| Show j Te Teaching e a ch chi i h n g m m miss i issi ss i i o ri n ns s s a ava va i I l a b I l e et y 4 ii throw through g h national organizations o ns 4 CPS THERE HERE are organizations r that actively recruit people to be in the classroom classroom classroom class class- room or to bring needed f skills in an academic field to school districts in impoverished impoverished impoverished im im- areas in the United States Teach for America i is isa s J 0 a New York City-based City organization or or- that places new teachers in rural urban schools for year two r stints S 1 Teach for America mostly i rec recruits graduating seniors r. r a f r. r from college campuses r. r i across the United States The organization wants to recruit people who are not 1 education majors and who i. i S may not have intended to tobe tobe be teachers there are curo cur cur cur- o 1000 newlY certified teachers in California Texas Louisiana Arkansas Georgia North Carolina and New York The recruits who received an alternative teaching certificate receive regular starting salaries from the school district they hey work in and Teach for America in some instances will help with tuition for for certificate programs The The telephone number is VISTA Volunteers in Service t to America was founded on the same principles principles prin prin- as the Peace Corps VISTAs VISTA's goal is to place volunteers in areas that h have a v e c critical r i tic a Iso social c i l 0 or r re e economic needs It has about about about- ongoing projects in me the united states Mates VISTA v vi 1 11 volunteers organize and coordinate programs in low- low income areas both in rural and urban areas The volunteers volunteers volunteers volun volun- are not in the classroom classroom classroom class class- room as time full-time teachers but many volunteers are teachers and help establish programs such as literacy classes Volunteers must live in inthe inthe inthe the area where they volunteer volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer for a year and must be 18 years old or older They receive a living allowance based on the average income income income in in- come of the area in which they are located and 95 a month is set aside for the volunteer until he or she leaves the program The phone nut number ber is |
