About Teach for America

Teach For America: (1) recruits committed recent college graduates and professionals of all backgrounds to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools as members of our teaching corps. (2) TFA trains and develops these corps members so that they have an immediate positive impact on their students (3) TFA places its corps members into jobs in high-need public schools. (4) TFA provides advanced training and professional development to its corps members throughout their 2-year commitment as classroom teachers. (5) TFA fosters the leadership of our alumni as they address the problem of educational inequity from all sectors of society.