Volunteer Programs That Offer Graduate DegreesBlessed 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