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The Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Peace Corps Fellows Program recruits Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who are ready to make long-term, professional commitments to teach in New York City's public schools.  Since 1985, the program has recruited and trained over 600 urban educators.  As an AmeriCorps Professional Corps and Fellows/USA flagship alternative teacher-training program, we provide AmeriCorps tuition awards and partial scholarships to select trainees.  Upon completion of our summer intensive training, new Fellows teach full-time in salaried positions at the NYC public schools.  Invited fellows make a minimum three-year commitment to teaching and all related Masters degree coursework must be completed within this time. 

We recruit candidates in the following teacher shortage areas: 

Bilingual/Bicultural Education (Spanish/English, Grades 1-6 or 6-9)

English (Grades 7-12)

Social Studies (7-12)

Math (Grades 7-12)

Science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science or Physics, Grades 7-12)

Intellectual Disability/Autism (Grades 1-6 or 5-9)

To arrange for a program interview and a school visit, call or email us.  Application packets can also be requested through this website.

*** NEW *** 2009 Update:

We are pleased to announce that the Peace Corps Fellows Program has recently secured funding to cover the full cost of tuition for a number of Mathematics and/or Science Fellows in the 2009 cohort.  Consideration for this funding is contingent upon acceptance to both Teachers College and the Peace Corps Fellows Program and is highly competitive.  This funding is made possible through a generous donation from Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe, longtime supporters of the Peace Corps Fellows Program. Our application deadline is December 15, 2008. 

Our Supplementary Application Materials for the May 2009 start date are now available.  Please click on the "Apply Now" button on the left for further information. 

For the 2009 Cohort year, we are now recruiting in the Teaching of Social Studies program.  We will not be recruiting in the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program this year. Stay tuned for further updates.

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