Teach For America is proud to partner with Morgan Stanley.
Joining Teach For America before pursuing a career in business will provide you with the management experience and skills that will help you have a greater impact in the business world. By committing two years to teach in a low-income community, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to assume tremendous responsibility—managing a classroom of students, setting ambitious goals, and inspiring your students to meet those goals. Through this experience, alumni say that they developed invaluable communication and time-management skills that are highly transferable to a career in business.
Partnership Benefits
- Two-year deferrals for students who receive job offers from Morgan Stanley and are also accepted into Teach For America.
- Morgan Stanley recruits Teach For America corps members for summer internship opportunities.
Eligibility Requirements
Deferral Partnership Details
- Once a candidate has been accepted by Teach For America and has a full-time offer from one of the participating Morgan Stanley business groups, the candidate must inform Morgan Stanley that s/he would like to apply for a two-year deferral through the Morgan Stanley - Teach For America partnership.
- Teach For America applicants have two weeks to confirm whether they will join the corps after they are notified of acceptance. Deferral candidates that require extra time to coordinate their deferral may e-mail Teach For America’s admissions team (admissions@teachforamerica.org) to request a decision extension.