Teach For America Director of Operations for the Delta Institute Carly Pass (center) thanks Delta State University staff members for presenting the Teach For America Delta Institute operations team with welcome baskets on Wednesday, June 1, in Ward Hall. Over 1,000 corps members and staff are set to arrive on the Delta State University campus on Sunday, June 12, to begin the 2011 Teach For America Delta Institute.
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors and career interests who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. These corps members work in school districts challenged by poverty, geography or other issues. Their training to teach begins at summer institutes.
