Teach For America’s first deadline – Sept. 19

Only 1 in 10 students from low-income communities will graduate from college. Teach for the other nine.

Join the more than 14,000 outstanding individuals of all academic backgrounds and professional ambitions who have impacted the lives of nearly 3 million students across the country. Teach For America seeks the most outstanding graduating college seniors – from all majors such as business, medicine, politics, law, education, public policy, engineering and the sciences who have the leadership skills to change the prospects of students growing up in low-income areas today, and ultimately, to affect fundamental changes in our society that will make it a place of opportunity for all. We urge you to apply for the 2009 Teach For America corps.

Teach For America’s first application deadline is Friday, Sept. 19, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (2:59 a.m. EST).

Apply now to become part of the 2008 Teach For America corps.  Start your application at www.teachforamerica.org.

Partnerships available with McKinsey & Co., Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Bain & Co, Google, and others. Deferrals available from well over 100 different graduate programs.

No previous education experience or coursework necessary. Seeking all majors.
Full first-year teacher salary and benefits, transitional grants and loans.

If you would like to speak with a Teach For America representative, please email Myra Palmero, senior recruitment associate, at Myra.Palmero@teachforamerica.org.