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Institute schedule

Summer training institutes

All corps members are required to participate in a five-week training institute before they begin teaching. The institute prepares corps members to be highly effective teachers while measurably increasing the academic performance of children in their summer school classrooms. In the mornings and early afternoons, corps members teach in a district summer school program under the close supervision of veteran educators. These include teachers from the hosting school district and Teach For America instructional staff. In the late afternoons and evenings, corps members participate in interactive courses and clinics to build knowledge, deepen skills, and apply learning to upcoming teaching. Although there is little formal programming on weekends, corps members usually find it important to do lesson planning and preparation on Saturdays and Sundays, or to study for and take any required tests for their fall placements.

Attending the institute in full is a requirement of joining Teach For America, and applicants must attend the institute to which their region is assigned. Applicants who have been invited to attend an interview will be able to access more detailed information about the institute on the Applicant Center.

The 2009 institute schedule is still being determined. See below for the 2008 summer institute schedule as well as the regions hosted at each institute site:

Atlanta institute (June 8-July 12)
Atlanta	Charlotte	Eastern North Carolina	Jacksonville
Memphis	Miami-Dade	Nashville
Houston institute (June 8-July 12)
Denver	Hawai'i	Houston	Mississippi Delta
Rio Grande Valley	South Dakota	St. Louis
Phoenix institute (June 15-July 19)
Greater New Orleans	Indianapolis	Kansas City	New Mexico
Phoenix	South Louisiana
Los Angeles institute (June 29-August 2)
Bay Area	Chicago	Las Vegas Valley	Los Angeles
New York City institute (June 29-August 2)
New York City
Philadelphia institute (June 29-August 2)
Baltimore	Connecticut	Greater Philadelphia-Camden	D.C. Region
Newark

If you have additional questions regarding the summer training institutes, please contact us at admissions@teachforamerica.org.