Teach For America

Through Teach For America, remarkable people from all academic majors and career backgrounds help our nation deliver on the promise of equal opportunity for all kids. Corps members have the chance to make an indelible positive impact on the lives of their students by teaching for at least two years in urban and rural communities nationwide. They receive training, coaching, and support from Teach For America and are hired by principals as full-time, salaried teachers. As alumni, they apply their first-hand experience and the leadership skills they’ve developed to tackle educational inequity from every angle – inside schools and out. Together with colleagues of all backgrounds, they are part of a dynamic movement proving what’s possible – for kids, for a life of impact, for the future we share.  

Teach For America’s network in the 2015-16 school year includes nearly 9,000 corps members, 52 nationwide partner regions, and nearly 42,000 alumni working in education and many other sectors towards systemic change.