In Production: Teach For America Critical Mass Project
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Teach for America
- Share your stories about the Teach For America organization, wonderful or not. Just make it real.
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- $$$ PAID ASSIGNMENT
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- ENDS: 01/01/2008 11:00 AM
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Dave talks about the demand for teachers
Especially male teachers.
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Dave sounds out about application process
Dave started teaching another way and speaks out to the need for more teachers.
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Dave took a different avenue to become a teacher
Dave never got an interview with TFA but still made his own way to becoming a dedicated teacher.
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John is not happy with TFA
Some people don't like the choosey TFA application process. John a current teacher by other means sounds out.
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My sister is part of the Teach For America program.....
and I believe she loves it, it required her to move to North Carolina, from Florida, after she was accepted during her graduation at the University of Florida. I heard from her that for the first two years, she gets a bonus of $4,000 a year for school related expenses, on top of whatever her regular salary is. Enyet for Christmas she wanted: a computer projector, paper, pens, pencils, and a few other odds and ends.
My sister is also attending college in North Carolina, going towards some sort of law degree while also participating in the TFA program.
She has mentioned a few things about her students, as to their behavior, to my understanding the school is kind of rough, probably in one of the low tiers of achievement, which is kind of hard for a new teacher to work with.
It's an interesting program, I hope that with the current shortage of teachers, the program could provide a better education in the future, but currently, since I believe it is a new program I don't think it's completely functional yet, but it's a good start. and I believe she loves it, it required her to move to North Carolina, from Florida, after she was accepted during her graduation at t... more -
Teach For America: Critical Mass Journalism Project
There's no RIGHT answer, no simple solution--not one single opinion. Teach for America is that service program that attracts the best of the best college graduates to serve as teachers in some of the toughest classrooms in our country--minutes after the ink on their diplomas are dry.
Is Teach for America good for its teachers, classrooms, schools, students and indeed our country as a whole? Show and tell us your personal perspectives on this programme which has carved out a significant place in our country's service community. There's no RIGHT answer, no simple solution--not one single opinion. Teach for America is that service program that attracts the... more -
Education Reform: Teach for America
Education reform through the eyes of a current TFA corps member and three alum (two of which now hold executive positions at TFA). The piece follows a 2nd grade science class in action, while hearing the motivation behind the program, the challenges and the benefits. Education reform through the eyes of a current TFA corps member and three alum (two of which now hold executive positions at TFA). The... more
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Teach for America? Wendy Kopp speaks at Penn
I know a lot of people are intruiged by the idea of Teach for America. It's a great way to give back, work on our resume, and avoid the reality of actually working in an office 5 days a week right after college.
I was lured by the idea of it too, but have recently come across a variety of media and personal stories that have proved a little less...well...attractive.
Today Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America, is coming to speak at Penn, for a lecture and Q&A session at 4:30 p.m. in Huntsman Hall Auditorium G06. I won't be able to make the series, but hopefully she'll address some of the more negative press about self-selecting to ivy leaguers and the like when she speaks.
I'll keep you posted, and if anyone else can post on her speech, i'd be really interested to hear about what she says. I know a lot of people are intruiged by the idea of Teach for America. It's a great way to give back, work on our resume, and avo... more -
Teach for America piece for CJ
CJ contributor Trevor Smith and myself are working on a piece on Teach America that will include interviews with a director at Teach for America, a teacher in session showing off their stuff and a current teacher in public schools who didn't make it into the Teach for America program. CJ contributor Trevor Smith and myself are working on a piece on Teach America that will include interviews with a director at Teach f... more
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Why Teach for America?
The NYT Magazine uses Houston's inner city and a promising TFA student as an example of what works about TFA... and the goes into the controversey about what makes a good teacher? I dont think it goes deep enough into whether or not the short training programme and the highly selective nature of its acceptance process actually produces a good situation. Further--I would like to have heard from some of the many situations I hear about in which the teachers are not the perfect models for this situation. Unscientifically of course, most of my friends who did TFA did not work out all that well and are no longer teaching. Its more complicated than that people--becuase the ones that DID work out are some of the most sucessful early teachers I know. That's how complicated this project is--there's no answer at the end of this CRITICAL mass--only the journalism and work from all to have an rich understanding from which to make their own judgements. The NYT Magazine uses Houston's inner city and a promising TFA student as an example of what works about TFA... and the goes into... more
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How Teach for America turned national service into a status symbol
This is a great article that NYC CJ Dianna Dilworth sent around about how successful Teach For America has been about turning service into a sought after resume line... This is a great article that NYC CJ Dianna Dilworth sent around about how successful Teach For America has been about turning service ... more
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Teach For America
Its the post-graduate program that offers competitive BA students the chance to teach students in tough classrooms shortly after they graduate college. Current Citizen Journalism is engaging in a CRITICAL MASS project to assess the current status of this innovative program. What's your point of view and how can you contribute to the mass of journalism that's being taken up by your fellow Journ-o's? Don't be shy--we're all documenting this one together--Dan Beckmann, Creative Executive-CJ Its the post-graduate program that offers competitive BA students the chance to teach students in tough classrooms shortly after they ... more
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