Teach for America, an organization seeking to enhance K-12 education throughout the nation, will be on campus this week to recruit June graduates for its program.
The program selects a corps of about 2,000 college graduates each year for training as teachers. Individuals are then assigned to full-time teaching positions throughout the country. Assignments last two years and include additional training in education.
All positions are paid by the school district that corps members teach in and often provide benefit packages. Beginning salaries for teachers in the program range from $22,000 to $40,000.
The Teach for America events scheduled this week include an information table Tuesday and Wednesday in the EMU lobby from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; a screening of the CNN documentary “Teach for America,” Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in 301 Chapman; and a general information session and dinner in the EMU Walnut Room from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
–Aimee Rudin
