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Teach For America - Chicago
Teach For America’s mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by developing leaders.
- We recruit committed recent college graduates and professionals of all backgrounds to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools
- We train and develop these corps members so that they have an immediate positive impact on their students
- We foster the leadership of our alumni as they address this problem from all sectors
The work we do is about people – our students, who have the potential to achieve at the highest levels, and their parents, who want the best for them; our corps members, who work relentlessly to put their students on different academic trajectories; our alumni, who work in education and across all sectors to accelerate the pace of change; and our staff members, supporters, and partners, who make our efforts possible. These individuals bring a rich diversity of experiences to our work but are united by a shared vision that one day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.
- We recruit committed recent college graduates and professionals of all backgrounds to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools
- We train and develop these corps members so that they have an immediate positive impact on their students
- We foster the leadership of our alumni as they address this problem from all sectors
The work we do is about people – our students, who have the potential to achieve at the highest levels, and their parents, who want the best for them; our corps members, who work relentlessly to put their students on different academic trajectories; our alumni, who work in education and across all sectors to accelerate the pace of change; and our staff members, supporters, and partners, who make our efforts possible. These individuals bring a rich diversity of experiences to our work but are united by a shared vision that one day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.