Reach to Teach is the partnership between University of Cincinnati College of Education and the High School for Teaching and Technology at Hughes Center.

Why Teach?

• Teachers help shape the future
• Teaching is a calling, not a job
• America needs you! There will be 2 million new teaching jobs in the next ten years
• Federal Perkins Loans are forgivable if you teach in an urban area.
• Teacher salaries are improving.
• Cincinnati will help you buy your first house.
• Teachers can now get a national certification.
• Demographics of schools and teachers from the Digest of Educational Statistics

Summer camps and enrichment experiences for students interested in or think they may pursue teaching as a career.

• W.E.B. DuBois Academy for Prospective Teachers 2001
• C.A.P.E., Camp Attracting Prospective Educators 2001
• Summerbridge
• Phi Delta Kappa Camp
• Village Schools (Urban League)

If you have a college degree but no teaching certificate, you can join Teach for America and try out teaching. Here is an interview with the founder of Teach for America Wendy Kopp.

Resources for African-American students:

• Black Collegian
• African-American teachers: The Missing LInk
• The role for African-American teachers: Why they are essential.
• Call Me Mister: A partnership between historic Black colleges and Clemson University to recruit African- American males to teaching! Also, check out Oprah Winfrey's link.
• Recruitment Programs for Minority Teachers. Check this web site out for with valuable resources for minorities to find college programs and money to become teachers.
  

Watch Quicktime movies of Job Shadow experiences:

Chris.mov

Shanels.mov

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