The Pulitzer Centre is accepting applications for its 2024 Teacher Fellowship.
Donor Name: Pulitzer Center
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 09/08/2024
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
As part of this paid, virtual Fellowship, a cohort of up to 14 educators will explore global health stories over the course of six workshops in a community with other passionate Fellows, award-winning journalists and the Pulitzer Center education team. They will analyze how news stories engage students in critical analysis of several global health topics, guide students in making local connections, and explore paths for students to apply their learning to address health issues in their own communities. Ultimately, educators will design a rigorous learning experience that centers at least one news story and culminates in an activity exemplifying empowered action. Participants will share the results of this learning experience by publishing a narrative blog post or lesson plan capturing student learning, engagement, and empowered action.
Funding Information
Upon successful completion of the program, Fellows will be provided with
- $600 stipend (made in two payments of $300 disbursed in November 2024 and January 2025)
- Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellow digital badge
- Certificate for 30 professional learning units (PLUs).
Eligibility Criteria
This Fellowship is open to all classroom teachers (grades four–12) working in public, charter, independent, and alternative schools in the United States and U.S. territories. Educators working with adults and youth in jails, prisons, or youth detention facilities are also encouraged to apply. Applicants must be currently teaching virtually or in person, and plan to continue teaching in their current school at least through the end of the 2024–2025 school year.
Fellowship Description
Through text analysis, group discussion, and engagements with journalists, Fellows will practice applying a media literacy lens to global health news stories on a range of topics, including the health impacts of pollution and extreme weather events, vaccine access, maternal health, disparities in health care access, gender equality, and health research and innovation. Fellows will connect with journalists who cover global health topics through a myriad of storytelling methods, including print, video, photography, and data. Participants will strengthen the skills to ask critical questions and make informed connections between local and global issues. They will also evaluate how news stories can inspire broader classroom discussions about health.
Guiding questions:
- How do individual health outcomes reflect the impact of larger systemic issues (i.e. ,climate change, migration, human rights) in communities?
- How do systemic health issues connect to challenges faced by students and their communities?
- Why is it important to bring discussions about health to our classrooms? How can critical analysis of news stories support those discussions and equip students to take action?
Teachers will design a short learning experience (one-three class periods) that centers at least one global health topic and culminates in an activity exemplifying empowered action. Teachers will be responsible for documenting student learning in a narrative blog or a lesson plan with embedded student examples.
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