About Our Programs

teachNOLA Teaching Fellows

Our Teaching Fellows program offers an accelerated pathway into the teaching profession for  accomplished mid-career professionals and recent college graduates who believe all students can succeed in school and who are prepared to do what it takes to achieve that vision. Our highly-selective program offers rigorous, classroom-centered training that builds on the deep content knowledge you already possess and prepares you to teach it. As a Fellow, you will make a difference every day for the students in your classroom, while contributing to the broader New Orleans community for years to come. Learn more.

teachNOLA Master Teachers Corps

Are you a certified teacher with a proven track record of improving student achievement who wants to bring your talent to New Orleans? The Master Teacher Corps offers a streamlined application and job search support for outstanding certified teachers in math, science, foreign language, English, social studies, elementary, early childhood, physical education, art, and music. If you are willing to accept the challenge of improving educational opportunities for all of our city’s children, we strongly encourage you to apply. Learn more.

About Us

teachNOLA is a partnership between the Recovery School District, New Schools for New Orleans, and TNTP, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the achievement gap by providing excellent teachers to the students who need them most and by advancing policies and practices that ensure effective teaching in every classroom. Founded by teachers in 1997, TNTP partners with school districts and states to implement scalable responses to their most acute teacher quality challenges. Since its inception, TNTP has trained or hired approximately 43,000 teachers, benefiting an estimated 7 million students nationwide. It has established more than 75 programs and initiatives in 31 states and published four seminal studies on urban teacher hiring and school staffing.