The Food Education Fellowship
Every year, Pilot Light recruits and accepts a Food Education Fellowship cohort of highly-motivated PreK–12th grade teachers across the country with an interest in implementing Pilot Light Food Education lessons consistently with their students. Accepted Fellows are supported with Pilot Light resources and by staff, peers, and partners and as they refine and evaluate Food Education in their classrooms.
FOOD EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
WHO YOU ARE:
- You will be teaching in the United States in the 2024-25 school year
- You have least 2 years of teaching experience
- You have an interest in:
- Using Food Education as a tool to teach in your classroom
- Monthly, virtual professional development related to Food Education
- Collaborating and connecting with like-minded peers
- Engaging in your school community and with students’ families
- You are committed to meeting requirements outlined for Fellows (see below)
- You have Administrator approval completed and submitted by May 27, 2024
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Attendance at all professional development meetings & summer institute (hosted virtually – see dates below)
- Delivering Food Education lessons weekly in classrooms
- Commitment to evaluating the effects of Food Education in your classroom
- Commitment to student-led food education advocacy
- Commitment to collaborating with a partner in your community and/or school
- Commitment to connecting school food to classroom lessons
ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
- Two professional references
- Updated resume
- Completion of Pilot Light Food Education Fellowship Application by May 27, 2024
- Completion of Administrator Recommendation Form by May 27, 2024
LOCATION:
United States (Your school should be located within the U.S.A.)
DURATION:
August 2024 – June 2025
Key Dates – all professional development will be held virtually over Zoom
- Summer Institute: Thursday, August 15th and Friday, August 16th, 9am-4pm CST
- Monthly Virtual Professional Development (All times Central Standard Time (CST))
- September 11th – 5pm-7pm CST
- October 9th – 5pm-7pm CST
- November 13th – 5pm-7pm CST
- December 11th – 5pm-7pm CST
- January 15th – 5pm-7pm CST
- February 12th – 5pm-7pm CST
- March 12th – 5pm-7pm CST
- April 9th – 5pm-7pm CST
- May 21st – 5pm-7:30pm CST
- June 4th – 5pm-7:30pm CST
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Engage in monthly professional development
- Receive 1:1 support & coaching from staff & peers
- Cultivate a community partnership and student advocacy project with your students
- Co-plan a chef demonstration tied to your lessons
- Compensation: $2,000 stipend + $300 materials
Application Timeline
Questions?
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Watch the recording of our live Office Hours with the Pilot Light team and Fellowship alum Deborah Riddle! This is a great opportunity to learn from a teacher firsthand about their Fellowship experience. Please contact Caitlin Arens, Food Education Fellowship Director, at caitlin@pilotlightchefs.org with additional questions.
Food Education Fellowship Office Hours – 5/1/24 from Pilot Light on Vimeo.
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