TEACHFORAMERICA:
FINAL Application Deadline- Friday, February 19th
Still unsure about your plans after graduation? This is your last chance to apply to join Teach For America! The application process is non-binding and allows you to see what you would be doing an where before having to commit to anything. If you’re interested, sign up on our website to see the application (www.teachforamerica.org), or visit www.teachforamerica.org/events to attend an online presentation.
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and working professionals – of all academic majors, backgrounds and career interests – who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders for expanding educational opportunity for all children.
Each year, Teach For America selects a diverse corps of individuals who have the skills and commitment to make a real impact on the academic prospects of students growing up today in low-income communities, and to exert long term leadership in the effort to eliminate educational inequity. Teach For America corps members receive extensive training, a full salary and benefits, including an Americorps scholarship, as well as continual support through a two-year professional development program to ensure their success as teachers and beyond. Over the course of the experience and afterwards, corps members are able to take advantage of our various corporate and graduate school partnerships ranging from investment banks and consulting firms to law schools, business schools, and medical schools (and more!). Please visit our website to learn more about our graduate school and employer partnerships:
www.teachforamerica.org/grad
www.teachforamerica.org/corporate
Today there are more than 17,000 Teach For America alumni working in a variety of sectors, including business, education, law, medicine, and public policy.
Application Prerequisites:
Bachelor’s degree by June 2010
2.50 minimum cumulative GPA
US citizenship or national/permanent resident status*
*If you are an international student with a background in math or science, you may be eligible to join the Teach For America International Students Pilot Program.
Please contact Ian Hillis at Ian.Hillis@teachforamerica.org or Crystal Tang at crystal.tang@teachforamerica.org if you’d like to learn more about the program, meet with an alum on campus, or have questions about the application process.
