IISME Summer Fellowship Program

 Attention San Francisco Bay Area Teachers!

Are you ready to experience a summer of innovation, collaboration, renewed energy and professional growth?

Apply for a paid IISME Summer Fellowship! IISME's Summer Fellowship Program provides paid, challenging, 8-week summer work opportunities for San Francisco Bay Area K-16 educators in corporations and universities. Teachers complete a project for their sponsors and also receive paid time to transfer their Summer Fellowship experience back to their students. Earn $8,200 this summer and return to your classroom in the Fall with new resources, teaching strategies, updated knowledge and renewed energy!

You can learn more about this unique professional development opportunity and receive tips for how to best show off your abilities and interests in the application to increase your chances of being selected in this competitive process by attending a 90-minute information session!

In this workshop, you will:

1. Learn more about the IISME Summer Fellowship Program.
2. Learn about the application and Fellowship Matching process.
3. Hear how the program impacts teachers from a teacher who has held an IISME Fellowship.
4. Learn valuable tips to increase your chances of being selected for an IISME Fellowship.

Find out how an IISME Fellowship can enrich your summer as an educator and learn about the financial benefits as well.  REGISTER TODAY to attend this FREE Applicant Workshop by visiting http://iisme.org/PublicCalendar.cfm?requestlimit=workshop logging in and selecting the date and location that's best for you!

• Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) in Los Altos.
• Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at Independence High School in San Francisco.
• Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT) in San Jose.
• Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at Emery Secondary in Emeryville.
• Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Silver Creek High School in San Jose.

Teachers are eligible to apply for the IISME Summer Fellowship Program if they meet the following requirements:

• Minimum of two years teaching experience in any discipline by June of the current school year.                     
• Currently teaching any K-16 grade level within the IISME service area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.                     
• Contracted to teach during the 2011-2012 school year within the IISME service area (Administrator verification required).                     
• Committed to work in education for at least the next three years.              
• Have a legal right and necessary documents to work in the U.S. in a non-teaching job.                     
• Available full-time during standard business hours for the Fellowship period.

For more information on IISME and the Summer Fellowship Program, please visit http://iisme.org!