After-school educators are by nature part-time jobs. Working at another organization in the morning creates full-time employment for those committed to out-of-school time education. Citizen Schools Teaching Fellows spend the first 3 to 4 hours of their day on the staff of a community-based organization or local business. This work builds skills and on-the-job experience, strengthens the relationship between the school and the community, and often feeds directly into afternoon campus commitments. A Fellow working with a cultural institution might prepare a lesson that Citizen Schools apprentices can use on field trips to there. Fellows might develop a curriculum for employees of the partner organization to use when volunteering to lead an apprenticeship. 

Internal partnerships place fellows in a department at the Boston headquarters of Citizen Schools, enabling them to get first-hand experience working in the hub of a national non-profit organization. Additionally, some Fellows, known as "full-time Fellows," spend their mornings at their middle school's campus. They work intensively with their after-school Campus Director to strengthen the quality of the Citizen Schools program at their school.

• Provide professional development opportunities for Teaching Fellows, particularly in curriculum development, teaching, and community outreach.
• Provide a two-way bridge to civic, cultural, and educational institutions in the community. 
• Are a funding source supporting Teaching Fellows' salaries.
• Help to promote a new vision of out-of-school time, the idea and practice of project-based learning, and the success of the Citizen Schools model throughout the city.

About the National Teaching Fellowship

Master's Program in Education