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The night before graduation, Laura Allan got a life-changing phone call. Allan, a 2012 UMW graduate, had been accepted to the competitive DC Teaching Fellows program. Less than one month later, she arrived in Washington, D.C., to start an intensive eight-week training session.<\/p>\n

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Laura Allan, a 2012 UMW graduate, taught a summer school class in Washington, D.C., as part of training for the DC Teaching Fellows program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DC Teaching Fellows, a partnership between District of Columbia Public Schools and TNTP, a national nonprofit organization, trains professionals and recent college grads to serve high-need students throughout the D.C. area. The program is catered to people who have taken a nontraditional route to education, like Allan, who focused her undergraduate work on sociology.<\/p>\n

UMW, recognized on the President\u2019s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the past three years, is known for its service-minded students and alumni. The Peace Corps ranks UMW No. 1 in the nation among small universities for alumni now serving as Peace Corps volunteers.<\/p>\n

But many recent graduates, like Allan, choose to volunteer or work closer to home, through domestic programs like AmeriCorps, City Year or DC Teaching Fellows. This year alone, at least three 2012 graduates are participating in City Year and countless other recent alumni in AmeriCorps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe need for people willing to serve is global, and our students answer that call through every avenue available to them,\u201d said Christina Eggenberger, director of service in the Center for Honor, Leadership and Service. \u201cFor some, that means serving in the Peace Corps, and UMW has received recognition for that nationwide. What many alumni do in programs like AmeriCorps and City Year is no less amazing and life changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting the first semester of her freshman year, Allan jumped into community service at UMW, volunteering as a tutor through the Community Outreach and Resources Office (COAR).<\/p>\n

\u201cVolunteering very quickly became the best part of my week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Over time, she found that an hour or two a week wasn\u2019t enough. She increased her time at Stafford Junction, a nonprofit that serves local high-need children, and by junior year, she was a site coordinator for the program.<\/p>\n

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Laura Allan’s journey to DC Teaching Fellows started with her volunteer work with organizations like Relay for Life and Stafford Junction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“As I started working with more kids, that\u2019s when I felt like I could see myself in the classroom,\u201d Allan said.<\/p>\n

She credits her decision to apply to DC Teaching Fellows to her service experiences at UMW, including her year as student director of COAR and her involvement with Relay for Life.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy experience with COAR brought me into the field of education,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

With DC Teaching Fellows, Allan will spend the year as a full-time teacher in a D.C. elementary school, while working toward her certification. As part of her training, she taught during a recent six-week summer school session, with evaluations along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI keep getting pushed to the next level,\u201d she said, \u201cbut it has already been so rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her first year, she hopes her students will reach 80 percent proficiency in all subject areas and expects they will gain two years in their reading and math skills.<\/p>\n

Allan\u2019s high goals for her students match the goals she has for herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it will be the most rewarding thing I have ever done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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