U.S. Department of Education Teaching Ambassador Fellowship Applications Available

From http://www2.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/programoverview.html

The U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Teaching Ambassador Fellowship program. The program is open to teachers in any not-for-profit U.S. school, as well as traditional public, charter, virtual, tribal or Department of Defense run school.

Fellows spend a year gaining greater knowledge of the content of key federal programs and policies, in addition to the context and process by which they are designed and implemented. Fellows share their expertise with federal staff members; provide outreach and communication about federal initiatives to other educators on behalf of the Department; and facilitate the involvement and understanding of teachers in developing and implementing these efforts at the federal, state and local levels, to improve the likelihood of their success.

The Teaching Ambassador Fellowship program offers two year-long tracks: the Washington Fellowship is a full-time appointment based at the Department's Headquarters in Washington, DC. The Classroom Fellowship enables teachers to participate on a part-time consultancy basis for the Department, in addition to their regular school hours, working in collaboration with the Department's Regional Offices.

The application deadline is January 17, 2011. For more information about the program, go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship.