Delta State University will welcome Teach For America back to campus as the organization kicks off its ninth year of training hosted by the university.
Approximately 310 corps members and staff members will begin the intensive summer curriculum June 11 for the 2018 TFA Delta Institute.
On June 10 from noon to 5 p.m., Delta State will host TFA Registration Day at DMI Studio A to welcome the corps on campus. Volunteers are sought to work one-hour increments in one of the following areas: greeters, welcome wagon, Okra Kart drivers, handing out information packets and lunch boxes, and dorm check in at Foundation Hall.
To sign up for a volunteer slot, contact Leigh Emerson, assistant director of Communications and Marketing at Delta State, at lkorb@deltastate.edu or 662-856-4677.
“We are very excited to welcome Teach For America back to our campus again this year,” said Emerson, “We’re grateful that Delta State and TFA have maintained this solid partnership since 2010.”
TFA 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, and Delta State is one of just a handful of training facilities across the nation.
Learn more about TFA at https://www.teachforamerica.org. Follow all Delta State news at www.deltastate.edu.
