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Exactly....  Besides my kid is going into second grade.  Youthful energy and smarts and enthusiasm makes up for lack of experience.  Doesn't hurt that they are up on the latest in education theory and data driven results.  I liked all the TFA and former TFA teachers and admins we've had so far at our charter.

Admittedly, I can relate to them because we have similar backgrounds, several of my classmates did the Peace Corps back when there was no TFA.[/quote]

Sorry, but I must fervently disagree. I'm a high school teacher so I get to work with the children who have matriculated through experienced and inexperienced teachers. The differences become amplified as the years progress and misconceptions ingrain. Inexperienced teachers do not have the benefit of knowing multiple ways to teaching material, of having hundreds of different learners experiences to draw upon, of working with many different educators in high and low performing schools, of years of reflection. I love the work the TFA does, but there isn't a single teacher in the country who thinks that he/she did the same quality of teaching in the first 3 years as they do in subsequent years.

Signed- A veteran teacher with many years of urban and suburban teaching experience AND a TFA alum.[/quote]

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