Eastern North Carolina

Eastern North Carolina is a special place filled with incredible leaders creating bold, student-centered innovation.
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Eastern North Carolina (ENC)  has always been a place for innovation and positive change. ENC was one of the first regions in Teach For America's history. Since 1990, Eastern North Carolina has impacted hundreds of thousands of students in rural NC. Our corps members and alumni are helping train the next generation of leaders who bring hope to their communities every day. Through all the changes, one thing stays the same: The strength of the students, families, and community partners we work with.

Eastern North Carolina Home

“Throughout ENC you will find some of the most hardworking people pushing towards progress and innovation and creativity. We are not little towns stuck in the past. We are small but mighty communities striving for what’s next and what’s absolutely possible. The pride and love in the community is infectious.”

Dr. Kelly Anne Mudd

Eastern North Carolina Corps Member 2006

Our Impact

After 30+ years of working in Eastern North Carolina, we have more opportunities than ever to make a real difference. Today, hundreds of our corps members and alumni work in public schools and charter schools across rural communities in the region. Many of them now serve as school and district leaders. Inspired by their classroom experiences, our alumni are leading transformational change in multiple sectors. They serve as school leaders, shape education policy, found advocacy organizations, and develop innovative businesses. With our corps members and alumni working together across multiple counties, our network members build strong relationships as they work to improve education.


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Alumni Innovators

Lemondrè Watson

Lemondrè Watson

Lemondrè Watson (ENC ’13) is the award-winning principal of Pittsboro Elementary School in Pittsboro, NC. He is committed to fostering a school culture where both students and teachers love coming to school.
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Vichi Jagannathan and Seth Saeugling

Vichi Jagannathan and Seth Saeugling

Vichi Jagannathan (ENC ‘11) and Seth Saeugling (ENC ’12), co-founded the Rural Opportunity Institute, which supports youth, organizations, and communities to interrupt the cycle of generational trauma and design innovative solutions for healing and resilience.
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Dr. Steve North

Dr. Steve North

Dr. Steve North (ENC '93) founded the Center for Rural Health Innovation to improve access to healthcare in rural North Carolina. 

 
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Living Here

Living Here

Many of our corps members choose to live in or close to the community where they teach. This might be the city of Greenville, the town of Tarboro, or one of the many other communities across Eastern North Carolina.

Southern hospitality is a way of life here.

 

Eastern North Carolina has a rich history, culture and longstanding commitment to civil rights and social justice. Living costs are lower here than in big cities, but you still have access to universities and city amenities. Eastern North Carolina gives you the best of both worlds: you're only an hour from bigger cities like Raleigh and Durham but you get the close community feel of a rural area. Living in the same towns as students lets our corps members connect with families outside of school. They get involved in local programs, coach sports teams, and offer tutoring.

In their free time, our corps members enjoy hiking and camping in state parks, fishing and boating on Lake Gaston, visiting historical sites, going to Durham Bulls games, trips to the Outer Banks, and trying local food. The coast offers great water activities, while inland areas have beautiful farms and charming small towns that keep their historic character.

 
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“I want to decrease the high school dropout rate and increase the college graduation rate for Indigenous students. I joined TFA because one day I will help to make this change.”

Pamela Stanek

Eastern North Carolina Corps Member 2022

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“Teach For America gave me one of the greatest gifts: my why. And that why—that fire—lights in me to this day.”

Eric Sanchez

Eastern North Carolina Corps Member 2002

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Our is only possible with community support, and we are grateful to have you as a partner. Your dedication to educational excellence helps to find, recruit, select, and train a new generation of leaders in our region. Your support has brought to life our Eastern North Carolina Residency program, leadership development, and locally-based programming, and support for thousands of student-centered leaders through the years.
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Greater Philadelphia

Since 2003, more than 2,000 Teach For America Greater Philadelphia corps members have educated and empowered our city’s most overlooked and underserved communities, reaching tens of thousands of students each year. We’re all working to ensure that one day all children in Philadelphia will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.
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Since 2003, we have brought more than 2,000 new teachers to Greater Philadelphia, with two-thirds of our most recent group of alumni choosing to stay local and remain in the classroom beyond their two-year commitment. As a collective, our alumni lead and fuel the efforts of change throughout the city: more than 400 of our alumni remain as teachers in Philadelphia classrooms, nearly 10% of all Philadelphia principals are TFA alumni, and 70 alumni serve in mid and senior systems level leadership roles in district and charter systems.

Despite the progress that we have begun to see, we know there is much more potential waiting to be unlocked. This is where you come in. The nearly 200,000 students in Philadelphia public schools are the ones who will write our city’s future and it is on us—alongside our city’s thousands of other dedicated educators—to help prepare them for this task. We must help students build the knowledge, skills, and leadership traits and develop the social and cultural consciousness that will allow them to realize their full potential and become our city’s next generation of leaders.

Changemakers wanted.

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Living Here

Living Here

From the cobblestone streets of Old City to the trees and gardens along the Schuylkill River trail, Philadelphia is a city with character. It has world-class restaurants; museums and art galleries; four major league sports teams; and a thriving music scene. Philadelphia has the largest urban park in the country, Fairmount Park, complete with running paths, waterfalls, and a Japanese garden. But as much as any of these things, Philadelphia is known for being a city of small, walkable neighborhoods that make it feel comfortable and down-to-earth as well.
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Local Leadership

Anna Shurak

Anna Shurak

Greater Philadelphia '04

Executive Director

Teach For America Greater Philadelphia

Anna's corps experience inspired a career dedicated to the students and communities in Philly. She has since spent her career working to strengthen classrooms, redesign schools, and lead systems-level change in Philadelphia and Camden. 

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Your generosity helps create a future in which all children in Greater Philadelphia can learn, lead, and thrive.

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D.C. and Virginia

Together with our community, we hope to ensure an excellent education for all students in the D.C. and Virginia region so that they can work towards a brighter future.
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Talent and potential are distributed equally across children, but opportunity is not. Today, 25 percent of D.C. children live in poverty—in a region that’s home to half of the top 10 wealthiest counties in the United States. With lifetime earnings closely linked to educational attainment, unequal access to an excellent education can give rise to entrenched poverty that lasts for generations. The path to an excellent education for every child starts with great teachers in classrooms and leaders working to create systemic change. Here at TFA D.C. and Virginia Region, we work to develop leaders committed to ensuring all children reach their potential.

Although they sit just a few miles apart, only 11 percent of schools in D.C.’s Ward 8, east of the Anacostia River, receive a 4- or 5-star rating on their school performance report cards compared to 100 percent of schools in affluent Ward 3. In Virginia, less than 40 percent of 4th graders test proficient in literacy, and Black students score more than 10 percentage points behind their white peers on every standardized test.

Today, more than 3,300 Teach for America alumni in our region help D.C. and Virginia to be among the country's fastest-improving urban school districts. Join them—and us—as we reimagine what’s possible for our children.
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Our Community

Our Community

In addition to being the seat of our federal government, Washington, D.C. has also long been a center for Black American culture, arts, and community organizing. Northern Virginia has a growing Latino population and is expanding with new corporate offices and tech companies. In a city that boasts the highest proportion of residents with graduate degrees and in suburbs that have long been among the most affluent in the country, systemic poverty and racism have shaped—and continue to affect—the communities we serve.
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Living Here

Living Here

When you join us, you’ll see neighborhoods rich in culture, markets and coffee shops of Capitol Hill, the Latino influence of Columbia Heights, pop-up eateries of Union Market, the vibrant neighborhoods of U Street and Dupont Circle, and the lush, suburbs of Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia. There are various family-friendly options across D.C., Northern Virginia, and Maryland. Washington, D.C., is one of the most walkable cities in the country, and the Metrorail, Metro Bus, BikeShare, and local car-sharing systems make travel accessible and environmentally friendly. D.C. also consistently ranks among the top cities in the nation for having the most outdoor parks per resident—from hiking in Rock Creek Park to fishing in the Potomac River, there are ample ways to explore outside.
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Teaching Here

For the 2025-2026 school year, the D.C. and Virginia region supports corps members teaching in over 54 schools in the District of Columbia, Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax, Virginia

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District of Columbia

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Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria, Virginia

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Arlington, Virginia

Arlington, Virginia

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Fairfax, Virginia

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Our Alumni

Our Alumni

The alumni community is thriving in D.C. and Virginia, with over 3,300 alums today. There are over 600 alumni educators, and 100 alumni school/system leaders in D.C. Our alumni also include State Superintendents, Chancellors, and Deputy Mayors for Education, all creating a leadership force that continues to fuel change, impacting over 7,360 students in the region.
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Teach For America D.C. and Virginia is working to bring more teachers to our community during a national teacher shortage. Through your support, we are able to magnify our impact on students to ensure that every child in the DMV has an opportunity to attain an excellent education. Your generosity allows us to expand opportunities for children in classrooms across our communities by providing teachers and leaders that inspire and motivate our students, equipping them with the opportunities they need to achieve their dreams. 
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Nevada

Nevada is built on dreamers and doers. At Teach For America Nevada, we are working to ensure that all students have the opportunity to reach their dreams.
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Teach For America is a leadership development organization dedicated to co-creating a more just world alongside young people in their communities. In Nevada, we benefit from a robust alumni network of over 800 teachers, school leaders, advocates, non-profit founders, and systems leaders committed to transforming educational outcomes and reimagining what is possible in education.

While Las Vegas is often associated with bright lights and entertainment, there’s a different narrative that highlights the pressing challenges our students face. More than half of students in Las Vegas and the surrounding area attend Title I schools and qualify for free and reduced-price lunch—a clear indicator of the economic hardships many families endure. Nevada also has the lowest percentage of children enrolled in early childhood programs and has struggled with low high school graduation rates for African American, Latino, Special Education, and English Language Learner students. These challenges present an urgent opportunity for transformative change.

Together with parents, educators, and community leaders, we are innovating solutions to strengthen the education system, recognizing that education is the key to greater opportunities in college and beyond. As we work to tackle these disparities, we invite you to join our broader national alumni network of nearly 70,000 leaders who are dedicated to expanding educational opportunities and creating a better future for all children in Nevada and beyond.

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Living Here

Corps members have the freedom to live anywhere in the Las Vegas Valley. Many choose to live near their school sites in North Las Vegas, east Las Vegas, or downtown Las Vegas, while other choose to commute from Henderson and Summerlin.

Las Vegas is more than it seems, and while the world-famous Strip offers plenty of exciting things to do, you’ll also have the opportunity to get to know the close-knit and growing community. You can join corps members, alumni, and school and business leaders at community dinners where people often build lasting friendships, or take part in live and virtual education town halls where challenging topics are discussed and resolved. Living in Las Vegas truly means having the best of both worlds—the amenities of a world-class city and the comforts and camaraderie of a small town.

Las Vegas is part of the beautiful Mojave Desert, which offers stunning landscapes and views. Spend time hiking mountains, including Red Rock Canyon and Mount Charleston, or horseback riding, snowboarding, and mountain biking. At the same time, Las Vegas remains a destination for people from around the world because of the fantastic restaurants, live shows, and entertainment.
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Local Leadership

Tim Hughes

Tim Hughes

Executive Director

Teach For America Nevada

As a third-generation Nevadan, graduate of the Clark County School District, alumnus of Teach For America, elected member of the State Board of Education, and nonprofit leader, Tim Hughes brings a wealth of experience to his role as Teach For America Nevada's incoming Executive Director.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Impact in Nevada

Since 2004, we have worked to build a network of locally rooted educational leaders that is some over 800 members strong today. Each one of these leaders has a unique and impactful story to tell.

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San Antonio

Changemakers and coalition builders are working in San Antonio to level the educational playing field for kids and communities.
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Steeped in a rich cultural history exemplified by the World Heritage Site San Antonio Missions, the Alamo City has its eye on the future and designs on how to shape it. San Antonio is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States because of its attractiveness to both the tech and business industries and its small-town feel. With a myriad of organizations devoted to community growth and enrichment, San Antonio’s level of community engagement sets an example for the nation.

Teach For America is among those working towards a better tomorrow for San Antonio.

Over the past ten years, we have brought over 750 teachers to work in San Antonio’s inner city and it’s currently a home to over 450 Teach For America alumni. In addition to the many teachers that remain in the classroom, TFA alumni serve on school boards, manage local nonprofits, and lead schools as principals and administrators. Alumni also work in a variety of private industries throughout San Antonio, including the law and medicine. In only a few short years, the TFA network has become a force for transformation.

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Our Opportunity

San Antonio is the seventh most populous city in the United States, but maintains a small-town feel. Demographers point to the city’s population as an indicator of the future for the United States. San Antonio is now where Texas will be in a decade and where the U.S. will be in 20 to 30 years. Since San Antonio is ahead of the curve, it has an opportunity to be a model for how the rest of the country can transform education to meet the needs of changing demographics.

Unlike other large cities, San Antonio does not have a single traditional school district. Instead, it’s home to over 17 different school districts, with communities separate by disparate barriers to opportunity. Today, San Antonio has the infamous designation as the most economically segregated city in the United States according to the Pew Research Center. The urban core is home to disproportionate percentages of students of color and students growing up in poverty. Indeed, San Antonio ISD (SAISD), the school district in the heart of downtown San Antonio, serves a 97 percent Latino and African American student body, 93 percent of which are considered economically disadvantaged. Students growing up in the urban core face significant and persistent challenges that impact their ability to obtain an excellent education.

In recent years, transformation in San Antonio has been driven, in part, by a growing desire for innovation. An increase in innovative school models including in-district magnets, and charter schools has allowed for more autonomy and creativity in the construction of educational experiences for our students. Many of these schools, powered and led by the talent of our corps members and alumni, have demonstrated proof of what is possible for youth who have been dismissed for generations.
“I educate in San Antonio because I understand that there is a need to uplift all communities and I am passionate about creating possibilities for our students that are beyond the lines of economic segregation.”

Lebon James

Assistant Principal, Whittier Middle School, SAISD

San Antonio Corps Member 2012

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Our Work

In 2010, thousands of people in San Antonio gathered around tables to discuss and determine the city’s top priorities and create a vision for what the San Antonio of 2020 could become. Together, our community identified 11 “cause areas” and created the SA2020 vision. The area that rose to the top over and over again was education.

In the same year the community created SA2020, Teach For America San Antonio launched. Over the last eight years, Teach For America has been a partner in advancing education in key ways.

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Accomplishing extraordinary results on alumni- and corps member-led campuses

KIPP U-Prep, led by alumni Abigail Morton Garland, is the only campus in central Texas providing an International Baccalaureate program for all students. The Advanced Learning Academy is an unprecedented public-private partnership with a dramatically altered approach to student leadership. KIPP Poder, in it’s third year, has a leadership staff filled with alumni and is one of the top performing middle schools in the KIPP Texas Network. And finally IDEA campuses at Monterey Park, South Flores, and Carver each have a 100 percent college acceptance rate. Additionally, San Antonio corps members and alumni are consistently recognized among the top performing educators within the district. 
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Providing bold leadership and driving critical reforms

Providing bold leadership and driving critical reforms

Without question, a key driver of many education initiatives changing the status quo and galvanizing the city toward change has been the bold leadership of Teach For America corps members and alumni. You can find TFA fingerprints across all critical reform efforts in the city including: DoSeum, PK4SA, KIPP, IDEA, Leadership SAISD, SA Rise, Relay, The Holdsworth Center, and many more.
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Living and Teaching Here

While San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the nation, it feels like a familia. There’s something for everyone and when there’s a gathering, everyone attends! The low cost of living and broad options for food and entertainment make San Antonio a place you can’t beat. Below are some other considerations to help you decide if San Antonio is a good fit for you.
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Local Leadership

Nick Garcia

Nick Garcia

New York '05

Executive Director

Teach For America San Antonio

Nick has played an integral role in San Antonio since 2013, leading multiple teams at Teach For America before assuming the role of executive director.

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Bay Area

Teach For America Bay Area finds, develops, and supports leaders who expand opportunity for all children as teachers and lifelong advocates for educational excellence. Together, we work to unleash the potential of our community's greatest assets: our students.
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The Bay Area is home to more than 7.6 million people. Its public education system is one of the region’s most critical services; its schools are places of academic achievement, social and emotional growth, nourishment, and joy for more than one million students.

Teach For America Bay Area has partnered with local schools and communities since 1991, driving large-scale change for students from classrooms to boardrooms. During the 2024-2025 school year, 120 corps members touched the lives of ~5,500 students. In partnership with students, families, schools and communities, they are changing the educational landscape in the Bay Area.

Our 2030 Goal

By 2030, twice as many students in Richmond, Oakland, and East San Jose communities will be proficient in 3rd grade reading, indicating they are on a path to economic mobility and a future filled with possibility.

Teach For America Bay Area has over 3,650 dedicated educators, school leaders, policy-makers, and advocates working daily to open doors for Bay Area students. Given this scale and our deep partnerships within the local education community, we are harnessing the collective power of our leadership network to accelerate student learning and growth.

We know partnership is at the heart of systemic change and will work in community and collaboration with you to bring about excellent results for our region’s remarkable learners. Learn more about our 2030 goal.

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Our Alumni Network

With over 3,600 alumni in the Bay Area, we have one of the largest alumni networks in the country. Our community of teachers, school and systems leaders, social entrepreneurs, CEOs, organizers, and public officials make big waves and continue to create lasting change for students and their communities.
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“For many of us, what started as a two-year commitment has turned into a lifelong mission.”

Paymon Zarghami

Former Trustee, San Jose Unified School District Board

Bay Area Corps Member 2003

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The Bay Area is one of the most dynamic and diverse regions in the country, encompassing bustling urban centers, innovative tech hubs, and vibrant cultural communities. Home to more than 7 million people across nine counties, the Bay Area offers breathtaking natural beauty—from the redwood forests to the Pacific coastline—and a deep commitment to education.
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​Our corps members teach across the region, with a strong presence in urban districts and charter networks in San Jose, Oakland, Richmond and San Francisco. Many of our teachers serve in communities that have long faced educational hurdles, helping to expand opportunity for students in some of the Bay Area’s most under-resourced schools. Whether commuting by BART or biking through city neighborhoods, TFA corps members bring energy, purpose, and a deep commitment to classrooms every day.​
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“You can find me all the way south enjoying the delicious Vietnamese food of San Jose, the nightlife in Oakland, the hip and vibrant scene of Berkeley, or the beautiful sites and parks of San Francisco.”

Ngyuen Huynh

Bay Area Corps Member 2017

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Beatrice Viramontes

Bay Area '08

Executive Director

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Beatrice Viramontes is a longtime champion for students and their families and a coalition builder who believes deeply in the power of communities to realize a world where all children have access to an excellent education.

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Greater Delta: Mississippi & Arkansas

The Greater Delta remains defined by its greatest asset: its people. Together, we can transform and expand opportunities for kids in Mississippi and Arkansas.
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The story of Teach For America’s work in the Greater Delta is nearly 30 years in the making but built on a rich history that stretches back much further. 

Though the popular narrative about Arkansas and Mississippi is often deficit-based, what is also true is that this region has repeatedly set the vision and standard for what is possible when communities come together to fight for change. Holding this context close, our regional mission is to find new opportunities to create further impact based on the lessons learned from the people who came before us. 

What we have learned since our first cohort, in 1993, is that to set students on a trajectory towards access and opportunity, they must have competence in three things: literacy, leadership, and wellness. Literacy, because we cannot continue to allow students to matriculate from high school without reading comprehension. Leadership, because our students continue to receive the message that, to thrive, they must leave their home communities and work elsewhere. Wellness, because our students are brilliant, and the door to their futures shouldn’t depend on how resilient they are to trauma. By equipping students with this foundation, we are poised to see generations in the Delta who will finish the playbook started for them, right here. 

Our corps members work in some of the hardest-to-reach places of the rural Delta region, on both sides of the Mississippi River, and small-urban communities who continue to face deeply rooted systemic barriers to opportunity. Corps members' two-year commitment is measured not only in their students’ academic growth but in steps taken to maximize their experience in their placement community. And their work continues through a growing population of alumni and a legacy of regional leadership that is visible in offices, storefronts, courtrooms, and classrooms today. 

Because, for us, it’s personal. The Greater Delta is home. Moved by the passion and potential of this place, we have built our lives here, met partners here, started families here, established businesses here, and continue to pour our hearts into the students and families we live and work alongside. We hold unique proximity to our ultimate stakeholders and their greatest challenges.

In short, we are defined by our greatest asset, our people: creative, entrepreneurial, resilient, and visionary. We are brimming with the desire to see our region live up to its potential as two destination states, a beacon from where the brilliance of all is encouraged and amplified. If the Delta adage is true—“Here, if you know someone, you know everyone”—then we see the potential for the impact we make together to ripple across our region, our country, and beyond.
“There's something special about [the Greater Delta] and its people. I've never experienced such a combination of opportunity and intimacy. What better place to challenge yourself and grow than a community committed to doing the same?”

Kelly Shi

Greater Delta: Mississippi and Arkansas Corps Member 2016

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Our Community

The Greater Delta is a place that will steal your heart with its generous atmosphere, friendly faces, and unforgettable landscapes. The close bonds you will form with students and neighbors, fellow educators, and school leaders, as well as staff and alumni, provide a unique and supportive environment for you to empower and illuminate student brilliance.

Becoming a part of a vibrant and connected community is truly a distinctive feature of life in the Greater Delta. Any outing to the grocery store or weekday game will inevitably connect you with someone that you know. Any given Saturday may be spent with local enthusiasts of your favorite pastimes, whether that’s participating in a fun-run, enjoying barbecue or tamales, listening to homespun blues, or enjoying the outdoor attractions of the Mississippi River or numerous state parks.

Many of our corps members have always called the Greater Delta home. Others were attracted by the opportunity to serve in a place with such a rich history on the front lines of the fight for educational excellence for all. While here, you’ll join the legacy of the Little Rock Nine, who focused the eyes of the nation on the South’s homegrown pioneers of educational opportunity, and the Freedom Schools in Mississippi, which mobilized over 1,000 volunteers to register black voters and teach in local communities. Regardless of where you are from, if you are looking to contribute to something much larger than yourself, the Greater Delta is the place for you.

Our partners frequently cite their appreciation for the energy and enthusiasm that Teach For America corps members bring to their communities. If you are passionate about leading an after-school program, coaching a sports team, or someday founding your own organization beyond the classroom, you will find the Greater Delta to be a fertile environment for your dreams to take root and grow. 

As a result of your two years being deeply involved, joining with local communities and coalitions, and pushing yourself to lead a rigorous and culturally responsive classroom, we can guarantee your heart will forever be tied to the students of the Greater Delta, and their limitless potential.
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History

The birthplace of American music, a major arena in the Civil Rights Movement, and the home of many of our nation’s most prolific voices and creative minds—including Richard Wright, William Faulkner, BB King, Tennessee Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Jim Henson, Eudora Welty, and Morgan Freeman—Mississippi and its residents have long been recognized for their contributions to American society. Yet the state’s own culture is a complicated one. The introduction of mechanized farming and the effects of globalization, combined with the residue of a racially segregated past, have forced many people to leave the state to find employment elsewhere and have made Mississippi, and its Delta region in particular, a largely forgotten national treasure.
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Opportunity

Herein lies our great opportunity, and there is light in the distance on this broad and storied horizon. Like these integral figures of Mississippi—and national cultural history—our corps members are varied in their strengths, and our alumni are making great strides in a multitude of fields, as authors, musicians, innovators, business owners, and legal minds.

The success of our corps members and alumni are an integral part of the regional priorities, as we push to make Mississippi and Arkansas a destination region for ourselves and our kids. We work in concert to win in the classroom, build an expansive and recursive network, and illuminate the brilliance of students.

 
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Baltimore

A steady presence of Teach For America corps members and alumni are creating a strong pipeline of leaders who will bring lasting change for Baltimore's students.
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Baltimore draws much of its character and potential from the strength of its neighborhood communities, but great disparity exists from one neighborhood to the next. In Baltimore City, the neighborhood where a child is born too often dictates his or her academic destiny and access to life opportunities. Nearly four out of ten Baltimore City students will not graduate high school, and only eight percent graduate college in six years.

After 30 years of partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools, Teach For America Baltimore now has nearly 1,400 corps members and alumni. We have created long-lasting relationships with educators, community organizations, and leaders. Students who had corps members teaching in their classrooms are becoming corps members themselves and year after year we recruit, train, and support an that increasingly shares the experiences and backgrounds of our students. Alumni are investing in our state, teaching, leading schools, contributing to the growing EdTech industry, and running for office

We know this work can be replicated for more widespread and transformational change.  As our presence grows, so does our responsibility to engage even more deeply and collectively with families, educators, and partner organizations around our shared goals to ensure that all children have the opportunity of an excellent education and the opportunity to reach their fullest potential.
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Step is Life

Geri "Coach G" McCarter is a TFA alum and founder of Coach G Academy, Baltimore's first and only citywide step team. Through coaching and mentorship, the program empowers youth to prosper academically, physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.

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Our Community

Teach For America has been part of the Baltimore community, working with students, families, other educators, and community leaders, for 30 years.

Today corps members and alumni are teaching over a third of Baltimore’s students, like Berol Dewdney, who was named the 2022 Maryland Teacher of the Year. You will work with incredible students who we know are the next generation of Baltimore leaders. You’ll find a network of 42 alumni principals and assistant principals, like Najib Jammal, recognized for his leadership with a Heart of the School Award, and Dr. Taiisha Swinton Buck, named the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals High School Principal of the Year in 2021 and highlighted on NBC with Al Roker.

You’ll be inspired by innovative alumni who have created organizations and startups that are making a real difference in the lives of students every day: Tyler Mains, a recent medical school graduate and founder of MERIT, is helping students prepare for medical careers so they can contribute to better healthcare in their own neighborhoods; and Jess Gartner was recognized on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for her work as CEO and founder of Allovue, helping education administrators connect spending to student outcomes.

Whether you choose to stay in the classroom, work towards school leadership, or impact educational excellence from public office, nonprofit leadership, technology, or any other sector, we have marked our first quarter century in Baltimore by charting a bold path forward focused on making sure you have the resources and support you need to lead and be part of this collective work. And while there is still work to be done, we know that with your leadership, we can see real change happen in our city and realize a day when every student in Baltimore has access to a great education, through which the can achieve, are affirmed, and become advocates for a just future.

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November 20

Baltimore

Fireside Chat: Collaborating for Early Childhood Education in Maryland
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More than

405

teachers in Baltimore City are TFA corps members or alums. 

Approximately

80%

of our Baltimore alumni are still working to impact education.

A full

10%

of Baltimore City principals are TFA alumni.

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The Baltimore Team

Normandi Amprey

Normandi Amprey

Baltimore '09

Executive Director, TFA Baltimore

Normandi Amprey is a servant leader who is committed to an excellent education for all students and community empowerment. A 2009 Teach For America corps member, she taught in Baltimore City Schools and later directed family and community engagement for KIPP in Camden, NJ. Since 2016, she has advanced TFA Baltimore’s mission in multiple roles and was named Executive Director in 2021. Today, she leads a network of 1,500 educators and alumni working alongside the community so every child in Baltimore can learn, lead, and thrive. Normandi earned her B.A. from Spelman College and her M.A.T. from Johns Hopkins University. A proud Baltimore City Schools parent, she lives in Baltimore with her husband, Marlon, also a TFA alum, and their two daughters.

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