TNLI Fellowship Program:

The Chicago Foundation for Education awards $1,250 Teachers Network Leadership Institute (TNLI) Fellowships and up to 68 CPDUs to CPS elementary teachers who are interested in conducting action research for the purposes of improving instruction and student achievement within their classrooms and the greater school community. TNLI Fellows are also awarded the opportunity to influence educational decisions district-wide.

TNLI Fellows receive approximately 50 hours of professional development throughout the school year, including an in-depth look at the action research process. This process includes the examination of existing practices, the questioning of how those practices can be improved, the implementation of new practices, and the evaluation of the acquired results. Fellows present their research findings to colleagues, administrators, and educational decision-makers at the end of their experience, and are often invited to participate on local advisory boards, panels, and task forces related to their action research topics. TNLI Fellows can also receive a $200 bonus if their action research projects successfully incorporate Character Education issues.

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Congratulations to TNLI Fellows Meg Burns and Christine Lancaster, as they are included in "The Missing Link", a book written by bestselling authors Frances Rust and Ellen Meyers. Meg's research is titled, "The Art of Reading: A Look at Student Motivation, Self-esteem, and Self-perception When the Arts are Integrated with Reading Curriculum," and Christine has written, "Impact of Student Motivation, Achievement, and Success in a Self-contained Special Education Classroom." Meg and Christine were chosen for publication from an extremely competitive pool of candidates. TNLI has affiliates across the country and awards over 100 fellowships nationwide each year!

Congratulations to TNLI Fellows Faren D'Abell, Nora Flynn, Liz Goss and Trish Meegan on being featured in the article, "A View of Research from Practice: Voices of Teachers," by Debra Miretzky for Theory into Practice, a nationally recognized, peer-reviewed journal featuring articles on important topics in education. Click here to read the article.