Sentences with phrase «national teaching corps»

Teach For America began in 1989 as founder Wendy Kopp's undergraduate honors thesis, which articulated the possibility of creating a national teaching corps by recruiting recent college graduates.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Wendy Kopp, founder and president of Teach For America reflects on 20 years of leading this national teaching corps and talks about how it has changed American (and global) education.

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«These fields have typically not been included as part of the science curriculum and are not represented systematically in some of the major national - level documents that identify core concepts for K - 12 science,» it says of the behavioral sciences, while explaining that computer sciences «has a history and a teaching corps that is generally distinct from those of the sciences.»

If successful, she'll join the elite corps of her profession as an educator certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Teach For America, which Mr. Steffensen cites as an example of society's desire for quick private - sector fixes in lieu of politically and fiscally costly systemic reform, is a new national teacher corps that recruits, trains, places, and supports outstanding individuals who commit two years to teach in urban and rural areas suffering from persistent teacher shortTeach For America, which Mr. Steffensen cites as an example of society's desire for quick private - sector fixes in lieu of politically and fiscally costly systemic reform, is a new national teacher corps that recruits, trains, places, and supports outstanding individuals who commit two years to teach in urban and rural areas suffering from persistent teacher shortteach in urban and rural areas suffering from persistent teacher shortages.

They also urged the creation of a corps of «master» teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Teach For America, the nonprofit national teacher corps that began in 1989 as the brainchild of a Princeton University undergraduate, is facing the prospect of ending its fiscal year in September with a budget deficit of more than $ 3 million.

The members of this camp praise national standards, a national (or at least statewide) curriculum that gathers the best thinking about how to reach these standards and shares this thinking with the teaching corps, authentic assessments that provide diagnostic information, and professional development (pre-service and in - service) that is seamlessly woven into all of the rest.

In 2011, she was named a national finalist for the Sue Lehmann Excellence in Teaching Award, given annually to second - year Teach For America corps members who embody and demonstrate the leadership needed to have an exemplary level of transformational impact with students.

The first class of Teach for America corps members (1990) alone included a host of people who have since launched and led influential education organizations and / or had significant impacts at the local, state, and national levels.

Teach For America is a member of AmeriCorps, the national service network, through which corps members are eligible to receive loan forbearance and interest payment on qualified student loans, as well as an education award at the end of each year of service.

The national teacher corps Teach For America is launching a Rural School Leaders Academy to help its teachers transition into roles as principals in rural areas.

Teach for America, the national corps of new college graduates who commit to teach for at least two years in urban and rural public schools, will bring in 40 teachers each of the next three years to high - needs schools in the Twin CiTeach for America, the national corps of new college graduates who commit to teach for at least two years in urban and rural public schools, will bring in 40 teachers each of the next three years to high - needs schools in the Twin Citeach for at least two years in urban and rural public schools, will bring in 40 teachers each of the next three years to high - needs schools in the Twin Cities.

In 2009, Vyasa joined Teach For America, a national corps of teachers, and began her teaching career at Haven Academy.

Prior to becoming a Teach For America corps member in 2013, Sharon worked for several years on Teach For America's national program team.

Immediately prior to joining our staff, he served as the Managing Director, National Institute Operations for Teach For America, where he was responsible for overseeing all marketing, admissions, technology, human resources, and finance projects related to corps member training.

Teach for America - Connecticut, part of a national corps of leaders committed to teaching in low - income schools and confronting educational inequity, has appointed Labor and Employment Group lawyer Britt - Marie K. Cole - Johnson to its Advisory Board.