Because of this, they accept all qualified applicants. There is generally about a 30 percent acceptance rate. Nine campus graduates are teachers working for Teach for America. Once the written applications are reviewed, the recruitment department grants interviews. Offers are made at the end of April.
Teachers can choose which part of the country they want to be assigned to.
Almost all applicants receive at least one of their top three choices, said Rogovin. Training consists of a five-week summer program at the University of Houston, where there is a balance between theory and practice. Their training continues as they attend workshops periodically during the school year. Teach for America was started in 1989 by Wendy Kopp, a graduate of Princeton University and president of the organization, who proposed the idea in her senior thesis. Applications are available at the Career Center.