Each day we see the realities of educational inequity juxtaposed against the concrete evidencethat when students in low-income communitiesare given opportunities they deserve, they excel.

Kansas City

This year, a corps of the nation’s most promising future leaders will commit to teach in our city’s lowest-income classrooms as a part of Teach For America • Kansas City. They are working to ensure their students have the educational opportunities they deserve. Our alumni are a leadership force, working from within education and every professional sector to effect broader change. Together they will help us make educational equity a reality in Kansas City. Learn about living and teaching in Kansas City.

Press Corps
Impact		 Alumni
Impact		 Financial
Sustainability		 Regional
Supporters		 Contact
Us		 Executive Director

Press

Recent press releases

See all announcementslink

Recent press coverage

back to top

Corps Impact

In the 2007-08 school year, up to 50 corps members will directly impact the lives of more than 14,000 students in Kansas City.

Kansas City: Our Impact on Students and Schools Today

School Year Corps Members Students Reached
2007-08 Opening in Fall 2008 Opening in Fall 2008
2008-09 50* 4,250*
2009-10 100* 8,500*
*projected

Impact on Student Achievement
According to a highly regarded study by Mathematica Policy Research, corps members outpaced fully certified and veteran teachers in their schools in moving their students ahead academically. Read national results.

Student Profile

  • Students served who are eligible for free/reduced lunch: 79.5%
  • Students served who are African-American and/or Latino: 84.1%

Characteristics of the 2007 Corps

Corps Profile Top alma maters by marketshare*
Average GPA: 3.6 Duke University, Spelman College, University of Chicago: 10%
Average SAT: 1321 University of Notre Dame, Rhodes College: 9%
Held leadership roles on campus: 95% Princeton University, Yale University, Rice University: 7%
People of color: 28% Georgetown University, Stanford University, Morehouse College : 6%

*Percentage of senior classes who applied to Teach For America

back to top

Alumni Impact

Fostering Alumni Leadership for Systemic Change
As the number of corps members grows, so does our alumni base. In addition to the 50 active alumni already present in Kansas City, we will have 50 Teach For America alumni by 2010 pursuing professional careers and effecting change in education from every sector.

  • Nationally, more than 60 percent of corps members continue to work in education,
    including more than 200 who are school leaders.
  • 91 percent of all alumni report they are supporting Teach For America’s mission
    through their career, volunteer activity or graduate study.

back to top

An Efficient Program: Cost Breakdown

An Efficient Program: Cost per Corps Member

Growing Our Impact: Funding Needs, 2008-2010

Each additional recruit is another dedicated teacher for children growing up in low-income communities in Kansas City, and another talented leader with the insight and commitment necessary to sustain the reform efforts underway, which is critical to the ongoing vitality of our region.

Year Corps Size Revenue Needs
2007-08 Opening in Fall 08 Opening in Fall 08
2008-09 50* $1.05 million*
2009-10 100* $1.55 million*
*projected

back to top

Regional Supporters

We are grateful to have many supporters who generously contribute to our movement in Kansas City. The foundations, corporations and individuals listed below have made it possible for Teach For America to continue to recruit, select, train, and support teachers who are working to eliminate educational inequity in our city and across the nation.

Individuals
Todd Epsten, CEO of Major Brands

Foundations and Corporations
Ewing-Marion Kauffman Foundation
Hall Family Foundation
William T. Kemper Foundation
Anonymous


back to top

Contact

To support Teach For America • Kansas City with a gift or to request additional information about our impact or finances, please contact:

Teach For America • Kansas City
Alicia Herald, Executive Director

The Penntower Office Center

3100 Broadway, Suite 1114

Kansas City, Missouri 64111

p 314.341.7880
alicia.herald@teachforamerica.org

back to top

Executive Director

Alicia HeraldA Kansas City native, Alicia Herald is the founding executive director of Teach For America - Kansas City. Alicia joined Teach For America staff in 2007 as a recruitment director in St. Louis, where she increased applications from her portfolio of universities by more than 200 percent. A 2005 Los Angeles corps member, she led her fourth graders to make significant academic progress, raising their scores on the Los Angeles Unified School District examinations in math from an average of the 17th percentile to above the 82nd percentile. She earned a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.back to top