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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can tell you that Teach for America tells its teachers flat out that they will be paid so little that they will qualify for food stamps and that they should absolutely apply for them.

I don't know what kind of position you're looking for, but I would be uncomfortable with a nice salary at a non-profit where they paid the teachers so little they were incapable of being self-supporting. [/quote]

TFA doesn't pay the teachers.  The teachers are employees of whatever school district they're working in and they earn the same as other entry-level teachers.  You can't blame TFA for that.[/quote]

+1 TFA teachers are paid by their school districts. I did TFA around 2005 and earned a starting teacher’s salary (low 30s in the South). I was never told to apply for food stamps and probably wouldn’t have qualified for them anyway.

In my opinion, TFA exists to exist. It makes glossy ads to recruit bright students, “trains” new teachers, then leaves teachers in the weeds when the school year actually comes. It’s an organization filled with alums who couldn’t handle teaching and instead become “alumni coordinators” or “credential leads.” I know a lot of people who taught their two years, then immediately became school principals, which is insane. Educational change will not come about as a result of TFA’s method. We need a major institutional overhaul. [/quote]

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