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Yale Teaching Fellowship

Serving & Strengthening New Haven Public Schools

The Yale Teaching Fellowship aims to train high-quality teachers from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, cover teacher shortage areas, and promote long-term teacher retention in New Haven Public Schools. The fellowship comes out of the Yale & Slavery Research Project.

Yale University has partnered with New Haven Public Schools, New Haven Promise, and Southern Connecticut State University to develop a fellowship program that supports graduate
study for current and aspiring educators in exchange for at least three years of service in New Haven Public Schools.

By the Numbers

Over four years, beginning in May 2025, the Yale Teaching Fellowship will place up to 100 teachers with Master’s degrees in the city’s schools.

  • $10 Million

    Yale’s investment in the Fellowship over six years

  • Up to 80

    New teachers for the district

  • Up to 20

    Current teachers cross-
    endorsed in special education

Content Areas

To support district-identified shortage areas, Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) has developed academic schedule maps to Master’s programs in three subject areas:

● Math
● Science
● Special Education

Prospective fellows in the Teacher Pipeline track may be considered for the fellowship in other licensure areas, provided they could complete their chosen program in the same amount of time as the programs above, but preference will be given to these areas of greatest teacher shortage in New Haven Public Schools.

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Two Tracks

There are two fellowship tracks, both of which cover full tuition and are designed to provide teacher certification and a Master’s degree in a shortage area.

The Teacher Pipeline Track will enable up to 20 college graduates per fellowship year to gain teacher certification in Connecticut and a two-year (fall, spring, summer, fall, spring) Master of Arts in Teaching from SCSU in a New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) shortage area. Yale University will provide full tuition, a living stipend of $47,380 during the first year of the fellowship (September to August), and a cohort experience.

In the fall of year one, fellows will spend 20 hours a week in a fellowship mentor’s classroom. In the spring of year one, fellows will have a full-time teacher residency experience in their school. In year two, fellows will work as full-time teachers of record under Connecticut’s Resident Educator Certificate (REC). Teacher Pipeline Track fellows commit to teaching in NHPS for at least three years following degree program completion, during which they will receive ongoing mentorship.

New Haven Public Schools paraprofessionals and student-facing support staff are especially encouraged to apply for this track.

The Current Teachers Track will provide up to five certified teachers per fellowship year with a route to cross-endorsement in Connecticut and a four-semester (summer, fall, spring, summer) Master of Science from SCSU. Yale will provide full tuition.

This track allows current, full-time NHPS teachers to obtain cross-endorsement in special education, in support of district-identified needs. After completing their M.S. at SCSU, these fellows commit to securing a full-time special education position in the district for at least three years.

Learn More and Apply!

Yale Teaching Fellowship Application

Applications for cohort #2 are open now and close on January 1, 2026.

Questions? Email Christine Gentry, Director of the Yale Teaching Fellowship at christine.gentry@yale.edu.

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Apply!

Applications for cohort #2 are open now and close on January 1, 2026.

Application

Questions?

Questions? Email Christine Gentry, Director of the Yale Teaching Fellowship

christine.gentry@yale.edu