TFA
Interesting article in One Day, Teach For America's Alumni magazine (*note to self* long-term goal: create an MTC alumni magazine) about their recruitment process:
Teach For America has seen a 36 percent increase in applications this year, with nearly 25,000 college seniors and recent graduates applying for the 2008 corps. In each of the past three years, applications have hovered between 17,000 and 19,000. Teach For America is on track to place approximately 3,800 new teachers this fall, well ahead of the organization’s expansion goal of 3,400. Last year’s entering corps numbered around 2,900.
By comparison, here are the numbers for MTC since 2000:
2000: 50 applicants, 25 initial participants, 23 completed (this was my class as an MTC participant)
2001: 60 applicants, 25 initial participants, 9 completed
2002: 60 applicants, 25 initial participants, 19 completed
2003: 60 applicants, 18 initial participants, 12 completed
2004: 120 applicants, 21 initial participants, 18 completed, $5,000 recruiting budget (this was my first year as Program Manager)
2005: 270 applicants, 28 initial participants, 25 completed, $4,000 recruiting budget (the previous record for applications was 200, set in 1994)
2006: 405 applicants, 32 initial participants, 22 completed, $3,000 recruiting budget
2007: 670 applicants, 28 participants, 22 on pace to complete, $3,000 recruiting budget
2008: 280 applicants, 27 incoming participants..., $1,000 recruiting budget
My Groups
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Mississippi Teacher Corps Updated: May 9, 2008
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Peace Corps Updated: Nov 28, 2007
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Mississippi Teacher Corps (host) Updated: May 15, 2007
