The National Artist Teacher Fellowship were awarded to arts educators nationwide who served public arts high schools, Title 1 high schools, or Title 1 middle schools. Since 2005, twenty awards of $7,000 were bestowed to arts educators yearly to fulfill their fellowship process. Proposals not considered for the National Artist Teacher Fellowship were:

 

• participation in educational conferences

• art therapy

• development of pedagogy

• academic research

• graduate study

• curriculum building

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Criteria for becoming a National Artist Teacher Fellow were:

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• be an arts educator assigned on faculty at a public arts high school, Title 1 high school or Title 1 middle school

• be minimally in their fifth year of teaching, and

• demonstrate excellence as both an artist and arts educator

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