TEACH THIS SUMMER

ABOUT US

Generation Teach is committed to co-creating loving communities where generations of students, teachers, and leaders learn, grow, and develop. Our core values are belonging, investment, collaboration, growth, and excellence.

Complete pre-summer preparation and in-person training to get ready to teach on day 1.

Teach or co-teach elementary or middle-school students engineering, law, math, or reading for 5 weeks.

Co-teach enrichment classes and social-emotional skills.

Receive daily feedback and collaborate with your colleagues.

Plan and co-lead fun events that foster teambuilding and engage students.

You are an undergraduate or high-school student who shares our core values.

You want to invest your summer in the success of others.

You are eager to receive coaching to grow as a person, teacher, and leader.

Fellows receive a taxable cash scholarship of $3,000 to participate in this learning opportunity. Generation Teach does not withhold taxes.

You will have access to a letter of recommendation and personal introductions to partners if you are interested in teaching professionally.

You are eligible to receive 3 undergraduate credit hours from the University of Colorado-Denver for a reduced cost.

You will develop relationships with students, colleagues, and leaders that will stay with you for years to come.

At Generation Teach, we are on a journey to increase our consciousness, develop as antiracists, and become better allies and ancestors. Since 2014, we have co-created learning communities where over 5,000 5th-8th-grade students, 1,000 undergraduate and high-school students, and 280 professional teachers have learned, grown, and developed.

We partner with districts and charter schools to:

Engage elementary- and middle-school students in summer learning.

Invest undergraduate and high-school students in teaching.

Develop professional teachers as leaders.

We facilitate learning experiences that center the history, stories, and strength of people of color and provide all participants with windows and mirrors of their own lived experiences.

On average, our summer teaching fellows are:

75% people of color

60% Black and/or Latinx

75% local - they grew up or attend college in our communities

40% First Gen