The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, one of the most prestigious scholarship programs in North Carolina, provides a $26,000 scholarship to 400 outstanding high school seniors interested in teaching. East Carolina University Teaching Fellows participate in academic seminars, leadership development opportunities, professional internships, and social and cultural experiences. Throughout the four years of undergraduate study, East Carolina Teaching Fellows also work as tutors, travel with other Fellows, study in classes offered through the Honors Program, perform service work, plan recruitment initiatives,and serve on various committees.

Upon acceptance of the scholarship, the student agrees to teach in one of North Carolina's public schools, charter schools or United States government schools for four years following graduation from college. Licensure areas include: Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary Education (K-6), Middle Grades Education (6-9), Secondary Education (9-12), and K-12 (Art, Music Exercise and Sports Science).

Being a Teaching Fellow at East Carolina University offers the best of two worlds. While studying on a major university campus of over 20,000 students, teaching fellows have the advantage of a small college in that their special niche provides them with support from 164 other ECU Teaching Fellows during their critical first days through graduation.

The ECU School of Education, one of the oldest and largest in this state, offers certifications in most major fields as well as in Dance Education, Special Education, and Business and Marketing. Teaching Fellows at ECU enjoy living together in an Honors/Teaching Fellows Residence Hall, mingling at professional seminars and social events, and having the support of a full-time office staff.

The program emphasizes the preparation of teachers as professionals through their association with outstanding practicing teachers, their work in local schools with at-risk students, and their service as volunteers with the Ronald McDonald House, Special Olympics, and Greenville civic and professional clubs.

To learn more please visit the East Carolina's Teaching Fellows Web Site at:  http://www.soe.ecu.edu/teachfel/default.htm

For more information, contact Mary Beth Corbin, 123 Speight Building, Greenville, NC 2758-4353, (252) 328-4126