Penn State is one of the top contributing schools to the Teach for America program, and last year, the College of the Liberal Arts had the most hires of any other college at the University. Seniors and graduates of all majors and backgrounds are welcome to apply before the Oct. 17 deadline.
Penn State ranks among the nation's top large colleges and universities contributing the most graduates to Teach For America in 2018. Currently, 30 Penn State alumni are working in high-needs schools nationwide to expand educational opportunities for children facing the challenges of poverty.
Penn State ranks 10th nationally among large colleges and universities in the recently released annual Teach for America rankings of schools contributing the most graduates to its teaching corps.
Penn State ranks ninth nationally among large colleges and universities in the recently released annual Teach for America rankings of schools contributing the most graduates to its teaching corps. Founded in 1990, Teach For America works in partnership with communities to expand educational opportunity for children facing the challenges of poverty.
In total, 55 Penn State students will be participating in Teach for America and nearly 10 percent of those are Schreyer Honors College Scholars.
For the past seven years, Penn State's University Park campus has ranked among Teach for America's top colleges and universities of its size contributing the greatest number of graduating college seniors to its teaching corps. This year the University Park campus tied for seventh nationally among large colleges and universities whose alumni have committed to teach in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity.
Teach For America recently released its annual ranking of the colleges and universities contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors to its 2013 teaching corps. For the past six years, Penn State has ranked among the top colleges and universities of its size. It ranks 12th nationally this year.
The Penn State Smeal MBA Program has partnered with Teach for America to encourage prospective MBA applicants to consider gaining real-life experience in at-risk classrooms. Application fees will be waived for prospective students involved in Teach for America.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State students are reminded that Feb. 15 is the application deadline for Teach for America.
Penn State's University Park campus has risen to No. 7 among large U.S. universities in Teach For America's fifth annual ranking of the schools contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors to its teaching corps. Sixty-four recent University graduates joined the incoming corps for 2012, bringing Penn State's ranking up three spots from last year.
Penn State just beat its own record. With at least 70 students signed up to Teach for America this year (the organization will have the final numbers by fall), Penn Staters are showing their commitment to expand educational opportunities for elementary and secondary school students in low-income areas.
A recent report from Teach For America ranks Penn State as one of the top schools in the number of graduates who go on to teach underserved populations in urban and rural schools. The University came in 10th among schools with a student population larger than 10,000, with 46 graduates choosing the Teach For America corps.
In 1994, Brian Beabout began his Penn State career as an undergraduate studying engineering. In 2008, he is leaving Penn State a second time with a Ph.D. in instructional systems, focusing on urban school reform, to become a faculty member in the University of New Orleans' educational administration program. There were quite a few influences in Beabout's life -- including a major natural disaster -- that changed his course of study and his personal direction.
This summer, when Keyairra Wright begins working with Teach for America shortly after graduating from Penn State, she'll be marking a landmark juncture for a signature College of Education program. Wright becomes the first participant of the Summer College Opportunity Program in Education (SCOPE) to enter the education profession. SCOPE's mission is to encourage high school teens from underrepresented groups to consider a career in teaching, counseling, special education, rehabilitation or educational administration.
