Education Opportunities
While at Whitman
- Meet with one of Whitman's Pre-Education Advisors (Contact: Barbara Hoffman [hoffmabb], or Michelle Janning [janninmy]) (all Whitman emails are listed as [name] without "@whitman.edu")
- Find out about current events and opportunities on campus related to education by joining the Education Listserv. Contact Michelle Janning, Professor of Sociology [janninmy] if you would like to be added.
- Think about tutoring on campus through the Academic Resource Center. (Contact: Disability Support Services at DSS@whitman.edu)
- Apply to work as a student aide (paid positions available) at our on-campus childcare center: The Kids Place. (Contact: kidsplacereggio@gmail.com).
- Practice science pedagogy in local schools with Whitman's Science Outreach. (Contact: Heidi Chapin [chapinh])
- Seek education-related job search help and internships through programs offered through the Career and Community Engagement Center. (Contact: Abby Juhasz)
- America Reads America Counts (Contact [arac])
- College Coaches Program (Contact [collegecoaches])
- Story Time Project (Contact: Abby Juhasz)
- Seek local school-based opportunities (some paid) through community programs that support college readiness and learning improvement:
- WISE Program (Contact: Sonja Aikens [aikenssl])
- Walla Walla High School AVID Tutors (Advancement via Individual Determination) (Contact: SWeber at wwps.org, 526-8621)
- Academic Lab (Contact: bkitamura at wwps.org)
- WSU Gear Up (Contact: fsalinas at earlyoutreach.wsu.edu)
- Consider summer opportunities in education-related placements:
- Campfire (Walla Walla)
- YMCA (Walla Walla)
- YWCA (Walla Walla)
- Breakthrough Collaborative (multiple locations nationally)
Post-Graduation Teaching Opportunities
Graduate School and Careers in Education
- The Whitman College Career and Community Engagement Center offers resources on education-related jobs and careers.
- The Whitman College Career and Community Engagement Center also offers resources for those interested in graduate school.
State-by-State Certification Requirements:
Students who are interested in learning about the teaching certification requirements for a given state should Google "Teaching Credential [Enter State Here]" or follow these links:
Official Sites
- Washington - http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/teachermain.aspx
- Oregon - http://www.oregon.gov/tspc/Pages/index.aspx
- California - http://www.ctc.ca.gov/
- Links to All 50 States Departments of Education - http://education.uky.edu/AcadServ/content/50-states-certification-requirements
Third-party sites
- Curated Information for all 50 States - http://www.teacher.org - including...
- Detailed information on what it takes to become a certified teacher
- Career information and profiles for jobs within the field of education - including salary and job outlook
- State by state certification/licensing information
- State by state teacher shortage information
- Expert advice via interviews
- Information written by experienced and certified teachers, administrators, and teaching professionals
- Link to state requirements, opportunities, and average salaries - http://teach.com/
National Opportunities
- Public, Charter and Private Schools
- Achievement First (New York and Connecticut)
- Association Montessori International/USA
- American Montessori Society
- Independent Education (Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.)
- National Association of Independent Schools (multiple locations nationally)
- New Leaders for New Schools (Bay Area, Charlotte, Chicago, New Orleans, Maryland, Memphis, New York City, Newark, Washington D.C.)
- Teach for America (many locations nationally)
- Uncommon Schools (New Jersey and New York)
- YES Prep Public Schools (Houston)
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) focused opportunities:
- Denver Schools of Science and Technology
- The EnCorps Teachers Program (California)
- Math for America (Berkeley, Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Utah and Washington, DC.)
- The Woodrow Wilson National Teaching Fellowship (Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, and Ohio)
- Teaching Fellows: Different cities/states offer opportunities for recent college graduates to join their public school systems and gain experience while helping to raise student achievement.
- Teacher Residency Programs: This is a method of recruiting and training teachers for hard-to-fill positions. Usually the programs give teaching residents a year of "on-the-job" training, similar to a medical residency so that they can hit the ground running when they become responsible for their own classrooms.
- Boston Teacher Residency
- California's Aspire Teacher Residency (Residency placements are available in East Palo Alto, Oakland, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Stockton and Modesto.)
- Colorado's Boettcher Teacher Residency Program
- Denver Teacher Residency
- Los Angeles Urban Teacher Residency
- National Center for Teaching Residencies: Includes links to more information about opportunities in Atlanta, Boston, Chattanooga, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukie, Minneapolis, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, Richmond, Seattle, St. Paul
- Seattle Teacher Residency
- Urban Teacher Center (D.C. region) International Opportunities
- Austrian Teaching Assistants (USTA)
- French Teaching Assistantship Program (TAPIF)
- Fulbright US Student Program (English Teaching Assistantship - ETA): Grant lengths and dates vary by country.
- JET (The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program)
- Korean Teaching Assistants (TaLK)
- Peace Corps: Peace Corps Volunteers currently work in 76 countries; approximately 43 percent of volunteers work in education.
- Princeton in Africa
- Princeton in Asia
- Princeton in Latin America
- Whitman in China: Only Whitman College alumni are eligible to apply.
- WorldTeach: Fully and partially funded programs available for year-long and semester programs in American Samoa, Bangladesh, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, India, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Namibia, Panama, Poland, Tanzania, Thailand, and South Africa.
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