Volunteer Programs That Offer Graduate Degrees

Blessed Stephen Bellesini Academy
Those interns interested in pursuing a career in teaching may enroll tuition-free in the Master's in Education program at Merrimack College.  The Master's program requires a commitment of two years of service. See
http://www.bellesiniacademy.org/work.html (read under “Graduate Internships”). 

Equal Justice Works
Offers information and guidance about doing pro-bono work during and after law school, including information about law schools with a good reputation in public service.  See www.equaljusticeworks.org

Response-Ability
RA volunteers have the option of attending graduate school to earn teacher certification and a Masters degree in Education with RA schools paying for a set number of classes and the volunteer paying for the remaining classes, books, tests and fees.  RA volunteers follow a program of study set by RA and the grad school. See http://www.ravolunteers.com/RA%20pages/2%20Applicants/applicants_grad.htm for more details.
 

Inner-City Teaching Corps
Through ICTC’s Alternative Teacher Certification Program, VTC (Volunteer Teaching Corps) members earn a State of Illinois teaching certificate and more than half the required credits for a Master’s Degree from Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy. See http://ictc-chicago.org/vtc/index.php for more details.
 

Lalanne
See http://www.udayton.edu/~lalanne/careerpath.html for more details. 

OperationTEACH
During the program, OperationTEACH participants study learning theory and principles of effective teaching as they pursue the Master of Arts in Teaching degree at College of Notre Dame of Maryland. At the same time they gain hands-on experience teaching in area diocesan schools. This combination of theory and practice provides participants with a solid background in teaching. See http://www.ndm.edu/graduatestudies/majors/gs_operationTEACH.cfm for more details.
 

PACT
Liberal Arts graduates with a major (30 credit points) in English, foreign languages, history, math, science or theology, study toward a Providence College Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree and teacher certification as a secondary school teacher, in a program approved by the State of Rhode Island, which is reciprocal with 40 other states in the United States. Education graduates, who already possess teacher certification, follow a Master of Education program in Special Needs or Literacy* and teach in elementary, middle, or high school special needs classes or literacy programs. (Applicants interested in pursuing the Literacy program must have completed one full year of teaching to qualify.)

For more programs that offer degrees while you serve with them, read about the University Consortium for Catholic Education at http://ace.nd.edu/aeo/aeo_membership_programs.cfm

 

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