Looking to make a difference? The New Teacher Project has established high-quality programs across the country to recruit and train talented new teachers for public schools.
Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification
TNTP's alternate routes to certification are highly selective programs designed to recruit and train high-achieving individuals who do not have education backgrounds to become teachers for hard-to-staff schools. These "Teaching Fellows"TM programs currently operate in more than 15 locations nationwide.
For more information about a specific program, including application instructions and upcoming deadlines, click on one of the links below to visit the program's website.
East Coast
- Baltimore City Teaching Residency
- DC Teaching Fellows
- Newark TeacherNex NEW
- New York City Teaching Fellows
- Philadelphia Teaching Fellows
Midwest
- Chicago Teaching Fellows
- Denver Teaching Fellows
- Indianapolis Teaching Fellows
- Milwaukee Teaching Fellows
- Saint Paul Teaching Fellows
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South / Southwest
- Louisiana Teaching Fellows NEW
- Memphis Teaching Fellows
- Nashville Teaching Fellows NEW
- Phoenix Teaching Fellows
- TeachNOLA (New Orleans, LA)
- Texas Teaching Fellows
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West Coast
- Oakland Teaching Fellows
Recruitment Programs and Initiatives for Traditionally Certified Teachers
In addition to its alternate routes to certification, TNTP operates other recruitment initiatives designed to attract and hire high-quality teachers who are already licensed to teach. These include:
43,400
Total number of individuals who applied to teach through TNTP programs in 2008.
Total number of individuals who applied to teach through TNTP programs in 2008.

