You can read more about Fund for Teachers’ mission and impact on the organization’s blog, Facebook and Twitter feed.
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