Teach For America Placement Schools

Where Corps Members Teach

Corps members in Colorado teach at schools in the scenic Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, where the population of students they teach is over 65 percent Hispanic and almost 90 percent qualify for free and reduced lunch. They teach in five districts and multiple charter partner schools in the Metro Denver Area – Denver, Aurora, Thornton, Sheridan, and Westminster – and two districts and multiple charter partner schools in Colorado Springs. Teach For America - Colorado has plans to extend to several more areas within the state as early as the Spring of 2012: Pueblo and the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado, Eagle and Lake counties in western Colorado, and Greeley in the north.  Corps members teach early childhood education, elementary education, special education, bilingual education, and secondary math, science, social studies and English. Most corps members – around 90 percent – teach at a school with at least one other corps member or alumnus.

Due to various state and district policies, Colorado operates in a decentralized hiring model, allowing principals and school leaders complete autonomy over who they hire. Corps Members interview for positions at schools along with all other teacher candidates. This principal choice often leads to higher principal satisfaction and strong investment from the corps member in their schools.