We’re looking for 5th – 12th grade teachers in Michigan to join a paid, media-making fellowship that celebrates Michigan. We’ll provide you with expertise, equipment, and more so you can work with your classroom to make short documentary-style videos about a landmark in your community.

Our fall semester (through December 2024) will be spent building community, learning, and practicing skills in media literacy and media production. Beginning in January 2025, you will transition to project design and implementation, which means you should plan to run the project with students between January and May 2025.

Applications are now closed.

Calendar

We have worked hard to create a hybrid, flexible fellowship opportunity that allows for busy schedules and varying commitments across our state. That said, we will require attendance at a few events during the year. We will also do our best to help with travel arrangements and costs as needed. Below are the required meetings and some optional opportunities. If you cannot make the required events, please consider applying next year.

  • October 3 – Informational Zoom, 4pm (registration link)
  • October 11 – Applications due
  • October 30 – Onboarding Zoom, 7-9pm
  • December 10 – In-person workshop (Lansing), 9-4
  • February 5 – Zoom check-in, 7-9pm
  • March (date TBD) – MACUL meetup, optional
  • April 9 – Zoom check-in, 7-9pm
  • May (date TBD) – in-person wrap up and project screening, optional

 

See Projects From Last Year

Learn more about the Iconic Michigan documentary project on our project page, or browse our YouTube playlist to see what our previous cohort of educators produced in their classrooms.

What We’re Looking For

  • 5th-12th grade teachers who are creative, innovative, and energetic educators who enjoy thinking outside of the box, centering student voice, and bringing their local community into their classroom
  • 5th-12th grade teachers who care about and are inspired by values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in their work to uplift student voice and uncover community stories
  • 5th-12th grade teachers who are curious and ready to learn and implement new strategies and technologies for project-based learning in their classrooms
  • 5th-12th grade teachers who are excited to integrate media literacy and media making into their instruction, even (and especially!) if they have no media experience

What You’ll Get

  • A $750 stipend
  • $750 worth of student-friendly media making equipment for your classroom
  • A community of like-minded, innovative, and creative educators from across the state
  • A year of virtual and in-person learning opportunities
  • Resources for teaching media literacy and media production with students
  • Ongoing office hours and personalized coaching with certified educators and media professionals

What You’ll Do

  • Actively participate in our virtual and in-person learning and community building sessions throughout the school year
  • Actively participate in our statewide teacher network of enthusiastic media-driven teacher-learners
  • Implement a digital storytelling project in your classroom during the second semester (January-May) that utilizes provided media toolkits and personal handheld devices (student-owned cell phones or district-provided mobile devices)
  • Provide feedback along the way to help us refine lessons and build a sustainable model for teacher community and professional learning in Michigan

For More Information

Join our virtual Q&A over Zoom on October 3, 2024 at 4:00pm. Or email the Michigan Learning Channel Program Director Matt Hamilton at mhamilton@michiganlearning.org.