Teach for America (TFA) - Apply by March 4

Calling all seniors! Teach for America (TFA) is currently accepting applications for the 2016 corps until March 4th, 2016. 

Our country has an education crisis. The students who would benefit most from academic supports and resources are the least likely to get them. As a result, a kid’s chance of breaking the cycle of poverty into which they were born are slim. The worst part? It’s a cycle that’s reinforced across systems and at every turn.

 

When we choose to teach, we choose to disrupt this cycle. 

 

TFA is a national non-profit dedicated to changing the odds for the 16 million children born into poverty in the United States. We recruit diverse campus leaders from all majors to serve as teachers in low-income communities for a minimum of 2 years. Corps members are placed in all grades and subjects (PreK-12) in one of 52 regions across the country depending on qualification and preference. 

After 2 years, corps members become part of our 42,000 member-strong alumni network, and often pursue one of our many graduate school partnerships. For example, corps members who serve in Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Houston receive automatic acceptance to Johns Hopkins Graduate School of Education, currently ranked #1 in the United States. This is a post-graduate opportunity, and all corps members receive a full teacher's salary & benefits as well as TWO AmeriCorps education grants worth over $10,000. More than 200 students at UMD have already applied to become part of the movement to end education inequity! Join them by going to www.teachforamerica.org or contacting your campus recruiter, Lauren Nurse, at laurennurse93@hotmail.com.