To update your address or any other personal information, sign into teachforamerica.org and click on your profile in the top right corner. You will be able to update your contact info in your profile and click save.

You can use TFA Career Connect to search for and connect with other corps members, alumni, and staff who are also on the platform.

You can use your expired email address to log into TFA.org. However, you won't be able to reset your password if you've forgotten it. Contact us if this is the case.

Once you are signed in, we recommend that you edit your TFA.org profile and update your sign-in ID, so you can reset your password in the future.

Due to school districts and hiring requirements, Teach For America requires that all applicants maintain an undergraduate cumulative GPA of at least 2.50 both at the time of application and at graduation. Admitted candidates whose final average falls below 2.50 will forego their positions in Teach For America. Graduate GPAs cannot be used or averaged in with undergraduate GPAs, nor can additional undergraduate courses completed after the date of graduation.

Your ability to do this will depend on the region. Even if it is permitted in your region, generally corps members do not choose to complete certification at a non-partnering program. If your region allows you to choose a separate program, you would need to apply to the program on your own and independently track that you are meeting alternative certification legal requirements.

Yes, (with limited exceptions) our corps members must pass at least one certification test to be eligible to teach. If you are admitted to the corps, your region will work with you on test preparation. Corps members who don't pass the exam may need to retake the test in time for the start of the school year.

Yes, you will be able to review your application at any time from your Account Home.

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Once you have completed all the questions and tasks, you should then be able to click "Submit my application" on the left-hand menu. If the button is still unavailable, go to "My Dashboard," to determine what sections have outstanding tasks.

We begin reviewing applications shortly after they are submitted, so unfortunately, we cannot make any changes to a submitted application. Because of this, we encourage you to review your application materials carefully before submitting them. However, we want to ensure that only correct information is featured on your application. If after you have submitted your application, you realize that you have submitted incorrect information, reach out to the Admissions team as soon as possible. 

The maximum word count for each short-answer response is 450. We suggest that responses be about 300 words but there is no word minimum required in order to submit.

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