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Become a New Leader

Eligibility Pre-Screening Form

Thank you for your interest in the New Leaders for New Schools program. In this first step we ask you a number of questions to help us ensure that you are eligible to apply to the program at this time. Following the submission of this form, if you are eligible, you will be assigned credentials and instructions for accessing the application portal.

NATIONAL TIMELINE (ALL PROGRAMS EXCEPT GREATER NEW ORLEANS)

Eligibility Verification Date

Notification if invited to complete full application

October 16, 2009 - February 2, 2010

Notification within 72 business hours

February 3 - 15, 2010

Notification within 48 business hours

February 16 - February 17, 2010

Cannot guarantee submission will be processed in time to apply for February 17, 2010 deadline, best effort will be made

GREATER NEW ORLEANS TIMELINE

Eligibility Verification Date

Notification if invited to complete full application

October 16, 2009 - February 2, 2010

Notification within 72 business hours

February 3 - 25, 2010

Notification within 48 business hours

February 26 - March 1, 2010

Cannot guarantee submission will be processed in time to apply for March 1, 2010 deadline; best effort will be made


NOTE: The Milwaukee program is no longer accepting applications for the 2010-11 cohort year. For more information, please click here and contact the Milwaukee office directly.

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Personal and Contact Information
Note: All applications are for the 2010-2011 cohort that will begin in the summer of 2010.


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Salutation:

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Middle Name:

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Permanent Address:
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Confirm Email:

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Preferred Phone:

selected preferred phone will be required below
phone format: 111-222-3333

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Work Phone:

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Mailing Address, if different from Permanent:


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Application Deadline:


March 1 - 2010 Greater New Orleans ONLY
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Are you a US Citizen or Permanent Resident?

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Do you have military experience?

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Have you previously applied to New Leaders for New Schools?


Affiliations


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Are you affiliated with any of the following programs or organizations?
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If you are affiliated with an organization not listed above, please enter it here:


Program Preferences


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Program City:

Cohort Year of Interest:

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Preferred School Type:

 

 

Optional Information
New Leaders for New Schools is committed to a policy of non-discrimination. New Leaders for New Schools evaluates applicants on the basis of qualifications and program-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, mental or physical disabilities, pregnancy, childbirth, medical condition, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. The following information will have no impact on your admission decision but is helpful for data collection purposes.


Gender:

Ethnicity:

Ethnicity, if Other:

Date of Birth format: mm/dd/yyyy

Date of Birth:

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Person with disability:


Education


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Bachelor’s Degree:

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State:

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Institution:

Institution, if not listed:


Graduate Degree:

State:

Major:

Year earned:

Institution:

Institution, if not listed:


Additional Graduate Degree:

State:

Major:

Year earned:

Institution:

Institution, if not listed:


In Progress Graduate Degree:

State:

Major:

Credit hours earned by June 2010:

Expected Date format: mm/dd/yyyy

Expected date of graduation:

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Institution:

Institution, if not listed:


Teaching and Professional Experience
Note: Please estimate in decimals (e.g., 3.5) the amount of time that is not a full year and ensure that the information provided below matches the information provided on your resume.


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How many cumulative years of full-time work experience (including teaching) will you have by June 2010?

Note: Student teaching does NOT count toward the minimum teaching requirement and should not be included in any of the work experience questions.

Note: You must have 2 years of full-time K-12 teaching experience by June 2010 to apply to the Charlotte or Washington, DC programs; 2 years of full-time K-12 teaching experience by the relevant application deadline to apply to the Chicago program; 3 years of full-time K-12 teaching experience to apply to the Baltimore, Bay Area, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New York City, or Prince George's County programs; and 5 years of full-time K-12 teaching experience to apply to Newark (part of the New York City program).

Of your teaching experience, how many years of full-time K-12 classroom TEACHING experience will you have in:

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A public school (including charter schools) by June 2010?

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A private/parochial school by June 2010?

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Cumulative time as a substitute teacher:

Determining cumulative time as a substitute teacher: Substitute teaching can be used toward the minimum full-time teaching requirement in all of our program sites except Chicago. At most, substitute teaching can count for up to one year of full-time K-12 teaching experience ONLY if you spent a year as a full-time substitute in the same classroom with the same students.  Otherwise, your substitute teaching can count for, at most, 6 months toward your minimum teaching requirement.


Current School-Based and Additional Non-School-Based Experience


Current Profession:

If your current profession is not listed above, please enter it here:

Additional experience - Company/Organization:

Is this an education organization or a non-education organization?

Industry:


Teaching Certificate(s), if applicable. - Please refer to the City Requirements.


State:

Title of Certificate:

Year Obtained:


Administrative Certificate(s), if applicable.


State:

Title of Certificate:

Year Obtained:


Additional Information


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How did you hear about New Leaders for New Schools? Select all that apply.
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Please provide more information on the items selected above:

   
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Of the options you chose above, how did you FIRST hear about New Leaders for New Schools? Note: the option you choose must also be represented in the above question.

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Of all the sources you listed above, which one most influenced you to apply to New Leaders for New Schools? Note: the option you choose must also be represented in the above question.

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Did you attend an information session (in-person or by phone)?

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Did the information session impact your decision to apply?


Background Information


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Have you ever been dismissed from a school or school district?

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Have you ever been suspended from or required to withdraw from any school or college?

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Have you ever been separated from a branch of the armed forces of the United States under conditions other than honorable?

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Have you ever been convicted of a felony?

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Have you ever been convicted of a sex or narcotic offense?

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Did you ever have a teaching certificate revoked or suspended?

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Have you ever been accused in a child abuse or neglect report?

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Are you in default on either child support payments or a student loan?

Provide an explanation for any question above in which you answered “Yes”. If you have any legal documents which may aid in explaining circumstances, please be prepared to share them with the admissions office. (500 words limit)


Resume
To submit your resume successfully, you must limit it to two pages in Word. If you exceed two pages, it is likely that you will not be able to submit this section. You must Copy your resume from a Word document and Paste it into the text box below. Any special formatting and/or spacing may not transfer, so format your resume within the text box as appropriate. You will not be able to use bold font, italics or underlining. Do not include a curriculum vitae or cover letter. Your resume must include:

All professional experiences (including dates of employment, location, name of organization, your title/position, and your key roles and responsibilities.) Note: Please be sure to include ALL K-12 classroom teaching experience in your resume - this is critical to our process of determining your eligibility.

All post-secondary institutions attended (including dates of attendance, name of institution, degree(s) earned)


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