When you enter the Teacher Education Program, you will be welcomed into a community of educators that will endure long after you leave the program. Even though TEP is a one-year program, we view that year as the beginning of a long-term relationship. Just as we encourage collaboration among current students, we also make every effort to promote continued collaboration and networking among former students. In some areas where we have a concentration of graduates, such as San Francisco, New York and Boston, we may host specific get-togethers. We also have explored various ways of using technology to maintain contacts among grads who are teaching in every part of the country and abroad. Some examples are websites where current and former students can post lesson plans and other resources, and can engage in on-line discussions and forums. Through such websites and listservs, former students pose questions to each other and share resources and experiences.
In addition to the services provided by the Career Services Office (CSO), the TEP office forwards many job leads to current and former students through listservs. We receive notices from many sources, including former students, mentor teachers, school site contacts, and others.
The Career Services Office provides many forms of assistance to students seeking teaching jobs. It organizes job fairs and career days throughout the academic year, and brings in recruiters to interview job candidates. It maintains E-Recruiting, an on-line career services system, as well as an alumni advising network for current and former students.
If you go on to teach in low-income communities and/or teach high-need subject areas like math and science, you might be able to cancel or defer your student loans. Information is available at http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/teachercancel.jsp?tab=repaying