D.C. Region

Teach For America • D.C. Region is playing a critical role in improving schools and communities. This year, a corps of nearly 420 of the nation’s top recent college graduates is working in underserved schools across the D.C. Region to ensure that students facing the challenges of poverty are given the educational opportunities they deserve. Our alumni are leaders in the classroom, in education more broadly, and across all sectors. Together, they are making educational equity a reality in the D.C. Region. Learn about living and teaching in Washington, D.C.’s greater metropolitan area.

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Corps Impact

During the 2009-10 school year, nearly 420 corps members are directly impacting the lives of nearly 20,000 students in the D.C. Region. Florence McLeod Davis is one example of the tremendous difference our corps members are making.

Florence McLeod Davis (D.C. Region Corps '07) Undergraduate Institution: University Of Virginia Major: Biochemistry

At the beginning of the year, Florence McLeod Davis’ (Corps ’07) ninth grade students were significantly behind in reading, math, and science. On average, her students were reading at a seventh grade level and performing at a sixth grade level in math. Florence set ambitious goals for her students and created a learning environment rooted in high expectations. By the year’s end, 90 percent of Florence's students were at the ninth grade level in both reading and math, and her students were performing at a tenth grade level in science. Every day, D.C. Region corps members like Florence reach our area’s most underserved students and work relentlessly to ensure that they excel academically.

Principal Satisfaction

 

• 87 percent of recently-surveyed principals (in schools with Teach For America corps members) reported that they would hire another Teach For America teacher.*
• 98 percent of principals surveyed regard Teach For America teachers as effective as, if not more effective than, other beginning teachers in terms of overall performance and impact on student achievement.*

*"Teach For America 2009 National Principal Survey,” Policy Studies Associates, July 2009.

Impact on Student Achievement
A growing body of research shows that corps members have a positive impact on their students' achievement. Read more about our impact.

Student Profile*

• Students served who are eligible for free/reduced lunch: 64%
• Students served who are African-American and/or Latino: 95%

*Percentages vary depending on school district

D.C. Region: Corps Member Placement

Assignment	% of Corps*
Pre-K, Kindergarten	17%
Elementary School, Lower (1-2)	14%
Elementary School, Upper (3-5)	15%
Secondary Math	5%
Secondary English	18%
Secondary Science	13%
Secondary Social Studies	7%

Secondary Foreign Language	9%
Secondary Other	2%

*Percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100 percent

Characteristics of the 2009 Corps

Corps Profile
Average GPA: 3.6
Average SAT: 1344
Held leadership roles on campus: 89%
People of color: 30%

*Percentage of senior classes who applied to Teach For America

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Alumni Impact     

Fostering Alumni Leadership for Systemic Change
As the number of corps members grows, so does our alumni base. By 2010, we will have 1,200 Teach For America • D.C. Region alumni pursuing professional careers and impacting educational reform from every sector.

• Nationally, more than 60 percent of corps members continue to work in education,
  including more than 360 who are school leaders.
• 93 percent of all alumni report they are supporting Teach For America’s mission
  through their career, volunteer activity or graduate study.

Teach For America alumni fuel our area’s pipeline for educational leadership. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee (Corps '92) leads a senior team, including Deputy Chancellor Kaya Henderson (Corps '92) and Jason Kamras (Corps '96), the city’s first-ever National Teacher of the Year. Abigail Smith (Corps '92) serves as the mayor’s education policy advisor, and Sekou Biddle (Corps '93) is one of five elected D.C. state school board members. More than 10 percent of the city’s schools are now run by alumni, including KIPP D.C., a network of high-performing charter schools run by Susan Schaeffler (Corps '92). Together, our alumni are changing the face of education in the D.C. Region.

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Regional Supporters

We are grateful to have many supporters who generously contribute to our movement in the D.C. Region. 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.

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Contact

To support Teach For America • D.C. Region with a gift or to request additional information about our impact or finances, please contact:

Teach For America • D.C. Region
Emily Barton, Executive Director
Tegan Carr, Managing Director, Development
1411 K Street, NW, 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
p 202-465-7800, f 202-465-7801
emily.barton@teachforamerica.org
tegan.carr@teachforamerica.org

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Executive Director

Emily Barton is the executive director of Teach For America • D.C. Region, overseeing the region’s programmatic and development efforts and forging new partnerships to strengthen the region. Emily first joined Teach For America staff as the executive director of Teach For America • Connecticut, where she expanded the program to 115 teachers reaching over 10,000 students and raised over $2.4M to support development. A 2004 South Louisiana corps member, she led her seventh grade math students in Opelousas, La. to 1.8 years of growth in her first year in the classroom and 2.7 years of growth in her second. Emily holds a B.A. from Yale University.

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