How long is the Teach For America program?

Your training begins soon after you accept your offer to join the corps and continues throughout your two-year commitment. Here’s how Teach For America will guide and support your development as a teacher and leader.

Is Teach For America hard to get into?

TFA is a fairly prestigious and selective program (for the past several years, fewer than 15% of applicants were admitted, a lower acceptance rate than that of Harvard Law School). It can be an incredible way to start teaching in a high needs school, but it’s also really hard, and not the right fit for everyone.

How much do Teach For America teachers get paid?

You are not an employee of Teach for America, nor are you paid by TFA. You’ll be paid the same as other beginning teachers working for the same employer. Salaries typically range from $33,000 to $58,000, depending on where you teach. You can compare regional salaries with our Compare Regions tool.

Does Teach For America still exist?

More than 700 TFA members are currently in California classrooms. Nearly half of TFA’s do-gooder recruits are people of color, a fact that the organization touts given that the national teacher workforce is predominantly white.

Who is the CEO of Teach For America?

The Office of the CEO makes sure TFA’s overall strategy and operations are working effectively and accomplishing goals.

What do you do for Teach For America?

Marketing and Communications increases awareness of TFA on a national level. It is responsible for TFA’s digital channels–including the website, social media platforms, and email–as well as its external communications strategy.

Who is the external voice of Teach For America?

TFA’s network of diverse, remarkable, powerful, and convicted leaders take on the massive and complex challenges of educational inequity, and the CLE team works to support them along the way. Teach For America’s Communications & Regional Public Affairs team is the internal and external voice of Teach For America.

Is the Teach For America training more effective?

Additionally, 87% of principals said Teach For America corps members’ training is at least as effective as the training of other beginning teachers, and 53% found corps members’ training to be more effective.