2003
Year TFA Arrived
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In Miami-Dade, more than 100,000 students are growing up in poverty. By the time these students reach the tenth grade, less than 20% can read at grade level.
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Today, 300 corps members are teaching in Miami-Dade. One-third of these teachers were the first college graduates in their families, giving them unique insight into the challenges their students face.
About Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade is a city setting the bar for diversity in our country. Over two-thirds of our community identifies as Latino or Hispanic and nearly one-fifth as African American. Miami has been called a multicultural mosaic, with individual populations maintaining their cultures and contributing to a vibrant and exciting community.
With great diversity comes great potential for our city to be a launching pad for hundreds of thousands of future leaders with distinct backgrounds and perspectives. In many cases, however, our education system is failing to prepare these future leaders for the road ahead. Just 20% of the more than 100,000 children growing up in poverty here will read on grade level by the tenth grade.
Yet we know all students can achieve academic success and we have the ability to ensure that the kids we teach—90% of whom identify as minority—receive an excellent education. We are working diligently to bring the most exceptional leaders to our city to fuel the efforts for change and set their students up for a future of achievement.
Thanks to the incredible support of the Miami-Dade community, our 300 corps members are teaching 22,000 children living in poverty this year—nearly a quarter of our city’s highest-need students. Together, we can work to ensure Miami-Dade and its students live up to their enormous potential.
Leadership
Executive Director
3252 NE 1st Avenue Suite 212
Miami, FL
33137
Tel 786-245-8412
Fax 786-245-8418
Rebecca joined Teach For America in 2004 as a corps member in New York, where she increased student reading proficiency in her classroom nearly two grade levels in a single year.
As executive director of the Miami-Dade region, Rebecca has tripled the program's reach, established the region’s first master’s program for corps members, and launched unique partnerships with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. In 2010, Rebecca won the Stevie International Women in Business Award for “Best Nonprofit Executive.” She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a M.Ed. from Bank Street College of Education.
Regional Stats
35
Corps Size The First Year
300
Corps Size This Year
233
Alumni in Region
22k
Students Being Reached
22
Schools with Corps Members
