How Institute Assignment Works
Staff members are generally assigned to an institute pool
based on the region in which they completed or are completing their corps member commitment. For example, if you taught in Baltimore in 2007, your application would be sent to the Philadelphia Institute because that is the institute the Baltimore corps is attending this year. However, if a prospective staff member is unable to work at his/her assigned institute due to a personal or date conflict, we are open to transferring their application to a different institute, and this should not prevent anyone from applying. Also, depending upon the number of applicants in each institute's pool, our corps size, and other factors, we may interview some applicants to work at an institute other than the one where they would ordinarily be assigned to work based on their corps region.
Please Note: All staff members will need to arrive before the start of Week 0 (occurs during the week prior to when corps members arrive for institute) and depart after the end of the institute; however, the exact dates differ between institutes and positions. Generally, instructional staff members (school directors, corps member advisor coordinators, curriculum coordinators, curriculum specialists, literacy specialists, and corps member advisors) need to arrive one to three days before the start of Week 0 and depart two to four days after the end of the institute. Depending on the institute, school directors may be asked to arrive even slightly earlier or stay later to build their school site relationships. In general, operational staff members (operations directors, school operations manager coordinators, school operations managers, operations coordinators, directors of data management) need to arrive at least two to seven days before the start of Week 0 and depart four to seven days after the end of the institute.
The following dates for each institute define the dates that corps members will actually be in attendance. As described above, the staff commitment begins before Week 0 and continues after the dates listed below for the end of institute depending on the position and institute. For the exact dates of training conferences, Week 0, and institutes, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions page.
Atlanta
Institute Dates: June 6-July 10
Institute Dates: Atlanta, Greater New Orleans, Hawaii, Memphis, and Nashville
Chicago
Institute Dates: June 20-July 24
Regions: Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Twin Cities
Houston
Institute Dates: June 13-July 17
Regions: Houston, Dallas, Jacksonville, Miami-Dade, and Rio Grande Valley
Los Angeles
Institute Dates: June 27-July 31
Regions: Los Angeles, Bay Area, and Las Vegas Valley
Mississippi Delta
Institute Dates: June 13-July 17
Regions: Mississippi Delta, Charlotte, Eastern North Carolina, and South Louisiana
New York City
Institute Dates: June 27-July 31
Regions: New York City, Boston, Connecticut, and Newark
Philadelphia
Institute Dates: June 27-July 31
Regions: Mid-Atlantic, Baltimore, and D.C. Metro
Phoenix
Institute Dates: June 13-July 17
Regions: Phoenix, Denver, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Tulsa
Alternate Institute Assignments
If you have a significant conflict with the dates of the institute that you are supposed to attend, you will have the opportunity to indicate that on your application. The institute leadership team will decide whether to re-assign individuals with extenuating circumstances to another institute pool. Examples of significant conflicts include, being the primary care-giver for an elderly, minor, or sick family member, a conflict with end of school dates, etc. In addition, if there is significant overflow of applicants for a given institute, applicants may be moved to another institute’s pool. If this occurs, applicants’ stated conflicts and preferences will be taken into account when determining which institute they will interview with.