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We are excited to announce that Teach For America has been named an official Charity Partner for the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon.
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Thank you for your interest in joining Teach For America’s marathon team! Our application process for 2025 has now closed. Please check back next year if you wish to apply again! 

Interested in supporting this year’s team?

Donate to our runners here!

Questions about the marathon or charity partner program?

Please visit TCS New York City Marathon

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Corporate Partnerships

We create partnerships that bring unique value to our corporate partners while leveraging their support, resources, and expertise to address needs and create opportunities for our corps members and alumni, their students, and the communities in which they live.
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Thank You to Partners Like Ripple!

Thank You to Partners Like Ripple!

Ripple, a tech company creating greater economic opportunity through transformative crypto and blockchain enterprise solutions, knows that teachers need resources to improve academic outcomes, build economic resilience and thrive. Their $10M gift ensures that TFA can expand our Ignite Tutoring Fellows program, drive innovation in our Reinvention Lab, and provide crucial financial assistance to thousands of new corps members during their teacher preparation.

"We’re deeply grateful to Ripple for this transformative support. With Ripple’s partnership, we’re advancing our mission to ensure every child has access to an excellent education and the opportunity to thrive." - Aneesh Sohoni, CEO of Teach For America

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We Are Grateful to Partner With:

“It’s been an incredibly rewarding opportunity to work alongside our partners at Teach For America to ensure each participating Care Counts™ school has the tools they need for the best chance at success. Our partnership is so successful because we both have a common goal in mind, all students deserve access to an equitable education.”

Emily Rzeszutko

Senior Analyst Brand Manager, Whirlpool

Partner With Us

Contact our Corporate Partnerships team to craft your custom partnership with Teach For America.

Why Join TFA

People join Teach For America to have an impact with young people right away and build the foundation of a meaningful life and career. Our members find community, build transformative relationships, develop collective leadership, and gain skills that transfer to high-impact careers of all kinds.

With Teach For America, you’ll earn a living and live your values every day at work.
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4 Reasons People Do Teach For America

1. Build a more just world

1. Build a more just world

Inequity of all kinds can be understood and fought from the very same place where possibility lives: a classroom. This is more than a job, it’s a creative pursuit of justice alongside the people who hold a vision for a better future – kids.

A teacher and student smile together looking at a growing plant

2. Find connection and belonging

2. Find connection and belonging

In the corps, you’ll find your people. You’ll connect with your corps cohort through shared values and experiences. You’ll fall in love with your classroom and school community. And you’ll join a fierce network of collaborators in TFA’s alumni community. These relationships run deep and last a lifetime.

A group of friends gather around the recently married couple and pose for a photo

3. Grow as a systems thinker and leader

3. Grow as a systems thinker and leader

Your training, day-to-day impact, and ongoing development will advance your leadership and systems thinking in ways that you can apply to many facets of your life. Learn to foster impactful communities as you build coalitions of support around your students and their dreams.

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4. Open new career opportunities

4. Open new career opportunities

Accelerate your career with more relevant learning and development than any other job out there. Transfer your earned skills to any career path. And get lifelong access to exclusive opportunities and connections.

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Is Teach For America a Good Idea for You?

Teach For America is for ...

  • People who believe deeply in the power and potential of kids facing systemic racism and/or poverty – who understand that the kids facing the biggest obstacles will shape the brightest future. 
  • Entrepreneurs who refuse to accept the conditions of today as ordinary and who believe young people can lead the way to extraordinary change. 
  • Creators who bring their full selves to the classroom, using their individual experiences, talents, and passions to inspire and innovate. 
  • Collaborators looking to lock arms and work together with others from diverse perspectives and backgrounds toward a common vision. 
  • Learners who seek opportunities to expand their minds from people and experiences, and who take every success and failure as a lesson from which to grow. 

Teaching is the most challenging, rewarding, and important job in the world.

Teach For America teachers pour their heart into their students and get returns beyond measure.
Start your journey

Benefits of Teach For America

To end educational inequity, we need people working together, toward change, from every sector that affects kids’ lives. We also need people who are in this for the long haul. That’s why we’re committed to making Teach For America a sustainable job choice with real benefits and a real ability to build a fulfilling career.

Financial benefits 

Corps members are full-time teachers hired by a local school or district and are certified to teach while in the corps. For salary and compensation, they receive:

  • Full salary, vacation, and health benefits: These come from your school district and salaries range from around $33K - $68K per year, depending on the region
  • Transitional grant: All incoming teachers get a baseline grant to help offset transition and summer training costs
  • Other financial incentives: Including, based on eligibility, AmeriCorps Awards of around $6K per year, the Black Educators Promise Grant, regionally-based signing bonuses, and housing partnerships

Our Ignite Fellows work 3-5 hours per week and earn a $1,200 award at the end of each semester.

Career benefits

  • Grad school and employer partnerships: Including deferrals, scholarships, fee waivers, internships, and more
  • A diverse and supportive network: 60,000+ alumni and staff, working together in pursuit of educational equity
  • A career and networking website: Exclusively for our network, which includes a job board and the opportunity to connect directly with hiring managers
  • Skill-building and fellowship opportunities: Intended to accelerate impact in school leadership, social entrepreneurship, elected leadership, and more
  • Membership in Leadership for Educational Equity: A nonpartisan nonprofit that supports leaders with classroom experience to engage civically and politically 

Raise a Hand if You're Ready to Shake Things Up

Questions Before You Apply?

Read more about Teach For America's application process or sign up for emails from us. 

Why Join TFA

People join Teach For America to have an impact with young people right away and build the foundation of a meaningful life and career. Our members find community, build transformative relationships, develop collective leadership, and gain skills that transfer to high-impact careers of all kinds.

With Teach For America, you’ll earn a living and live your values every day at work.
Cheerful student
On This Page

4 Reasons People Do Teach For America

1. Build a more just world

1. Build a more just world

Inequity of all kinds can be understood and fought from the very same place where possibility lives: a classroom. This is more than a job, it’s a creative pursuit of justice alongside the people who hold a vision for a better future – kids.

A teacher and student smile together looking at a growing plant

2. Find connection and belonging

2. Find connection and belonging

In the corps, you’ll find your people. You’ll connect with your corps cohort through shared values and experiences. You’ll fall in love with your classroom and school community. And you’ll join a fierce network of collaborators in TFA’s alumni community. These relationships run deep and last a lifetime.

A group of friends gather around the recently married couple and pose for a photo

3. Grow as a systems thinker and leader

3. Grow as a systems thinker and leader

Your training, day-to-day impact, and ongoing development will advance your leadership and systems thinking in ways that you can apply to many facets of your life. Learn to foster impactful communities as you build coalitions of support around your students and their dreams.

Alt Text: Corps member at whiteboard

4. Open new career opportunities

4. Open new career opportunities

Accelerate your career with more relevant learning and development than any other job out there. Transfer your earned skills to any career path. And get lifelong access to exclusive opportunities and connections.

Two people stand together in front of Capitol Hill

Is Teach For America a Good Idea for You?

Teach For America is for ...

  • People who believe deeply in the power and potential of kids facing systemic racism and/or poverty – who understand that the kids facing the biggest obstacles will shape the brightest future. 
  • Entrepreneurs who refuse to accept the conditions of today as ordinary and who believe young people can lead the way to extraordinary change. 
  • Creators who bring their full selves to the classroom, using their individual experiences, talents, and passions to inspire and innovate. 
  • Collaborators looking to lock arms and work together with others from diverse perspectives and backgrounds toward a common vision. 
  • Learners who seek opportunities to expand their minds from people and experiences, and who take every success and failure as a lesson from which to grow. 

Teaching is the most challenging, rewarding, and important job in the world.

Teach For America teachers pour their heart into their students and get returns beyond measure.
Start your journey

Benefits of Teach For America

To end educational inequity, we need people working together, toward change, from every sector that affects kids’ lives. We also need people who are in this for the long haul. That’s why we’re committed to making Teach For America a sustainable job choice with real benefits and a real ability to build a fulfilling career.

Financial benefits 

Corps members are full-time teachers hired by a local school or district and are certified to teach while in the corps. For salary and compensation, they receive:

  • Full salary, vacation, and health benefits: These come from your school district and salaries range from around $33K - $68K per year, depending on the region
  • Transitional grant: All incoming teachers get a baseline grant to help offset transition and summer training costs
  • Other financial incentives: Including, based on eligibility, AmeriCorps Awards of around $6K per year, the Black Educators Promise Grant, regionally-based signing bonuses, and housing partnerships

Our Ignite Fellows work 3-5 hours per week and earn a $1,200 award at the end of each semester.

Career benefits

  • Grad school and employer partnerships: Including deferrals, scholarships, fee waivers, internships, and more
  • A diverse and supportive network: 60,000+ alumni and staff, working together in pursuit of educational equity
  • A career and networking website: Exclusively for our network, which includes a job board and the opportunity to connect directly with hiring managers
  • Skill-building and fellowship opportunities: Intended to accelerate impact in school leadership, social entrepreneurship, elected leadership, and more
  • Membership in Leadership for Educational Equity: A nonpartisan nonprofit that supports leaders with classroom experience to engage civically and politically 

Raise a Hand if You're Ready to Shake Things Up

Questions Before You Apply?

Read more about Teach For America's application process or sign up for emails from us. 

Why Join TFA

People join Teach For America to have an impact with young people right away and build the foundation of a meaningful life and career. Our members find community, build transformative relationships, develop collective leadership, and gain skills that transfer to high-impact careers of all kinds.

With Teach For America, you’ll earn a living and live your values every day at work.
Cheerful student
On This Page

4 Reasons People Do Teach For America

1. Build a more just world

1. Build a more just world

Inequity of all kinds can be understood and fought from the very same place where possibility lives: a classroom. This is more than a job, it’s a creative pursuit of justice alongside the people who hold a vision for a better future – kids.

A teacher and student smile together looking at a growing plant

2. Find connection and belonging

2. Find connection and belonging

In the corps, you’ll find your people. You’ll connect with your corps cohort through shared values and experiences. You’ll fall in love with your classroom and school community. And you’ll join a fierce network of collaborators in TFA’s alumni community. These relationships run deep and last a lifetime.

A group of friends gather around the recently married couple and pose for a photo

3. Grow as a systems thinker and leader

3. Grow as a systems thinker and leader

Your training, day-to-day impact, and ongoing development will advance your leadership and systems thinking in ways that you can apply to many facets of your life. Learn to foster impactful communities as you build coalitions of support around your students and their dreams.

Alt Text: Corps member at whiteboard

4. Open new career opportunities

4. Open new career opportunities

Accelerate your career with more relevant learning and development than any other job out there. Transfer your earned skills to any career path. And get lifelong access to exclusive opportunities and connections.

Two people stand together in front of Capitol Hill

Is Teach For America a Good Idea for You?

Teach For America is for ...

  • People who believe deeply in the power and potential of kids facing systemic racism and/or poverty – who understand that the kids facing the biggest obstacles will shape the brightest future. 
  • Entrepreneurs who refuse to accept the conditions of today as ordinary and who believe young people can lead the way to extraordinary change. 
  • Creators who bring their full selves to the classroom, using their individual experiences, talents, and passions to inspire and innovate. 
  • Collaborators looking to lock arms and work together with others from diverse perspectives and backgrounds toward a common vision. 
  • Learners who seek opportunities to expand their minds from people and experiences, and who take every success and failure as a lesson from which to grow. 

Teaching is the most challenging, rewarding, and important job in the world.

Teach For America teachers pour their heart into their students and get returns beyond measure.
Start your journey

Benefits of Teach For America

To end educational inequity, we need people working together, toward change, from every sector that affects kids’ lives. We also need people who are in this for the long haul. That’s why we’re committed to making Teach For America a sustainable job choice with real benefits and a real ability to build a fulfilling career.

Financial benefits 

Corps members are full-time teachers hired by a local school or district and are certified to teach while in the corps. For salary and compensation, they receive:

  • Full salary, vacation, and health benefits: These come from your school district and salaries range from around $33K - $68K per year, depending on the region
  • Transitional grant: All incoming teachers get a baseline grant to help offset transition and summer training costs
  • Other financial incentives: Including, based on eligibility, AmeriCorps Awards of around $6K per year, the Black Educators Promise Grant, regionally-based signing bonuses, and housing partnerships

Our Ignite Fellows work 3-5 hours per week and earn a $1,200 award at the end of each semester.

Career benefits

  • Grad school and employer partnerships: Including deferrals, scholarships, fee waivers, internships, and more
  • A diverse and supportive network: 60,000+ alumni and staff, working together in pursuit of educational equity
  • A career and networking website: Exclusively for our network, which includes a job board and the opportunity to connect directly with hiring managers
  • Skill-building and fellowship opportunities: Intended to accelerate impact in school leadership, social entrepreneurship, elected leadership, and more
  • Membership in Leadership for Educational Equity: A nonpartisan nonprofit that supports leaders with classroom experience to engage civically and politically 

Raise a Hand if You're Ready to Shake Things Up

Questions Before You Apply?

Read more about Teach For America's application process or sign up for emails from us. 

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The Basics

Our corps members teach full time for at least two years in schools that are underserved due to systemic racism and/or poverty. Corps members are: 

  • Selected by Teach For America
  • Trained and supported by Teach For America
  • Hired by a local school or district
  • Paid the same salary and benefits as other new teachers
  • Certified to teach while in the corps 
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Why Join

Education is the most powerful lever we have to create a more just world. And it starts with individual kids, classrooms, and communities. 

As a teacher, you’ll have a meaningful impact with kids right away. Over time, you will build relationships that change you, find a community, and gain skills that transfer to leadership in any sector. 

With Teach For America, you’ll earn a living and live your values every day at work. Check out some of the financial and career benefits corps members receive.

Choose Your Location

The students you teach are loved and shaped by the communities where they live. Successful teachers become part of those communities with kids, their families, and neighbors. The place you teach, whether it’s where you grew up or somewhere new, becomes your home.

 

We let you choose that home during the application process. You can apply to one, two, or three of our regions. If admitted, you’ll teach in one of the places you selected.

 

Prepare to Teach

Prepare to Teach

Teaching is heart work and hard work. Really hard work. We’ll prepare you for your first day in the classroom and be by your side every day after that. Our goal is to help you find success with your students and sustainability in your career.

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Meet Your People

This experience starts with a two-year commitment and continues for a lifetime.

A lifetime of advocating for your students. A lifetime of leadership. And a lifetime of friendships. We hear from corps members again and again that the connections they form are one of the most surprising, lasting and beneficial aspects of joining the program.

Are You Ready?

The opportunity to change everything starts with an application.

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