Connect
Find your people.
Join a community that shares your sense of purpose, challenges and inspires you, and remains part of your story long after the classroom.
Start Something that Means Something
Teach in the Corps
Teach for two years, fully salaried, and start a purpose-driven career.
Tutor with Ignite
Mentor students part-time, online, and get paid while still in school.
LEAD
Lead on day one.
Take on work that changes lives, and discover how it changes yours. Learn to solve problems, build trust, and find out what you're capable of when others are counting on you.
GROW
SHAPE THE FUTURE.
Lead a classroom full of bright young minds and help drive real solutions to the challenges you see in our country.
Our impact, in numbers.
Nearly 80,000 leaders have joined Teach For America because they don't want to just talk about progress, they want to show up for it. With more than 40 regions nationwide, we offer young people the community and skills they need to lead a better future.
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77k
corps members, Ignite tutors, and alumni united by purpose.
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75%
of alumni work full-time in mission-related fields.
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277k
students taught by corps members last year.
Two purpose-driven paths. Choose yours.
Teach in the Corps
Lead a classroom full of bright young minds and help lead real solutions to the challenges you see in our country.
- Receive intensive training before the first day of teaching and ongoing support throughout your commitment.
- Gain unmatched leadership experience while doing challenging, meaningful work.
- Earn a full-time teaching salary and benefits.
Tutor with Ignite
Tutor students virtually and earn while you make a difference and go to school.
- Receive training and coaching from an experienced educator to meet students' needs.
- Build transferable leadership skills while helping students succeed.
- Fast-track your TFA Corps application for after you graduate.
If you love kids and believe that the world can be different because we make it different, then TFA is the right place for you.”
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