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We are thrilled to welcome Teach For America’s corps members to Dallas. Putting outstanding teachers in the classroom is the most important thing we can do to ensure that all students succeed. I look forward to Teach For America’s teachers joining our community’s efforts to increase student achievement.
- Michael Hinojosa
Dallas Independent School District Superintendent
Teach For America has already made a significant impact in raising student achievement in the Rio Grande Valley, in Houston, and across the country, and I am excited that Teach For America will be bringing its successful formula of teacher recruitment, training, and support to Dallas to work with our own excellent teaching force to close the achievement gap. As a longtime supporter, I am so pleased to see one of the most successful education programs in America coming here to Dallas.
- Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johns
This year, Teach For America • Dallas is preparing to welcome a corps of more than 90 of the nation’s most promising future leaders, who will be teaching next year in our city’s lowest-income classrooms and working to ensure their students have the educational opportunities they deserve. Alumni living in the Dallas area are a leadership force, working from within education and every professional sector to effect broader change. Learn about living and teaching in Dallas.
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Corps Impact
During the 2009-10 school year, more than 90 corps members will be directly impacting the lives of approximately 6,000 students in Dallas.
Principal Satisfaction
- 87 percent of recently-surveyed principals (in schools with Teach For America corps members) reported that they would like to hire another Teach For America teacher.*
- 94 percent of principals surveyed regard Teach For America teachers as effective as, if not more effective than, other beginning teachers in terms of overall performance and impact on student achievement.*
*"Teach For America 2009 National Principal Survey,” Policy Studies Associates, July 2009
Impact on Student Achievement
A growing body of research shows that corps members have a positive impact on their students' achievement. Read more about our impact.
Dallas: Projected Corps Member Placement
| Assignment | % of Corps |
|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8% |
| Mathematics | 19% |
| Social Studies | 6% |
| English | 22% |
| Science | 10% |
| Elementary | 31% |
| Special Education | 6% |
| Bilingual Spanish | 6% |
| English as a Second Language | 6% |
| Total | 100% |
*Percentages are rounded; corps members who teach bilingual, ESL, or special education are also accounted for in the grade-level/subject placement percentages. Numbers are accurate as of August 20, 2009.
Characteristics of the 2008 Corps
| Corps Profile |
|---|
| Average GPA: 3.6 |
| Average SAT: 1344 |
| Held leadership roles on campus: 89% |
| People of color: 30% |
*Percentage of senior classes who applied to Teach For America
Alumni Impact
Fostering Alumni Leadership for Systemic Change
Nationally, more than 60 percent of corps members continue to work in education, including more than 360 who are school leaders. Of all alumni, 93 percent report they are supporting Teach For America’s mission through their career, volunteer activity or graduate study.
Regional Supporters
We are grateful to have many supporters who generously contribute to our movement in Dallas. The foundations, corporations and individuals listed below have made it possible for Teach For America to continue to recruit, select, train, and support teachers who are working to eliminate educational inequity in our city.
Contact
To support Teach For America • Dallas with a gift or to request additional information about our impact or finances, please contact:
Teach For America • Dallas
Charles Glover, Executive Director
350 N. St. Paul Street
Dallas, TX 75201
p 214.754.7104, f 214.754.5921
charles.glover@teachforamerica.org
