Application Tips
Don’t forget to complete your video interview within 5 days if you have already submitted your online application.
Consolidate your thoughts - Why Fellowship?
💭 Think about:
What do I want to achieve in the one-year Fellowship journey?
How does Fellowship stand out to me compared to other career opportunities? What are the unique values that Fellowship can provide for my future development?
Understand the context of Fellowship
💭 Think about:
What kind of students will I be serving?
What are the pressing needs and challenges they face?
dive deeper into the education topics/issues that interest you
💭 Think about:
What did you observe/already know about the topics/issues?
⚠️ Don’t stop at what you have already known. Be curious to find out the underlying factors/causes.
Open yourself up to other stakeholders’ perspectives - If you only think from students’ perspectives, what about the school, which involves teachers and school management, family, community, and even the wider society?
Define your impact
💭 Think about:
How do you want to contribute to education equity during Fellowship with a role that is different from the regular teacher?
Are there any ways to utilize your background and expertise?
How do you collaborate with different stakeholders inside and outside of the school to make things happen?
Learn from alumni’s experience
🎦 Download the video recording to get inspiration from Sonam’s and Ryan’s Fellowship experience.
Ryan (Fellow 21-22)
Research Assistant,
Dept of Psychiatry,
CUHK
Sonam (Fellow 20-21)
Co-Founder & Director, Edspire Future
(Education nonprofit)
Aspirations and goals for the Fellowship journey
Education inequity oberserved in partner school
Utilize personal experience and expertise, as well as observations during Fellowship, to come up with activity ideas
Channel resources from the other sectors (e.g. business/nonprofit) to lead extracurriculars
Overcome challenges and practice leadership