Does Teach for America pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Teach for America employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Teach for America. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Teach for America?

75% of Teach for America employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Teach for America 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Teach for America?

Teacher (232) , Corps Member (166) , TFA Corps Member (84) , Director (62) , Managing Director (62) , Campus Campaign Coordinator (35) , Manager (25) , Campus Ambassador (24) , Recruitment Manager (22) , Teach for America Corps Member (22) , Operations Coordinator (21) , Manager, Teacher Leadership Development (20) , Senior Managing Director (18) , English Teacher (17) , Recruiter (15)

What are the pros of working at Teach for America according to real employee reviews?

"I was able to experience a location of the country and meet some great people." ((in 130 reviews)); "The benefits are great and working from home is a huge plus." ((in 87 reviews)); "Great culture, positivity and intentionality in leaning in" ((in 46 reviews)); "Great colleagues and friends to work with" ((in 41 reviews)); "In addition the staff are friendly and concerned about corps members and their success." ((in 35 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Teach for America according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance provided" ((in 66 reviews)); "Hours are long and if you did not study education then you will not feel nearly prepared." ((in 66 reviews)); "Indoctrination of people to believe lies about education and they place you in the toughest schools with little training." ((in 61 reviews)); "Very low pay compared to any world in the world." ((in 61 reviews)); "started at a very low salary BUT was given 3 raises over 2 years (I had only asked for one)" ((in 40 reviews))

What are employees saying about Teach for America layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Teach for America layoffs and their outlook for job security at Teach for America in 2026.

Teach for America reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,871 total reviews)

Elisa Villanueva Beard

84% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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Teach for America has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,871 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Teach for America employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Mar 13, 2015

Mission driven and flexible, struggle to find impact

Manager, teacher leadership development

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The values, professional development, and leadership opportunities are incredible. Many opportunities to grow. If you have a strong relationship with your manager, you will be successful. Feel like you're working for an organization that believes in something, is consistently responding to feedback and changing, and aims to do great work. Flexible hours and incredibly inclusive towards diversity.

Cons

For so much development, this does not always impact the work we do with the teachers we coach. The organization is restructuring and it's hard to know at times what the priorities are. Can feel like we are taking on more and more in the name of the work we do without getting really good at a few things.

2.0

May 6, 2014

Work with smart, talented, and passionate people but management is bad.

Program coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1) You get to work with extremely smart, talented and passionate people who are all aligned on the mission. 2) Great benefits, compensation is ok - they offer comp days and have great vacation time. Ability to work from home and have a flexible schedule. 3) Good work environment - office is always nice and clean. 4) Strong focus on personal and professional development - I was able to attend conferences and buy books for my own development. 5) If you value collaboration and teamwork, this is a good place to be because it encourages cross-functional work.

Cons

1) Can be very cult-like. You need to think and speak a certain way to fit in and if you don't, it will reflect on your performance reviews. 2) Management needs some serious work. Too many people in senior level positions with low experience. They don't really know how to "manage" others. Not empowering at all to the staff. Very controlling and micro-manage you. 3) TFA expects you to work all the time. It says 45-50 hours a week in their employment policies, but it is more like 60 hours a week at least. The compensation does not equal the amount of work being done. 4) They expect you to take on at least 5-10 projects at any given time, which means you don't really have the time to dedicate your best work to any of them. Basically, you will submit sub-par work because there aren't enough hours in the day. 5) Don't be fooled by the job description. TFA expects you to work on a lot more outside projects than what is in the job description.

1.0

Apr 2, 2014

Project Coordinator

Campus campaign coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty much the only pro of working with TFA is the name recognition and prestige...

Cons

Once you realize that your job is only worsening the problems in public schools, you don't want to be a part of it

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