Our Anchor Program is the heart of NYC Men Teach
NYC Men Teach calls its incoming teachers ‘Anchors.’ In a relay race, the anchor runs the final leg of the race to ensure that the entire team has the best chance at winning. Anchors drive to have a strong finish and rely heavily on their teammates – the ones who ran before them to ensure the win.
In NYC Men Teach, our ‘team’ is made up of current and retired teachers, school administrators, community members, and the NYC Men Teach programming team in the Department of Education. As a classroom teacher, you will be the Anchor in this race to pass the baton on to your students to increase educational opportunities for them.
Anchors are able to start their path towards teacher certification through either an alternative certification program or a traditional certification program. For information about New York State certification requirements, click here.
Alternative Certification Programs
Alternative certification programs place you directly into a full-time classroom teaching position with salary and full benefits. You would experience a robust training period in order to begin teaching, and then continue taking night classes working towards certification at a partner university.
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 3.0 undergraduate GPA
- No more than 17 Education credits
- US citizenship / permanent residency
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 3.0 undergraduate GPA
- No Education majors
- US citizenship / permanent residency
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 3.0 undergraduate GPA
- No Education majors
- US citizenship / permanent residency
