Teach For America North Carolina

Since 1990, Teach For America North Carolina has a history of bringing equity-minded leaders to serve in classrooms across the state. Our diverse network is ready to support, challenge, and lead alongside each other as it collectively aims to expand opportunities for students in North Carolina. With the belief that every child deserves an excellent education, the organization’s greatest contribution to ensuring that “One Day” is possible for every student is through sourcing, matching, and developing talent. In the 2023-2024 school year, 14 of our corps members and alumni leaders were named as winners of various prestigious awards in the education field. Join us in congratulating these amazing leaders. A complete list of current award-winners is below: Stephen Bell, LCSW (Oklahoma ‘13) NIEA 2024 National Educator of the Year Guilford County Schools Rachel Brackney (ENC ‘15) Edgecombe District Teacher of the Year  North Central Region Teacher of the Year Edgecombe County Public Schools Rachel Candaso (ENC ‘20) Pitt County Teacher of the Year Pitt County Schools Sarah Cartee (CPT ‘18) Teacher of the Year Highland Renaissance Aamani Colaire (CPT ‘23) Rookie Teacher of the Year Garinger High School Nina Brashears Franklin (CPT ‘12) K-8 School Counselor of the Year Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Vanessa Hemmen (ENC ‘17) Teacher of the Year D.F. Walker Elementary School Brittney Lopez (ENC ‘14) ECPS Assistant Principal of the Year Edenton-Chowan Schools  Melanie Johnson (ENC ‘13) Keith Burnam, Jr. Award Henderson Collegiate Lyric Lee (CPT ‘23) Rookie Teacher of the Year Eastern Guilford Middle School Dr. Kelly Anne Shelton Mudd, EdD (ENC ‘06) Principal of the Year Edgecombe County Public Schools Shariah Newson (CPT ‘23) Rookie Teacher of the Year Alexander Graham Middle School Gabriela Santos (CPT ‘23) Rookie Teacher of the Year Foust Elementary Jasmine W. (DE '16) Teacher of the Year Harding High School #OneDayNC #TeachForAmerica #Awards #NCED

Come join Teach for America Corps for an Info Session + Regional Q&A! Interested in learning more about Teach For America and jump-starting a purpose-driven career? Join us for an upcoming informational session where you'll discover who we are, what we do, and how our programs work. The first 30 minutes will address the most common questions we receive: 1. What is Teach For America; 2. What and where will I teach?; 3. What will my salary and finances look like?; 4. How does teacher certification work?; 5. How will I be trained and supported? Our remaining time will be spent in open Q&A, where you’ll have a choice: stay in the main room for general Q&A or join one of our regional breakout spaces where representatives from all 40+ TFA regions will share more about the logistics of their region and answer any specific questions. I will be in the South regional breakout space so please drop in and learn more about the work we are doing at Teach For America North Carolina! We will also be sending follow-up resources ahead of our application deadline on October 25th. I hope to see you there! This event will be on October 22nd at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT! Here is the link to RSVP: https://lnkd.in/ewFgWa-U

This World Teachers’ Day, we appreciate teachers in all of their eras! From their fearless first days in the classroom to their reputation for empowering students, we’re ready to speak now about our appreciation for the world’s educators. Since 1990, Teach For America North Carolina has been working to ensure that every child has access to a quality education, thanks to our incredible educators. Let’s celebrate the power of education and the lasting impact teachers have across every era. Share your favorite teaching moment or shout out an educator who changed your life! #WorldTeachersDay #TeacherEras #TeachForAmerica #OneDayNC

On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we celebrate the strength, creativity, and resilience of Indigenous peoples across the country, while highlighting the youth of the Oglala Lakota Nation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Through Outlast, a project founded by LT (South Dakota '21), local students are learning to tell their stories through film and media. This film camp provides the next generation with the tools to reclaim their narratives and inspire change in their communities. At Teach For America, we stand with Indigenous peoples’ self-determination, advocating for education and student empowerment as essential pathways to a renewed community and culture. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #LakotaYouth #OutlastFilmCamp #TeachForAmerica Photo credit: Outlast Arts and Education

We're Hiring: Know a great senior/lead fundraiser? Teach For America North Carolina has launched a search for our lead/senior fundraiser (Managing Director, Triad and Triangle Fundraising) for our markets in the Piedmont Triad and Triangle. This role is the consolidation of positions to allow us to elevate the role to attract a senior level fundraising leader to help us with ambitious goals to grow our private fundraising base exponetially in these areas. This role works closely with me on the ground throughout the state, our central fundraising team at TFA, and reports to Allie Hanson on the NC team - who is the hiring manager. The candidate must live and work in the Triangle or Triad area although we are a primarily remote team and requires travel within those markets and statewide at times. Role profile, salary range (starts at $99K) and other details are listed in the posting that I will include in the comments. We do have a priority deadline and will be evaluating applicants on a rolling basis. Please refer all great candidates who are ready to lead and impact to apply. Posting link in comments! #development #philanthrophy #fundraising #hiring #nc #education

Teach For America North Carolina is proud to serve as a placement region for Teach For America's high-impact tutoring program known as the Ignite Fellowship. Eastern North Carolina was the first TFA region in the Southeastern United States to offer the Fellowship. As we celebrate National Tutoring Appreciation week, Teach For America North Carolina would like to send a huge thank you our Ignite tutors who are helping us achieve our vision of "One Day".

Teach For America North Carolina believes that it is important to retain high-quality teachers in the classroom. In an effort to retain such talent, Teach For America North Carolina’s Reinvesting in Student Excellence (RISE) Fellowship was established in 2022. As we wrap up our RISE Fellowship week, check out our article to learn more about our premier program that continues to retain quality, empowered, equity-minded educators in classrooms across our state. #OneDayNC #TeachForAmerica #TeacherRetention #NCED

“RISE helped me grow as a leader not only in the classroom, but in the school and education community.  - Shade White (CPT ‘21), 2023 RISE fellow In the 2023-2024 school year, Teach For America North Carolina had 22 RISE fellows in classrooms across the state. Our fellows received career development, one-on-one coaching centered around their personal and professional goals, and other professional incentives. We asked our RISE fellows why they wanted to continue their professional  journey with TFA NC—check out what they had to say. #OneDayNC #TeachForAmerica #RISEFellowship #TeacherRetention

TFA NC corps members are provided with the support they need to accelerate progress through our robust coaching and support model that provides teachers with best-in-class resources, tools, and feedback to excel in their role, training around socio-emotional learning for teacher and student wellness, and Data-informed strategy to improve student outcomes. The Teach For America North Carolina RISE Fellowship gives our alumni teachers access to these same supports as they enter years 3-5 of their teaching careers. As we continue to showcase our RISE Fellowship, we are excited to announce our 2024-2025 RISE Fellows who will continue to provide students with an excellent educational experience across North Carolina. Congratulations to: Valerie Abbott (ENC ‘19) Telana Accram (ENC ‘22) Princess Appiah (CPT ‘22) Dajarae Bacote-Ingram (ENC ‘14) Quwamee Bell (CPT ‘22) Kylie Bray (CPT ‘22) Jamie Breitbart (CPT ‘22) Monique Brown (ENC ‘15) Jamilah Bullock(ENC ‘14) Shekinah Campbell (CPT ‘22) Kevin Carey (ENC ‘22) Chancey Davis (CPT ‘21) Jodyann Dempsey (CPT ‘22) Nasaa Enkhbold (CPT ‘15) Elc Estrera (GNO ‘07) Marissa Feliciano (ENC ‘22) Diamond Foggie (CPT ‘18) Christal Garry (ENC ‘20) Madison Gelfand (CPT ‘22) Courtney Hudson (CPT ‘22) Peter Leonard(ENC ‘20) Merri Lindsey (ENC ‘21) Serena Mosby (ENC ‘20) Kenzie Nichols (CPT ‘22) Timothy O'Shea(ENC ‘14) Robert Oechslin Jr. (CPT ‘17) Kaylan Purisima (CPT ‘21) Natalie Robinson (CPT ‘22) Sybil Robinson (CPT ‘20) Bersabe Shuman Fletcher (CPT ‘22) Rayshawn Smith (ENC ‘20) Cassidy Stafford (CPT ‘21) Shay Sullivan (CPT ‘22) Claire Watson (CPT ‘22) Jorden White (CPT ‘22) Adam Wood (CPT ‘22) Liana Zalutsky (CPT ‘22) #OneDayNC #TeachForAmerica #RISEFellowship #TeacherRetention

Teach For America North Carolina’s RISE Fellowship continues the legacy of support and development that begins with our corps members' first two years in the classroom in an effort to empower them to continue their growth and impact as educators. Says Karyn Pleasant, Head of Educational Impact, “With teacher attrition near an all-time high, our fellowship is designed to re-engage alumni educators in years 3-5 of teaching through coaching, professional development and career development pathways specifically focused on the education field. It is our belief that continued investment in our teachers and leaders in education will increase teacher retention and expand the number of educators contributing to our 2030 goal. Through our RISE Fellowship, we hope to strengthen the talent pipeline and retain exceptional educators in our classrooms to help us achieve our mission of "One Day’.” Throughout the week, we will share more about our premier program that continues to retain quality, empowered, equity-minded educators in classrooms across our state. #OneDayNC #TeachForAmerica #TeacherRetention #NCED