Teaching Fellows
UNC Wilmington
Watson School of Education
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 962-4001 Phone
tfellows@uncw.edu
Teaching Fellows Requirements
Requirements for maintaining the Teaching Fellows Scholarship at UNCW:
- Attend a Teaching Fellows seminar course each semester and complete all of the requirements listed within each course syllabus.
- Be an active participant in a Teaching Fellows approved committee events.
- Meet all expected program requirments outlined in the UNCW TF Handbook.
- Be an active participant in the implementation of class projects.
- Maintain grade point average and credit hours required by the scholarship.
- Admitted to the Watson School of Education by the start of Junior Year; students must have a GPA of 2.7 or higher for admission.
- Teach in a North Carolina public school for every year loan accepted or repay the loans with the interest rate set by the state.
- State requires fulfillment of the teaching obligation within 7 years of graduation.
- Students are required to graduate from one of the 14 campuses with licensure.
Below are links to syllabi for the Seminar Courses, links to the summer activities from the Teaching Fellows Organization and descriptions of the Committees the students participate.
Teaching Fellows Committees
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Social
The Social Committee is in charge of planning social activities for the Teaching Fellows Program (i.e., Major Affair, December Social, any social get-togethers). The committee must plan at least 2 events each semester in order give all Teaching Fellows the option of choosing which events to attend.
Service
The Service Committee is designed to set up volunteering opportunities on campus and throughout the community. It helps to establish a relationship between the UNCW Teaching Fellows and the surrounding schools and local communities. The committee must plan at least 2 events each semester in order give all Teaching Fellows the option of choosing which events to attend (i.e., Teacher’s Night Out, Work on Wilmington, Special Olympics, Halloween Carnival, Science Olympiad, etc…).
Recruitment
The Recruitment Committee has an extremely important job through-out the year. In the fall semester, they collect campus information used for packets sent to prospective students during Fall Break. They are responsible for attending the recruitment fairs sponsored by the university and partnership with middle schools to promote teacher education. They coordinate student tours from visiting elementary and middle schools. Recruitment also publishes the semester newsletter and advertisements for various events.
Fundraising
The Fundraising Committee will organize and facilitate at least one fundraising event each semester. The committee must plan at least 2 events each semester in order give all Teaching Fellows the option of choosing which events to attend (i.e., Battleship Run, Tea Party, and Yard Sale).