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The Activists for Social Development Fellowship is offered by the All Stars Project, Inc,. a non-profit organization nationally recognized as a leader in the field of afterschool education, while...
The American Friends Service Committee bases their programs on the Quaker belief in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. The AFSC carries out service, development, social justice...
The AIF Clinton Fellowship for Service provides a select group of young American professionals the opportunity to serve marginalized and underprivileged communities in India by working with NGOs...
AmeriCorps is a domestic service organization that places corps members in community service positions all around the country. Corps members focus on a specific issue such as education, public...
Jewish affiliated organization that places members in service projects across the U.S. Avodah has a one-year commitment, beginning at the end of August.
Unlike Teach for America, BEN Corps members are not expected to teach standards-based classes, but instead support core academic efforts while designing curriculum for a class of choice. Currently...
The Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship is an eleven month program that is divided into two phases. The first phase focuses on service, and places fellows in community organizations across the...
The Boston Teacher Residency (BTR) is an innovative program in urban education that combines graduate coursework toward a Masters degree in Education with a full year of co-teaching under the...
In Camphill, people usually live together in house communities. Community members include people with developmental and other disabilities, long-term coworkers who share responsibility for the...
Campaign Corps is a competitive program that trains recent college graduates to work on targeted progressive Democratic campaigns for the three months leading up to election day. Staffers go...
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is an organization that works toward advancing cooperation between nations, and promotes active international engagement by the U.S. This is a...
The Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) seeks to promote the news of the Gospels through service in Appalachia, but volunteers come from a variety of faith traditions. Openness to diversity is...
Within the CPT there are full-time positions and a Reserve Corps. Full-time Christian Peacemaker Corps members commit to three years of full-time service while the Reserve Corps commits 2-12...
The Christianson Grant is awarded to individuals who have arranged their own work abroad programs. Proposed programs must be at least six months in length and emphasize a work component. The grant...
Citizen Schools runs extended-learning day programs at disadvantaged middle schools in 7 states around the country. Every campus employs at least two full-time Americorps members called Teaching...
This 12 month fellowship introduces college graduates to positions that allow them the opportunity to understand how cities work and the various issues that impact local government.
City Year is a service program that places members primarily in educational and youth programs in cities across the US for one year. The program places a large emphasis on working with youth in at...
Code for America helps governments work better for everyone with the people and the power of the web. Through our Fellowship,...
College Possible (formerly Admission Possible) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit making college admission and success possible for low-income students through an intensive curriculum of coaching and...
CIEE offers paid teaching positions in seven countries (Chile, China, Dominican Republic, South Korea, Spain, Thailand and Vietnam) for university graduates looking to teach English abroad and...
Covenant House Faith Community looks for energetic graduates for their yearlong service program. Covenant House offers a fantastic opportunity to work with a world-renown nonprofit at the...
Drake University’s Teach in China Program offers recent graduates from any academic background with any (or no) international or teaching experience or knowledge of Chinese the opportunity to live...
English Open Doors full-time volunteers make a lasting impact on the lives of their students, motivating them to improve their English and participate in cross-cultural exchange.
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The English Program in Korea (EPIK), affiliated to the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, was established in 1995 to improve the English speaking abilities of students and...
Teach English in Georgia, a beautiful country that borders the Black Sea, Russia, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Footprints Recruiting has been officially selected as the primary provider of...
Global Health Corps recruits placement organizations that are doing excellent work in improving healthcare access and health outcomes for the poor. Placement organizations range from small...
Rehabilitation center for those with mental disabilities. There are salaried positions as well as volunteer positions. Volunteer positions would probably be more applicable to Grinnell students....
Green Corps' Field School for Environmental Organizing is a yearlong program that trains members in leading environmental-based political campaigns. Trainees start working on campaigns from the...
The 2 year long Internships are supposed to lead to full-time employment with the Federal government. Interns are trained for leadership careers within the Department of Health and Human Services...
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship is a competitive national fellowship program that provides college graduates with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace...
Global Leadership Fellowships will be awarded to graduating seniors whose dedication to their campus and community embodies the essence of leadership. Fellows complete a yearlong externship under...
The growing field of social enterprise offeres a unique opportunity for aspiring practitioners and young professionals to pursue a career path that positively impacts their lives and the lives of...
The Volunteer Teaching Corps is a two-year program offered through Inner City Teaching Corps. The program is similar to Teach for America, except that corps members are placed only in schools in...
Innisfree is an assisted living community for those with mental disabilities. Innisfree is looking for full-time residential volunteers to lead the community. The volunteer population consists of...
The Inspired Teacher Certification Program is a state-accredited, 24-month teacher preparation program that prepares, supports, and certifies highly qualified individuals to become teachers in the...
The UNCF is an organization that delivers educational support services to Minority Serving Institutions of higher education. It offers a multitude of different internships, fellowships, and...
Founded in 1972, Interac is committed to providing excellence in the fields of school, business, language and cross-cultural training. Interac constantly strives to enhance its position as Japan's...
The International Fellows Program (IFP) is a nine-month internship for talented recent college graduates and graduate students to provide on-the-job development experience in...
The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme is sponsored by the Japanese government. JET places native English speakers in classrooms across Japan. The workers live in Japan for up to a year and...
The purpose of the Jenkins Arboretum Hamilton Educational Fellowship is to provide a unique educational experience. Fellows will acquire specialized skills and practical knowledge over a period of...
Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) looks for talented and dedicated people who have a desire to answer the call to apostolic service and community as Jesuit Volunteers. Based in four core values- social...
KIPP DC and E.L. Haynes public charter schools have joined forces to create the Capital Teaching Residency (CTR) program. CTR is an intensive year-long teacher training program based in the...
Each year, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) awards Teaching Fellowships to exceptional young men and women committed to teaching science and mathematics in United States high schools....
The Match Corps is a one-year, full-time professional tutoring fellowship, where elite college graduates work intensively with students in small groups (1:1 or 2:1). Corps members not only provide...
Math for America is a nonprofit organization that has the mission to improve math education in secondary public schools in the United States. Math for America does this by recruiting, training,...
MercyWorks is a faith-based volunteer program located in Chicago, IL that offers a diverse group of highly motivated women and men a unique opportunity to acquire professional experience while...
The Mississippi Teacher Corps is a two-year program that recruits college graduates to teach in the Mississippi Delta. This program is similar to the Peace Corps and Teach for America.
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This program is sponsored by the Ministry of Education of Spain. It recruits English speakers to teach English in Spain under the supervision and guidance of a classroom teacher for 12-16 hours...
OCTC is an initiative of the Oakland Unified School District to recruit high quality, credentialed teachers into the District's hardest-to-staff schools. Upon acceptance into the program, Oakland...
The Paraclete Academy in Boston, MA seeks mission-driven teachers who want to work for social justice through education. Paraclete students come from low-income families (about 60% live below the...
An opportunity to teach English in India to students on the primary or secondary level for one year.
The USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program seeks to attract outstanding young people who are interested in pursuing careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S....
Peace Brigades international is an organization that sends peace-keeping teams to areas experiencing major conflict. The organization hires and trains volunteers to join peacekeeping teams....
Peace Corps is a program sponsored by the US government that sends corps members to countries around the world. Corps members assist in infrastructure and community development within the country...
The Pew Leadership Year provides individuals who are dedicated to building a leadership career in the public or nonprofit sectors with hands-on experience in solving today's most challenging...
Princeton in Asia (PiA) offers service-oriented fellowships in the fields of education, media/journalism, international development (NGOs) and business, with a majority of fellows working as...
An AmeriCorps program that places allies in community development NGOs serving for four days a week for 10 months at local nonprofits, where they create, improve and expand services that address...
The Red Cloud Volunteer Program invites men and women to serve the Oglala Lakota people of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation through work in Jesuit Schools and Parishes on the reservation. This...
Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) is an AmeriCorps program administered through the University of Oregon's Community Service Center (CSC). RARE AmeriCorps is currently supported...
This program offers a year-long innkeeper fellowship at a homeless shelter/halfway house in Washington D.C. Interns take classes at the Servant Leadership School, participate in monthly community...
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award, sponsored by National Grid, provides a $10,000 stipend to a graduating college senior to pursue public service anywhere in the world. The Award...
The Schuler Scholar Program (SSP) is a non-profit private foundation based in the northern suburbs of Illinois. Every year the Schuler Scholar Program recruits recent college graduates to serve as...
Simon Communities offers full-time volunteer opportunities living and working in communities for a minimum of six months. During this time the volunteer works on a Simon project as a voluntary...
SCA offers internships in over 50 disciplines throughout the US. Conservation. The SCA has postings of internships all over the country - applicants must complete a search on the website to narrow...
TaLK is a Korean Government scholarship program known as Teach and Learn in Korea. The program’s main objective is to invite and train native English teachers and overseas Koreans to teach...
The main goal of the project "Teach and Learn with Georgia" is to improve English language proficiency through recruiting native English speakers who will be willing to help Georgian...
Teach for America places recent college graduates in teaching positions in public schools across the country. Corps members teach grades K-12, in all subjects. The mission of TFA is to reduce the...
Teach For China (formerly known as the China Education Initiative or CEI) recruits, selects, trains, and supports outstanding US and Chinese graduates to work side-by-side to deliver an...
Teach Thailand Corps (TTC), established by the American-Thai Foundation in collaboration with Yonok Foundation, focuses on strengthening the primary and secondar school education systems in...
A teaching program sponsored by the French Government that offers 1,600 teaching assistant positions in French primary and secondary schools and in the French teaching colleges ("IUFM") in all...
This program is similar to the JET program which places Americans in English teaching positions across Japan with most assignments lasting at least a year
The EDGE Educational Academy is a premier after-school enrichment center in Taiwan, catering to international students needing assistance in English, math, science, SATs and more. EDGE teachers...
The Teaching Fellows is a project recruiting students who do not have backgrounds in Education that still wish to teach. Their programs exist across the nation, working to eliminate...
ThinkImpact is an international non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that catalyzes social businesses in Kenya and South Africa. Founded in 2003, ThinkImpact has grown to become a...
University Child Development School in Seattle, WA offers a one-year Resident Teacher Program that is ideal for recent graduates who value education and children and thrive when learning by doing...
The University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program prepares teachers of the highest caliber for Chicago Public Schools while empirically testing a model for urban teacher preparation....
Urban Catholic Teaching Corps is a two-year service program for teachers who wish to gain experience teaching in urban Catholic schools in the Boston area and who want to live in a community with...
The Urban Prep Fellows Program is a one year service opportunity for recent college graduates interested in working with urban youth at a nationally-renowned all-boys charter public high school....
The Fulbright program is a seven-month to yearlong fellowship that places recent undergraduate and graduate students in countries all over the world. Program options include English teaching...
Villers Fellows will be given the opportunity to work on a variety of health care justice issues during their year-long tenure. The Villers Fellow works as a full-time policy analyst in Families...
The Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice is designed to foster the advancement of social justice through participation in health care advocacy work that focuses on the unique challenges facing...
The White House Fellows program is a prestigious program for leadership and public service. White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White...
The Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship seeks to recruit, prepare and retain effective teachers for the students and schools who need them most. It is open to individuals- college seniors, recent...
WWOOF is an international movement that helps people share more sustainable ways of living. Members travel the world and work on participating WWOOF farms. WWOOF organizations publish lists of...
WorldTeach is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1986 in response to the need for educational assistance in developing countries. WorldTeach has placed thousands of volunteer...
Young Adult Service Communities (YASC) is a one-year volunteer program of the United Church of Christ (UCC) for young adults ages 21-30. Volunteers live in intentional community with others who...
