During the summer, all corps members engage with our Pre-Service experience. The aim of this period of time is to develop corps members as teacher leaders and we focus our training on 4 domains: rigorous instruction, classroom learning environment, relationships, and learning.

It's very difficult to predict in advance what you will be qualified to teach in a given placement community. Your eligibility to teach a certain subject or grade level is partly dependent on the specific requirements of a state, school district, and university partner. Unfortunately, these requirements are quite complex and change often, so we do not have a requirements list available for applicants.

Corps members teach in one of Teach For America's regional placement communities. Learn more about where corps members teach.

The application and training process for certified teachers is the same for non-certified applicants.

If you’re admitted to the corps and are already certified to teach the subject in the state where you’re assigned, you won’t need to retake any certification exams that you’ve already passed. However, you’ll most likely need to submit a copy of your score reports.

Teach For America is not specifically a certification or graduate education program. However, depending on your region, you may earn your certification after teaching for two years.

In most regions, you will be required to work towards certification while teaching by paying for and completing coursework and exams.

In other regions, you may not be required to become fully certified, but to continue teaching for two years, you will be required to complete and pay for some coursework or to attend professional development programs.

Joining Teach For America does not mean you will automatically have a teaching job. Corps members are hired full-time employees of their school, district, or charter organization (not Teach For America). You'll have support from staff in your region throughout the hiring process. Your salary and benefits will be the same as other beginning teachers working for the same employer.

While a background in education isn’t a prerequisite for you to apply to Teach For America, all of our partner regions will require you to complete steps to become highly qualified in the subject(s) you'll teach in the fall. 

All of our training and support is towards the goal of developing teacher leaders who realize ambitious outcomes for students. This work is grounded in a CM roadmap of development with the following domains: rigorous instruction, strong classroom environments, learning, and relationships.

As a TFA corps member, you will engage in a pre-service model with corps members from across the country, the goal of which is to develop you as a teacher leader, ready to lead a classroom towards strong student outcomes. Our Pre-Service model has the following phases: 

Applicants, Corps Members, and Alumni:

Your sign-in ID is the email address we have on record for you; likely the same email address you used in your corps application. If you do not remember your sign-in ID, contact us and our support team can assist. Once you have your ID, you can reset your password.

Staff:

Your sign-in ID is your Teach For America email address. If you are an alum on staff, see note above.