[Agvisors] FW: Teach for America :Application Deadlines

Wed Jan 18 22:35:26 MST 2012

The information below will be included in the CALS Monday Message
Newsletter. You  might still be interested in sending it to your
department/school listservs.

Best,
Nancy

TEACH FOR AMERICA

DEADLINE

Teach For America: FINAL Application Deadline 2/10/2012

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college
graduates, graduate students, and professionals who commit to teach for two
years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in
expanding educational opportunity. 

This year, 9,300 corps member are teaching in 43 regions across the country,
while nearly 24,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside
and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to
ensure educational excellence and equity.

Apply
<https://www.teachforamerica.org/online/info/signUp.wbfl?_flowId=signUp-flow
&_flowExecutionKey=e1s1>  to the 2012 Teach For America corps

FINAL Application Deadline: Friday, February 10,  2012

For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org.  Or contact Teach For
America's recruitment manager at apollonia.gallegos at teachforamerica.org

Full salary and benefits. Federal student loans deferred. All majors and
career backgrounds. 

DEADLINE 

Well Paid Summer Internship for Underclassmen: Application Deadline
1/29/2012

In the summer of 2012, Teach For America will hold nine training institutes
in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, the Mississippi Delta, New York
City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Tulsa.  We are looking for committed
undergraduates to serve as operations coordinators (OCs) at each of the
institutes.  OCs will help support our effort to manage and maintain
successful summer institutes that each serve approximately 500 corps
members, 100 staff members, and over 1,500 summer school students.  While
OCs will not work directly with summer school students, they will play an
integral role in the daily operations of our program that trains incoming
corps members and gain unique insight into Teach For America.

The job description and application requirements can also be found on our
website at: www.teachforamerica.org/institute.   The dates of the commitment
vary across the institutes and operations coordinators are paid hourly for
the duration of the commitment. OCs are required to live on-site at our
institutes, so room, board, and some travel and shipping costs are provided
for all staff members.

Please visit our website (http://www.teachforamerica.org/institute) to apply
online by Sunday, January 29, or contact institutestaff at teachforamerica.org
if you have any questions.

Want to learn more? Attend an online information session Jan. 23rd . To
register click here 

https://teachforamerica.webex.com/teachforamerica/onstage/g.php?t=a
<https://teachforamerica.webex.com/teachforamerica/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=79441
9363> &d=794419363

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DEADLINE

Social Innovation Challenge & Alternative Spring Break: Application Deadline
1/29/2012

For your spring break why not be a part of something inspiring, memorable,
and potentially revolutionary?

The Basics

Dates: March 18-24, 2012

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Fees: Zappos.com will pay for airfare, meals, local transportation (students
are responsible for transportation to and from their local airports and any
incidentals). Lodging will be with current Las Vegas Valley Teach For
America corps members. 

Participants: 25 students (underclassmen), Zappos.com professionals, Teach
For America corps members and staff. 

Application Deadline: January 29, 2012

Apply now at:
<http://vator.tv/competition/las-vegas-valley-alternative-spring-break>
http://vator.tv/competition/las-vegas-valley-alternative-spring-break

All the details

Who's it for?

You must be a freshman, sophomore, or junior in college who can attend a
spring break between

March 18th and March 24th. We are seeking applicants who are passionate
about and driven by

the objective of expanding opportunities for all children, especially in low
income communities.

Although prior experience working in education is not required, all
participants should show

evidence of a strong desire to learn about the achievement gap and a
commitment to closing it.

Additionally, we are looking for participants who are risk-friendly and open
to trying out new

approaches or taking less-familiar pathways. The ability to inspire and
invest others in your goals

or vision is also critical.

What is it?

The Teach For America - Las Vegas Valley & Zappos.com Alternative Spring
Break is intended

to spark bold, new innovations that expand opportunities and close the
achievement gap in the

Las Vegas Valley community. Applicants will submit their solutions to one of
three challenges

being posed via video by three Las Vegas Valley corps members. Twenty five
students will be

selected and invited to join Teach For America- Las Vegas Valley,
Zappos.com, and Las Vegas

Valley community leaders for an all expenses paid alternative spring break
trip to the Las Vegas

Valley in March. Participants will continue the spirit of social innovation
and tackle community,

school, and business challenges in Las Vegas with Zappos.com, Teach For
America corps

members and staff, and other Las Vegas Valley community leaders. You can
review all of the

details and materials on our Vator website: http://tinyurl.com/84nrq6z

How does it work? Application submission process

The online application platform opens December 5th at 9am EDT and will close
on January 29th,

2012 at 5pm PDT. Applications will be accepted through the Vator platform.
The complete

application consists of two parts - a Google Survey and creating a response
to one of three

challenge videos that will be posted onto our Vator platform for
consideration by the Judges. All of

the details and materials are on our website: http://tinyurl.com/84nrq6z

About the Zappos and Teach For America Partnership

Our partnership with Zappos.com and its CEO Tony Hsieh adds critical energy
to our efforts to

provide all Las Vegas Valley children with the educational opportunities
they deserve. As

members of their school communities, our corps members are invested in the
transformation of

the Las Vegas community. We instill understanding and investment in our
corps members to

ensure they are active participants in the community, including recent
efforts to revitalize the

downtown. Thanks to the generous support of Zappos.com and the leadership of
Tony Hsieh, this

partnership will 1) help Teach For America attract talented individuals to
the LVV community in

the years to come, 2) create opportunities for corps members and alumni to
engage more deeply

in Las Vegas' downtown community, 3) allow Zappos.com staff members to
engage more directly

in Teach For America's work in our community's highest-need classrooms, and
4) facilitate best

practice sharing between both organizations.

Contact & Support

If you encounter any difficulties in setting up your profile, compiling, or
submitting your application contact

karen.manahan at teachforamerica.org.

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