Teach For America corps members teach full time for at least two years in underserved schools. Learn more about our teaching program, reasons to join Teach For America, how we prepare you teach, and what you can expect from the TFA experience.
TFA finds outstanding leaders who teach for at least two years in low-income schools and spend a lifetime working with unwavering commitment to increase opportunity and end inequitable systems. Make a meaningful impact—join us.
Are you interested in becoming a teacher? Make a direct impact on your community by teaching in underserved schools for two years as a TFA corps member.
Each of the places where we work, called our regions, has a distinct story and a local community to join in helping all children reach their full potential. Learn more about all of our regions below, or visit our Corps Member Placement Map to interactively explore the places where you may apply to teach.
Foster student potential by building transformational relationships with kids as a paid, part-time, online tutor with Teach For America Ignite.
Our programs and strategic partnerships grow leadership, accelerate career paths, and increase the impact of TFA members and their teams, from schools to statehouses. We connect, convene, and catalyze a network of leaders working to disrupt, change, and reinvent systems to work for students and communities.
As a TFA corps member, you will engage in a pre-service model with corps members from across the country, the goal of which is to develop you as a teacher leader, ready to lead a classroom towards strong student outcomes.