About Teach For America
Teach For America finds outstanding leaders who commit to expanding educational opportunity, beginning with at least two years teaching in an under-resourced public school. Working shoulder-to-shoulder with students, educators, and community members, corps members go beyond traditional expectations to support the academic and personal growth of their students. The impact corps members have in the classroom fuels a lifelong commitment to their students and shapes the trajectory of their lives and careers.
Since 1990, nearly 60,000 leaders have impacted millions of students as Teach For America corps members, many of them returning to teach in the communities in which they grew up. More than 84 percent continue to work in education or in fields that impact the communities where our students and their families live. Teach For America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Teach For America - Phoenix
Since our inception in 1994, we have recruited, trained and supported over 2,000 teachers who have collectively, impacted over 200,000 students throughout the Phoenix Metropolitan area. Today, we have over 380 alumni teachers and 112 first and second-year teachers instructing approximately 37,000 students each day.
To further bolster this work we have forged partnerships with community members, school districts, institutions and other nonprofit organizations in an effort to maximize our impact on Phoenix’s most valuable resource – students destined to become our future local leaders. For more information about Teach For America - Phoenix, please visit our website.