Apply

• Apply as a high school teacher during your 2nd through 8th year of teaching in the classroom with 2-4 other teachers from your same school (maximum team size is 5 including applicant) with whom you are ready to partner with regularly, share your classoom practice, and explore instruction and institutional equity for the two years of the fellowship.
• Teach at a high school where at least 50% of the students qualify for free and reduced lunch
• Maintain at least a part-time classroom teaching position at your current school site in 1 of the 4 content areas (English, history/social science, math, science) for the duration of the two-year fellowship
• Live in residence for the entire institute both summers -- no late arrivals/early departures for personal or professional reasons
• Participate in and prepare fully for all of the school-year, video-conference coaching sessions
• Have access to a computer or tablet that can support the technology interface
• Consider putting together a cross-content team to apply as they are more competitive in the application process (although not mandatory)

• Share information about yourself as a classroom teacher, your school, and district by responding to a series of multiple-choice questions.
• Answer five short-answer questions (1500 character limit per question)
  • What brought you to teaching as a career and what, specifically, compelled you to teach in the community in which your school resides?
  • Please briefly describe any professional learning, coaching, and/or mentoring you will engage with beyond or at your school site this coming school year.
  • What are your goals for improving your teaching? How do those goals align with the features of the Hollyhock Fellowship Program?
  • What are some of the challenges you face in supporting students to learn at your school, and what is your role in ensuring all students learn?
  • Tell us more about the members of the school team with whom you’ve applied →  for how long, and in what capacity, have you known each member of your proposed school team?  Based on your previous collaboration with your school-team members, how do you know it’s the right team configuration to support your collective growth during the two-years of the fellowship?   What are the strengths of your team?  What challenges might you face working together during the fellowship?
• Collaborate with your school team to create a 2-3 minute video that allows the Hollyhock Project Team to better get to know your team.
• Request two people to serve as references (one school administrator and one colleague) who can respond to the following four statements about the applicant and write a short paragraph explaining their ratings.
  • Please rate your level of agreement with the following four statements: Strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree
    • This applicant is a highly effective early-career teacher whom colleagues and students deeply respect.
    • This applicant is likely to continue to work and grow as a classroom teacher at our school for at least the next two school years.
    • This applicant is a conscientious and collaborative team player who follows through on commitments and responds to email/other forms of communication in a timely manner.
    • This applicant is open to feedback to improve their instructional practice.

Newly Accepted Fellows (Cohort 8) | July 10-23, 2022
Returning Fellows (Cohort 7) | July 24-29, 2022