Our 12,000 alumni are a leadership force - working from within education and from every sector to effect fundamental change.

Teach For America is proud to partner with GE.

REMINDER: Apply by November 7, 2008 for eligibility.

Joining Teach For America before pursuing a career in business will provide you with the management experience and skills that will help you have a greater impact in the business world. By committing two years to teach in a low-income community, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to assume tremendous responsibility—managing a classroom of students, setting ambitious goals, and inspiring your students to meet those goals. Through this experience, alumni say that they developed invaluable communication and time-management skills that are highly transferable to a career in business.

Partnership Benefits

Two-year deferrals for students who receive job offers from GE and are also accepted into Teach For America.
Summer internship at GE between first and second year of corps experience for those who receive a job offer.
GE recruits Teach For America corps members for full-time and summer internship opportunities.

Eligibility Requirements

Candidates must be offered a position within one of GE's participating business groups (please inquire directly with GE).
Candidates must meet all of Teach For America's minimum application requirements.

Deferral Partnership Details

In order to be eligible for a GE deferral, candidates must apply to Teach For America by November 7, 2008. All applications must be completed and submitted via www.teachforamerica.org.
Once a candidate has been accepted by Teach For America and has a full-time offer from one of the participating GE business groups, the candidate must inform GE that s/he would like to apply for a two-year deferral through the GE - Teach For America partnership.
Teach For America applicants have one week to confirm whether they will join the corps after they are notified of acceptance. Deferral candidates that require extra time to coordinate their deferral may e-mail Teach For America’s admissions team (admissions@teachforamerica.org) to request a decision extension.

Learn more about the GE/Teach For America deferral program here.

If you have other questions about the deferral program, please contact Lonnie deMarco at lonnie.deMarco@ge.com and/or Sarah Horsch at sarah.horsch@teachforamerica.org.