Opportunities
Teach For China's Alumni Impact team works to strengthen the pathways by which Fellows can ascend to positions of leadership in a variety of professional sectors. The team is building partnerships with a range of employers and graduate schools while developing a strong alumni network to offer Fellows mentorship opportunities and a clear path to career growth following their two-year commitments. Current opportunities for Fellows include:
Summer Internships for Fellows
Alumni Impact team works with leading businesses and nonprofits to create internship opportunities for Fellows during the summer following the completion of their first year of teaching. In the summer of 2011, Fellows had the opportunity to apply for over 35 outstanding internship opportunities, including:
- The Brunswick Group
- Save The Children
- Teach For India (Teach For All network partner)
- BDA Consulting
- The New Yorker China Correspondent Evan Osnos
- WildChina
Most of these opportunities were made available exclusively to Teach For China Fellows.
Teach for China & Teach For All Network Graduate School Partnerships
As a partner in Teach For All, Teach For China is able to offer Fellows access to several graduate school partnership opportunities, including opportunities at the following schools:
Harvard Business School
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Harvard Law School
Columbia University Law School
Princeton - Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs
Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government
The Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
The Tulane University Law School
Two-year deferral for students who are admitted to Harvard Business School and choose to join a Teach For All partner organization (applicable to graduating college seniors only).
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Two-year deferral for students who are admitted to the Stanford Graduate School of Business and choose to join a Teach For All partner organization (applicable to graduating college seniors only).
" We value the high degree of intellectual vitality and demonstrated leadership potential that Teach for All participants bring to the Stanford MBA Program. You are intellectually engaged individuals who are using your talents and passion to inspire and develop others, meeting the educational needs of thousands of children today while also paving the way for systemic change benefiting future generations. You build valuable skills and experiences that are transferable to business school and beyond, and you bring a unique perspective to share with your fellow students. We have been delighted with the students who’ve joined the Stanford Graduate School of Business community from Teach for All partners. "
- Garth Saloner, Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Harvard Law School grants automatic 2-year deferrals and eligibility for an admissions stipend to admitted students who have been a participant of a Teach For All partner organization.
Columbia University Law School
Columbia Law School grants up to 2-year deferrals to admitted students who are participating in a Teach For All partner program. Admitted students must submit a written request by Columbia's deadline stating they are requesting a deferral because of their participation in the program.
Princeton - The Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs
Two-year deferral for students who are admitted to the The Woodrow Wilson School and choose to join a Teach For All partner organization
"Teach For All partner programs and The Woodrow Wilson School share a common mission to build the leadership capacity for careers of public service. The School’s program fits well with the aspirations of teachers in Teach For All partner programs who seek policy solutions to the interrelated and highly complex nature of social problems as manifested in substandard housing, health care for the uninsured, lack of transportation and workforce development, and social service disparities that all frame the unequal access to educational opportunity and productive livelihood. Alumni of Teach For All’s partner programs and the Woodrow Wilson School are well equipped and passionate to share their views and collaborate together to meet the needs of the most underserved members of society."
- John Templeton, Assistant Dean for Graduate Admission, The Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government
Two-year deferral for students who are admitted to the Kennedy School of Government and choose to join a Teach For All partner organization
"For many years, the Harvard Kennedy School has offered a two-year deferral to admitted applicants who choose to join Teach for America. The School values its relationship with Teach For America, and would like to extend the same agreement to participants of all of Teach for All’s partner programs. Under this agreement, admitted students who choose to work for one of Teach for All’s partners prior to enrolling at HKS can also defer for two years. HKS strives to train enlightened public leaders and generate the ideas that provide answers to the world’s most challenging public problems. Teach for All shares our commitment to public service and we are delighted to recognize their good work in this way."
- Judy F. Kugel, Assistant Dean and Acting Director, Degree Programs, John F. Kennedy School of Government
The Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
The Fletcher School is pleased to provide scholarship assistance to participants in Teach For China. Teach For China alumni will receive a minimum scholarship of $5,000 per year. The scholarship does not prevent alumni for being considered for other merit/need-based aid.
Additionally, applicants who are admitted to The Fletcher School and choose to join Teach For China may defer admission to The Fletcher School for two years (applies to graduating seniors only).
The Tulane Univesrity Law School
Tulane University Law School waives its application fee for all Teach for China Fellows submitting applications for admission. All admitted candidates who enter the Teach for China program instead of enrolling at Tulane Law School will be offered a two-year deferral of admission. (Further details relative to the deferral are available from the Admission Office.) All admitted candidates who enroll will be granted a renewable scholarship of $3500 per year ($1750 per semester) toward tuition at Tulane Law School, so long as they remain in good standing. (This is in addition to any merit-based scholarship awards for which admitted candidates may be eligible.)
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Please check back for more details on these and future partnerships as they become available.
