3.0
May 24, 2012
Former employee, less than 1 year
Philadelphia, PA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
TFA has great benefits They gave us generous funding and accommodations
Cons
Teach For America expects college graduates with no prior teaching experience to create their own worksheets and lesson plans. I was thrown into a classroom without any books a week after arriving at the summer institute. The material I managed to create was not nearly as good as peer-reviewed curriculum that I had been given as a child. Furthermore, my class had non-English speakers, special needs students, and bright students who acted out behaviorally all combined in one class. I realize TFA is trying to work within the system to create change, but I almost had a mental break down from the stress and excessive workload that summer.