We are working essentially to build a leadership force of folks who will, during their first two years of teaching, actually put their kids on a different trajectory - not just survive as a new teacher, but actually help close the achievement gap for their kids.
From Wendy Kopp
The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.
Kids who live in low income areas face extra challenges and show up at schools that were not designed to meet their extra needs.
If we could reach the point where many of our nation's future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation.
On average, our corps members stay in the classroom for eight years. But again, given the systemic nature of educational inequity, we know it is vital that some of our alumni take their experience outside the classroom.
I've heard a number of our alumni - people who are running schools and school systems - think a lot about different models for the teaching profession.
I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later.
I usually don't really have breakfast.
We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week.
School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.
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