(Source: Yale University)Want to teach but need a master's degree? If you don't mind teaching in New Haven, Yale has a program for you. Free.



Yale, which doesn't operate a school of education, is offering a master's degree program in urban education studies. That program will become a pipeline into the New Haven schools. More details from a university press release:

Yale will offer up to 10 Urban Teaching Fellowships each year. The Fellowships will cover all tuition costs and pay a stipend of $18,000. Successful applicants, known as the Yale Urban Teaching corps, will commit to teach in the New Haven public schools for three years after completion of the program.

Applicants to the Yale master's program will be expected to have a strong background in the subject they intend to teach and an interest in urban education that includes a serious commitment to students' achievement, a willingness to solve problems and an ability to develop trusting relationships across racial, class and gender boundaries. All candidates must meet Connecticut state subject matter requirements prior to entry into the program. Mid--career applicants will be especially welcome. The admissions process will open in August 2005 for the first class, which will be selected in the spring of 2006.Kudos to Yale for creating such a program. Urban schools need all the help they can get.