{"id":63420,"date":"2015-04-16T12:03:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T17:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=63420"},"modified":"2015-04-16T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T17:04:21","slug":"tfa-and-delta-state-prepare-for-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2015\/04\/tfa-and-delta-state-prepare-for-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"TFA and Delta State prepare for institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Representatives from Teach For America recently met with officials from Delta State University in preparation for TFA’s\u00a0sixth institute housed on campus. Over 500 corps members and staff are set to arrive on Delta State\u2019s campus June 7 to begin the 2015 Teach For America Delta Institute.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited about our continued relationship with Teach For America.\u201d said Leigh Emerson, coordinator of Executive Services at Delta State. \u201cThe TFA operation directors are mostly new to their roles, but they came through the institute here on our campus, so they have knowledge of how our systems work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very grateful that most of the Delta State team has been here for all six years, so they know what needs to be done and they do a great job of working with their TFA leaders. It is always great for the two teams to meet and spend some time together before the group\u2019s arrival in June.\u00a0The total number of participants will be about the same or slightly higher than it was last year, and we are looking forward to another great summer with our TFA colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

This years<\/span>\u00a0corps members come from Appalachia, Arkansas, eastern North Carolina, the Louisiana Delta, Mississippi and South Louisiana.<\/p>\n

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The Delta Center for Culture and Learning also provided a tour to the TFA staff.<\/p><\/div>\n

The TFA crew\u00a0also\u00a0participated in a Delta heritage tour, led by Lee Aylward of the Delta Center for Culture and Learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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