The Yale Teaching Fellowship (YTF): Teacher Pipeline Track Grant

The Yale Teaching Fellowship (YTF): Teacher Pipeline Track Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Yale University
Amount: More than US $47,380
Last Updated: November 20, 2025

Summary

The Yale Teaching Fellowship (YTF) aims to cultivate high-quality teachers for New Haven Public Schools, addressing teacher shortages and enhancing retention. This program offers full tuition for graduate studies and a living stipend, encouraging a commitment of at least three years of teaching. Designed for diverse candidates, including NHPS staff, the fellowship supports certification in critical areas like Math, Science, and Special Education, fostering educational equity and community engagement.

Overview

Note: Fellowship finalists must separately apply to SCSU for the relevant degree program. Since its founding in 1701, Yale has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations. Yale Teaching Fellowship The Yale Teaching Fellowship (YTF) 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 (NHPS). This 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. Over four years, beginning in May 2025, the program will place up to 100 teachers with Master’s degrees in the city’s schools. 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 Two Fellowship 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: Teacher Pipeline Track and Current Teachers Track. Teacher Pipeline Track Key Points: For college graduates, including NHPS paraprofessionals and student-facing support staff Gain teacher certification in CT and a two-year Master of Arts in Teaching from SCSU Full tuition benefit Receive a living stipend of $47,380 during the first year Commit to teaching in NHPS for at least three years following program completion 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. Fellowship Conditions & Obligations Maintain a 3.0 GPA at SCSU (a cumulative GPA of 3.0+ is required for graduation) 3+ years of full-time teaching in NHPS following completion of the degree program at SCSU

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. New Haven Public Schools paraprofessionals and student-facing support staff are especially encouraged to apply for this track.We especially welcome applications that will support NHPS’ commitment to inclusion in the following areas:Candidates who were low-income and/or first-generation college graduatesCandidates who have previously been or are currently involved in work aimed at creating diverse, inclusive environments for school-aged children (e.g., community service, neighborhood outreach efforts, and/or workplace or college/university initiatives) Fellowship Eligibility Cannot be an employee of NHPS during the first year of the fellowshipDoes not have a teaching certificateLives in, or by the start date of the fellowship will live in, a geographic area that enables full participation in the fellowship (attending in-person classes at SCSU and working in NHPS)Eligible to work in the United States