Once the application has been reviewed, a candidate may be invited to attend an interview event.  Individuals can check the status of their application and sign up for an interview, if invited, through our online system.  If invited, candidates are encouraged to schedule the interview date as soon as possible, as candidates are accepted on a rolling basis. 

There will be eight DCTF interview events between January 12, 2008 and March 15, 2008.  Most interview events are held on Saturdays, but there will be two events on week nights.  If you are invited to interview, you will be given access to the dates under "My DCTF" and should register for the interview event of your choice at that time. 

Interview events are designed to give DC Teaching Fellows a broader sense of an individual's capacity to increase student achievement.  During an interview event, interviewees will be asked to:

• Teach a five-minute sample lesson
• Structure a written response to a classroom scenario
• Participate in a group discussion around a topical issue in education
• Engage in a one-on-one interview with a representative of the Fellows program

Please note:  While we recognize that some candidates will be traveling to Washington, DC for their interviews and understand that coordinating travel plans can be difficult, we are generally unable to make scheduling exceptions or to accommodate last-minute requests.

For candidates traveling to Washington, DC for an interview, we strongly advise that the interview event be scheduled and confirmed before making arrangements.