somethingclever1924

Hi, thanks for doing this! I am a recent college grad and I just got accepted into the Chicago Teaching Fellows program doing Special Education. Do you know how the teaching fellows are perceived in CPS or do you have any insight into the program? Thanks!

The criticisms I have heard are people doing it for resume building rather than actually wanting to teach and many of the teachers aren't adequately trained and then leave once their 2-year commitment is done (this is more so for TFA than TNTP, but I suppose it could go for both). So (allegedly) many teachers don't like those types of programs--but I don't know how true that is in Chicago. But if you haven't seen any tension, then that's great! It was just one of my fears coming to Chicago with such a program.

Ok, awesome. Thanks for answering! I know TFA and other programs (like TNTP) are currently being heavily criticized. Do you think its warranted? Is there any tension between TFAers/teaching fellows and other teachers?