Hamline Partners with Teach For America

Hamline University will partner with Teach For America to help train 40 top college graduates to teach in three metro school districts for each of the next three years. Teach For America will place teachers in traditional and charter public schools in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center and charter public schools in St. Paul.  

Teach For America is a national corps of outstanding college graduates who commit to teach for at least two years in under-resourced schools and become lifelong leaders in the pursuit of educational equity. Hamline will serve as the local university partner for the Twin Cities chapter of Teach For America.  

All corps members will enroll at the university to obtain their state teaching certification. Hamline was selected because of the university's deep commitment to and history of fostering innovation in education and for its focus on preparing teachers for urban schools. 

"As a university that is committed to social justice and service, we are thrilled to partner with Teach For America and support its mission to end educational inequity," Hamline University President Linda N. Hanson said. "We look forward to welcoming these teachers into our university and our community's classrooms." 

For more information: http://www.teachforamerica.org/