Teaching Fellows at SLS

List of 6 items.

• Guidance and feedback from a dedicated faculty mentor

  St. Luke’s Fellows learn the craft of teaching over two years under the guidance of a caring faculty mentor. Teaching two or three classes, Fellows receive feedback on designing lesson plans and assessments, engaging students in class, and leveraging their strengths to develop their personal style in the classroom. The mentor regularly observes classes and meets with the Fellows as a cohort as well as individually.

• Opportunities to connect with students beyond the classroom

  Each teaching fellow serves as a co-advisor to a group of 6-8 students, partnered with an experienced advisor to learn the craft of academic and social advising. Teaching Fellows at St. Luke’s participate in all three seasons of co-curricular activities after school, through coaching sports, theatre arts, publications, or speech and debate. This allows Fellows to connect with students beyond the classroom and serve as role models. Fellows also provide one-on-one tutorial support for students in structured periods each week.

• Professional Development Portfolio

  A distinctive feature of the St. Luke’s Fellows Program is the Professional Development Portfolio. We believe that teachers grow through reflection and deliberate practice, as well as through expanding their horizons by seeking out professional development outside of the school walls. Fellows attend three professional development experiences as a cohort:

  • The New England New Teachers Seminar (one week summer workshop)
  • Learning and The Brain (1-day workshop)
  • CAIS Student Diversity Leadership Conference (1-day workshop)

• Additional professional development (Fellow's choice)

  In addition, each Fellow selects a professional development experience of their choice to round out their portfolio. This might be something in their subject area or another area of interest. All Fellows receive a Macbook Air and an iPad, along with ongoing in-house professional development in technology integration. And finally, Fellows at SLS will also work closely with the Center for Leadership, a distinguishing signature program of the school. With mentorship by CFL staff, they will learn to design and deliver co-curricular programs that help every student to develop their own unique leadership abilities - including training in public speaking, team leadership development, and service learning pedagogy.

• Assistance during job search in the independent school world

  In the second year of the Fellows Program, we provide guidance on completing a job search in the independent school world and bring a professional recruiter to campus to conduct mock interviews and give feedback on resumes and other teaching materials.

• Competitive annual salary and full benefits

  Fellows receive an annual salary of $40,000 and full benefits including health care. Teaching Fellowships are available in the following subject areas, dependent on need in any given year:

  
  

  English

  History

  Mathematics

  Biology

  Chemistry

  Physics

  French

  Spanish

  Leadership Studies