Educational Benefits

Humboldt State University

www.humboldt.edu/~educ/

Department: Program Temporarily Suspended
Degrees Awarded: Teaching Certificate, Post-Baccalaureate Program
Admissions Deadlines: March 31
Admissions Cycle: Fall
Program Start: August
Founded: March 2006

Benefits

Program Temporarily Suspended

Fellows will receive a $15,000/year stipend for two years. Peace Corps teaching will be applied toward classroom observation hours. Humboldt County is an extremely isolated and beautiful coastal community 280 miles north of San Francisco. Humboldt has a progressive faculty and boasts a large RPCV community.

Besides earning a secondary or elementary teaching credential, Fellows may take up to nine units from the MA in Education Graduate Program. These units may be applied toward an MA in Education if the Fellow is accepted into the graduate program. Note, an additional year of coursework beyond the two-year fellowship would be necessary to complete the MA coursework. A thesis is also required.

Description

Program Temporarily Suspended

Fellows teach for two years at a variety of schools in small rural communities on California’s north coast, while attending the Secondary or Elementary Programs part time. The Fellows Program at Humboldt State is currently adding partner schools at both the elementary and secondary levels. Our partner schools offer excellent teaching apprenticeships. Fellows typically work under the direction of one mentor teacher in the secondary program and one or two mentors in the elementary program. Fellows are given time to learn the culture and expectations of their schools before taking full responsibility for particular classes or programs at the school. The timeline for the transition into teaching will vary depending on each Fellow’s experience and the specific requirements at the school site. Besides teaching, their commitments include staff meetings, planning, and extracurricular duties. Fellows are not hired directly by the district. The Fellowship stipend is paid to them by the participating school district through a contracted services agreement between the Fellow and the district.

Current schools working with the Humboldt State Fellows Program include Six Rivers Charter School, Academy of the Redwoods Early College High School and Garfield Elementary School. These are small schools that provide personal attention to their students, families and teachers. Six Rivers is a 9th-12th grade charter located on the campus of a larger high school. There are approximately six teachers and 120 students on site. Academy of the Redwoods enrolls approximately 200 students in a 9th-12th grade high school program on a community college campus. Academy students earn an AA degree along with a high school diploma. Garfield Elementary offers multiple-graded classes in a k-6th grade school.

Requirements

Program Temporarily Suspended

We are looking for returned Peace Corps Volunteers who discovered they had a talent and passion for teaching while in the Peace Corps. Prospective Fellows at the secondary level are needed in math, science, English, and history. All application and enrollment information is available on-line. Fellows should include a copy of their Peace Corps Description of Service along with their application. Fellows must meet minimum qualifications of the university programs. All Fellows accepted into the programs, are ultimately selected by the staff at the school site.

Contact Fellows Coordinator, Keri Gelenian, (707-826-3738, kg5@humboldt.edu) for additional information and assistance.

Last updated Mar 17 2009