Miami is arguably the most diverse and vibrant city in our great nation, and we have the power and ability to ensure the children we reach –90% of whom self-identify as minority– achieve an excellent education. At the heart of all great solutions are great leaders, and at Teach For America • Miami-Dade we aim to bring the most exceptional leaders to our city to fuel the effort for change.  Thanks to the incredible support of so many community members, we will be bringing our largest cohort of leaders ever to Miami this year.  With 250 corps members teaching 18,000 children living in poverty we will have the opportunity to impact nearly one-fifth of our city’s highest-need students.

We are enthusiastic about generating transformational results in our city’s pervasively lowest performing schools to ensure that all students in Miami-Dade can access unlimited life opportunities.  At Northwestern Senior High, for example, we will have close to 30 corps members working to dramatically to increase student learning. We will also have corps members in the elementary and middle schools that feed into Northwestern, in efforts to accelerate and maintain the closing of the achievement gap for students in need.

As our corps members grow into alumni they will bring passion, understanding, and experience to our community and will serve as continued advocates for our students in and out of the classroom.