Name of the Social Innovation: Teach for
America
Founder/Initiator/Leader/Developer of the
Innovation: Wendy Kopp
Teach
For America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to enlist,
develop, and mobilize as many as possible of our nation's most promising future
leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and
excellence. The organization aims to accomplish this by recruiting and
selecting college graduates from top universities around the United States to
serve as teachers. The selected members, known as "corps members,"
commit to teaching for at least two years in a public or public charter K-12
school in one of the 52 low-income communities that the organization serves.
Teach For America recruits recent college graduates and professionals to teach
for two years in urban and rural communities throughout the United States. The
goal of Teach For America is for its corps members to make both a short-term
and long-term impact by leading their students to reach their full potential
and becoming lifelong leaders for educational equity. Corps members do not have
to be certified teachers, although certified teachers may apply. Uncertified
corps members receive alternative certification through coursework taken while
completing the program.
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