Teach For America uses the following key factors in determining placement:

• Your placement community selections and preferences for teaching subject
• Availability of teaching positions across the nation for the upcoming school year
• Subject and grade-level needs of our school and district partners
• Hiring requirements, including undergraduate coursework credits required for each position and regional certification requirements
  

Learn more about regional placement with this guide to the most common misconceptions about where you will teach as a Teach For America corps member.