You will work with an experienced educator who works at your Ignite partner school and will serve as a Ignite Site Leader. They will be your main point of contact and your liaison with the school, teachers, and students.

We focus on literacy for elementary grades, math for middle school grades, and mentorship and SAT prep for high school grades. 

Additionally, we do have some placements in dual-language classrooms, requiring fluency in Spanish. These placements will be clearly marked.

Yes! Fellows will receive some support in the subject matter and lesson plans for every session. In addition, there is ample time before the Fellowship to brush up on your grade-level skills.

Ignite focuses on a sense of belonging. The science of learning and development shows that students need to feel connected with educators in order to grow academically. Based on this, we are focusing on fostering belonging (as well as accelerating literacy or math learning or expanding post-secondary access) to meet student needs.

It is important for students to feel like they belong not only in the virtual space you all are creating but also in their broader school. The Ignite team will provide resources, inspiration, and some training on how to create a sense of belonging with your students.

There is not a standard curriculum. Research on high-impact tutoring shows that tutoring is most effective when aligned to what students are learning in their classes; for that reason we don’t have a standardized curriculum, and each school uses a tutoring curriculum customized to their school.

Your school-based Ignite Site Leader will support you to learn and become effective at working with the type of curriculum needed for tutoring. Additionally, Ignite will provide asynchronous and synchronous trainings around the foundations of teaching.