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NYS My Brother's Keeper  Teacher Opportunity Corps II

We believe that concerns related to teacher supply, quality, and diversity are  interrelated and must be solved together.  UB GSE’s MBK TOC II Scholars are individuals who: 

  1. Are completing a year-long clinical placement in a partner district; 

  2. Come from underrepresented minoritized and/or economically disadvantaged backgrounds; 

  3. Are committed to cultivating an inclusive, equitable, anti-racist classroom climate where students’ social-emotional and academic needs are met; and 

  4. Serve local needs for learner-ready teachers (with particular attention to high-need certification areas).  

What does it mean to be an MBK TOC II Scholar?

​Commitments:

  • A commitment to culturally responsive-sustaining education that is demonstrated through:

    • Engagement in professional learning activities organized by the program during my first year teaching, post-graduation

    • Modeling the OEP Core Values of Asset-based Responsive Pedagogies,  Critically Conscious Purpose & Advocacy, Urgency & Persistence, Reflective Ownership, Inquiry and Adaptability, Joy

    • Modeling the values and principles of the NYS MBK initiative through:

      • Providing guidance to students as they navigate from early childhood, elementary,  junior high school to post-secondary education

      • Helping students and self set short-term and long-term goals and encourage achievement of those goals

      • Building a relationship with students and Mentor- Teacher  by planning and participating in activities together

      • Serving as a positive role model who encourages and supports others

      • Being an active listener who demonstrates patience and flexibility

      • Exhibiting strong commitment to MBK mentoring initiative

  • Maintaining NYS residency (during the residency year)

  • Maintaining good academic standing throughout your residency year

  • Participating in a professional learning series on Integrated Social Emotional Learning (five-part series to be completed across the year)

  • Participating in an MBK TOC cohort event in Fall & Spring

  • Completing all certification requirements prior to graduation

  • Engaging with our residency consortium for at least one year after your graduation (either in-person or virtual)

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Benefits:

  • $4600 in tuition support (disbursed between 9/1 and 8/30)

    • $2300/semester for fall and spring

    • Can adjust for summer tuition or to disburse all in one semester

  • Up to $600 to support the cost of certification workshops, exam fees, fingerprinting, and certification costs incurred between 9/1/23 and 8/30/24

  • Exam prep books/resources

  • Technology support (if needed)

  • Ongoing support from a professional learning community during your first year as teacher-of-record

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Apply!

In preparation for your application, please prepare a personal statement addressing the following:  

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In one of the modes listed below, please share your vision of what it means to teach for change.  Address how you plan to cultivate an inclusive, equitable, anti-racist classroom climate where students’ social-emotional and academic needs are met.

 

The personal statement may be submitted as:

  • a video (not to exceed 5 min.), 

  • Multimodal presentation (not to exceed 5 min.), (i.e., slides w/voice over, an artistic creation such as poem or song that is recorded)

  • an essay (not to exceed 500 words).

  • an artifact/lesson plan/ paper from a class that you previously created that you  believe reflects culturally responsive, anti-racist pedagogies.

Apply here

Questions - Contact ubtr@buffalo.edu 

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