As soon as you submitted your Recommender Info, automated emails containing the links to your Online Recommendation Forms were sent to each of your recommenders. You can monitor the status of your recommendations on your Recommenders Card (found at the top of your Applicant Center's homepage).

As long as your recommender has not submitted their online recommendation form, you can change who you would like to complete the form.

To update the contact information for either of your recommenders, navigate to the Recommenders Card at the top of your Applicant Center homepage. As long as a recommender has not yet submitted their form, you will be able to update their information. Click "Update Info" for the person you'd like to change. Be sure to submit once you've made your changes. If you need to correct the email address, a new email will be automatically sent containing the link to our Online Recommendation Form.

Recommendations are a required part of our admissions process. While applicants will not be rejected for not submitting their recommenders' contact info prior to their interview, we encourage applicants to submit this information as soon as possible so that recommenders have enough time to fill out the Online Recommendation Form.

Applicants who do not have at least one submitted recommendation form will not receive an offer to join the corps.

Recommenders should be individuals who have supervised your work or have been in a position to guide or evaluate your work within the past 3-5 years.

Our online recommendation form is designed to learn more about how each candidate displays the characteristics we look for. Our form consists of 6-8 short answer response questions, asking your recommenders to reflect on your specific strengths. It typically takes 30 minutes to one hour to complete. 

When asking individuals to serve as your recommenders, you should:

Teach For America does not accept traditional letters of recommendation. Instead, we ask you to submit contact information for two recommenders.

We’re sorry you’re having trouble!

Please email us at RTStaffing@teachforamerica.org so we can help you problem-solve.

Please Note: If you applied for a job at Teach For America prior to May 2013, you will need to reregister with our new system. When you begin your registration, you should still use the same email address you used with our old system.

Please let us know! Email, call, text—we want to hear about it from you. We encourage you to be transparent with us at every step in the process, so we can best accommodate your needs when possible.