Awarded Projects 2008-Present

Since 2003, 578 New York City public school teachers have pursued their professional interests through Fund for Teachers fellowships. Past fellows engaged in a variety of projects. For example:

• Kara Bristow MacDevitt, a science teacher in Brooklyn, explored four countries: Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietname in Southeast Asia as she tested the quality of the water and its effects on the surrounding communities. For a more detailed account of her trip, click here.
• Juan Rivera, a social studies teacher, traveled across Japan examining official and unofficial approaches to how people in Japan learn about World War II. For a more detailed account of his trip, click here.
• Polly Seplowitz spent two weeks camping in Volobe, a remote village in the southwestern region of Madagascar, while working with a UK-based charity called Azafady to build energy-efficient stoves in the homes of the people of Volobe. For a more detailed account of her trip, click here.
• Dana Dillon, an elementary school social studies teacher, spent her summer in Malawi teaching students to use photography to document their lives for her students back home, and creating a book that featured each student in depth, so as to paint a more vivid picture of typical kids there. For a more detailed account of her trip, click here.

Please click on these links to view a complete list of past NYC Fund for Teacher’s fellowships:

Fund for Teachers Fellows 2008
Fund for Teachers Fellows 2009
Fund for Teachers Fellows 2010
Fund for Teachers Fellows 2011