• Welcome

  • To ensure that you have all materials ready, we recommend reviewing the Application Components section of our website prior to proceeding, located here: www.callfellowship.com/application-components.

    Before proceeding, if you have not already, please review the eligibility requirements for the Leadership Lab, located here: www.callfellowship.com/eligibility.

    Contact Sam Glaser with any questions as you complete the application, at samantha.glaser@teachforamerica.org.

  • Befor getting started with the application, please check each of the below boxes to acknowledge that you understand the eligibility requirements for the Leadership Lab.*

  • Basics

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Are you a TFA alumni member?*

  • About You

  • We believe that it is important to understand the backgrounds of our applicants, though your response to these questions is voluntary.

  • How do you currently describe your gender identity?
  • Do you identify as transgender?
  • What are your pronouns, if you wish to share?
  • Do you identify as a person of color?
  • Do you identify as someone from a low socioeconomic background?
  • Do you identify as a first-generation college graduate?

  • Current Residency

  • Review our TFA Appalachia service region here: https://www.callfellowship.com/map. 

  • How long have you lived in the TFA Appalachia service region?*
  • Do you have any plans to relocate within or outside of the TFA Appalachia service region in the next three years?*
  • Which of the following best describes your prior experience with the TFA Appalachia region?*
  • When was the last time you visited the TFA Appalachia region?*
  • Which of the below best describes your moving plans before hearing about this Leadership Lab opportunity?*
  • Who else from your household would be moving with you to the region?*
  • If accepted into the Lab, would you be looking to own or rent when you relocate to the region?*
  • Which of the following best captures your preferences for relocating to the region?*
  • In which of the following sub-regions are you interested in living and working?*

  • Employment

  • What is your current employment status? *

  • Review our north star goal here.

  • Which of the following best captures your employment status in the TFA Appalachia region?*

  • Professional References

  • Please provide contact information for two professional references who can speak to your fit for the CALL program. For each reference, please provide the reference first and last name, email address, phone number, current title and organization, and a brief explanation of your professional relationship.

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • Professional References

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • In-Person Convenings Acknowledgment

  • Attending the 10 in-person convenings is a requirement for participation in the CALL program. As part of the Lab’s goal for members to build nuanced understandings of issues and opportunities affecting our north star goal in communities across Central Appalachia, the convenings will rotate across different communities in the four-state TFA Appalachia region: Eastern Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, and West Virginia. Members should expect to travel to each of these states at least once across the 10 below convening dates. Lab members travel to communities where their peers live and work, so the specific locations for convenings over the three-year term will be identified once cohort selection is complete.  

    The program provides funding to support with travel to attend the in-person convenings. Members are eligible for up to $500 in travel reimbursements per convening. Beyond that amount, members are responsible for covering any additional costs.  

    The 10 convening dates are: 

    #1: Fri. April 16 & Sat. April 17, 2027 (Kickoff Convening)
    #2: Sat. July 31, 2027
    #3: Sat. November 6, 2027
    #4: Sat. April 1, 2028
    #5: Sat. July 15, 2028
    #6: Sat. November 4, 2028
    #7: Sat. April 21, 2029
    #8: Sat. July 28, 2029
    #9: Sat. November 3, 2029
    #10: Fri. March 29 & Sat. March 30, 2030 (Graduation Convening)

  • Do you have any conflicts that would prevent you from attending in-person convenings on the above dates?*

  • Application Uploads

  • The final component of the application is the upload of your personal statements and resume. You can find the personal statement prompts for #s 1-3 on our website, under the 'personal statements' drop-down: https://www.callfellowship.com/application-components.

     

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  • Just one last question - how did you hear about the Lab? *
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