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| Atlanta || [[Brittany Young]]* || 2009 || [[Delta Epsilon Chapter]] || | | Atlanta || [[Brittany Young]]* || 2009 || [[Delta Epsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | Baltimore || [[Katie Graul]] || 2012 || [[Delta Chi Chapter]] || | ||
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| Baltimore || [[Alexis Lian]] || 2011 || [[Beta Epsilon Chapter]] || | | Baltimore || [[Alexis Lian]] || 2011 || [[Beta Epsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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| Bay Area || [[Christine Bennett]]* || 2007(?) || [[Delta Sigma Chapter]] || | | Bay Area || [[Christine Bennett]]* || 2007(?) || [[Delta Sigma Chapter]] || | ||
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− | | Charlotte || [[Stephanie Covill]]* || 2007 || [[Alpha Kappa]] || | + | | Charlotte || [[Debra Feinberg]] || 2012 || [[Beta Pi Chapter]] || |
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+ | | Charlotte || [[Stephanie Covill]]* || 2007 || [[Alpha Kappa Chapter]] || | ||
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| Chicago || [[Elyse Aldana]] || 2012 || [[Alpha Kappa Chapter]] || | | Chicago || [[Elyse Aldana]] || 2012 || [[Alpha Kappa Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | Chicago || [[Lauren Peisach]] || 2010 || [[Beta Mu Chapter]] || | ||
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| Chicago || [[Dana Gottlieb]]* || 2009 || [[Beta Mu Chapter]] || | | Chicago || [[Dana Gottlieb]]* || 2009 || [[Beta Mu Chapter]] || | ||
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| Chicago || [[Kevin Caron]]* || 2009 || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]] || | | Chicago || [[Kevin Caron]]* || 2009 || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]] || | ||
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| Colorado || [[Gregory Hitz]] || 2012 || [[Alpha Pi Chapter]] || | | Colorado || [[Gregory Hitz]] || 2012 || [[Alpha Pi Chapter]] || | ||
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| Dallas || [[Jerald Prince]]* || 2010 || [[Delta Epsilon]] || | | Dallas || [[Jerald Prince]]* || 2010 || [[Delta Epsilon]] || | ||
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− | | Dallas || [[Britney Peguese]] || | + | | Dallas || [[Britney Peguese]] || 2010 || [[Delta Epsilon]] || |
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| Detroit || [[Jasmyn Durham]] || 2012 || [[Alpha Tau Chapter]] || | | Detroit || [[Jasmyn Durham]] || 2012 || [[Alpha Tau Chapter]] || | ||
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| Detroit || [[Danielle Hayden]] || 2011 || [[Beta Alpha Chapter]] || | | Detroit || [[Danielle Hayden]] || 2011 || [[Beta Alpha Chapter]] || | ||
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| Eastern North Carolina || [[Tori Maciejak]] || 2012 || [[Gamma Pi Chapter]] || | | Eastern North Carolina || [[Tori Maciejak]] || 2012 || [[Gamma Pi Chapter]] || | ||
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| Eastern North Carolina || [[Katie Reynolds]] || 2011 || [[Gamma Upsilon Chapter]] || | | Eastern North Carolina || [[Katie Reynolds]] || 2011 || [[Gamma Upsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | Eastern North Carolina || [[Jon Caulder]] || 2010 || [[Alpha Omicron Chapter]] || | ||
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| Eastern North Carolina || [[Rachel Hines]]* || 2007 || [[Alpha Beta Chapter]] || | | Eastern North Carolina || [[Rachel Hines]]* || 2007 || [[Alpha Beta Chapter]] || | ||
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| Hawaii || [[Christian Simoy]] || 2012 || [[Epsilon Chapter]] || | | Hawaii || [[Christian Simoy]] || 2012 || [[Epsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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| Houston || [[Jerome Joseph]]* || 2010 || [[Alpha Tau Chapter]] || | | Houston || [[Jerome Joseph]]* || 2010 || [[Alpha Tau Chapter]] || | ||
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| Indianapolis || [[Jaclyn Roman]]* || 2009 || [[Beta Sigma Chapter]] || | | Indianapolis || [[Jaclyn Roman]]* || 2009 || [[Beta Sigma Chapter]] || | ||
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− | | Jacksonville || [[Bethany Mackingtee]] || 2012 || [[Zeta Zeta]] || | + | | Jacksonville || [[Bethany Mackingtee]] || 2012 || [[Zeta Zeta Chapter]] || |
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| Kansas City || [[Michelle Skibyak]] || 2012 || [[Epsilon Upsilon Chapter]] || | | Kansas City || [[Michelle Skibyak]] || 2012 || [[Epsilon Upsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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| Kansas City || [[Temerity Matthews]] || 2011 || [[Beta Epsilon Chapter]] || | | Kansas City || [[Temerity Matthews]] || 2011 || [[Beta Epsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | Kansas City || [[Brett Wagoner]] || 2010 || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]] || | ||
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| Las Vegas Valley || [[Alison Strohm]] || 2012 || [[Zeta Beta Chapter]] || | | Las Vegas Valley || [[Alison Strohm]] || 2012 || [[Zeta Beta Chapter]] || | ||
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| Memphis || [[Gheremy Edwards]] || 2012 || [[Epsilon Chapter]] || | | Memphis || [[Gheremy Edwards]] || 2012 || [[Epsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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| Memphis || [[Courtney Patterson]]* || 2010 || [[Alpha Kappa Chapter]] || [http://welcometoroom203.wordpress.com Room 203] | | Memphis || [[Courtney Patterson]]* || 2010 || [[Alpha Kappa Chapter]] || [http://welcometoroom203.wordpress.com Room 203] | ||
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| Miami-Dade || [[Maria Sagarduy]] || 2011 || [[Delta Lambda Chapter]] || | | Miami-Dade || [[Maria Sagarduy]] || 2011 || [[Delta Lambda Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | Miami-Dade || [[Claudia Bojorquez]] || 2010 || [[Beta Epsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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| Miami-Dade || [[Charrise Phillips]]* || 2009 || [[Delta Epsilon Chapter]] || | | Miami-Dade || [[Charrise Phillips]]* || 2009 || [[Delta Epsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | Mid-Atlantic || [[Mary Downing]] || 2012 || [[Alpha Pi Chapter]] || | ||
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| Mid-Atlantic || [[Kalisha Dessources]] || 2012 || [[Beta Nu Chapter]] || | | Mid-Atlantic || [[Kalisha Dessources]] || 2012 || [[Beta Nu Chapter]] || | ||
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Rachel Plate]]* || 2009 || [[Epsilon Delta Chapter]] || | | Mississippi Delta || [[Rachel Plate]]* || 2009 || [[Epsilon Delta Chapter]] || | ||
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| New Mexico || [[Emily Bruegger]]* || 2009 || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]] || | | New Mexico || [[Emily Bruegger]]* || 2009 || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]] || | ||
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| New York || [[Ashemsa Lewis]] || 2012 || [[Beta Nu Chapter]] || | | New York || [[Ashemsa Lewis]] || 2012 || [[Beta Nu Chapter]] || | ||
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| || [[Kristen Wimberger]] || 2011 || [[Gamma Tau Chapter]] || | | || [[Kristen Wimberger]] || 2011 || [[Gamma Tau Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Kijafa Davis]] || 2010 || [[Delta Kappa Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Kelly Durkin]] || 2010 || [[Beta Nu Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Robert Ervin]] || 2010 || [[Alpha Kappa Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Heather Farb]] || 2010 || [[Gamma Tau Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Trey Johnson]] || 2010 || [[Delta Beta Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Megan Justus]] || 2010 || [[Beta Sigma Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Colleen Kennedy]] || 2010 || [[Gamma Psi Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Giel Muller]] || 2010 || [[Alpha Upsilon Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Heather Nelson]] || 2010 || [[Alpha Omicron Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Sam Stuckey]] || 2010 || [[Beta Sigma Chapter]] || | ||
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| || [[Ashley Tannehill]] || 2010 || [[Alpha Tau Chapter]] || | | || [[Ashley Tannehill]] || 2010 || [[Alpha Tau Chapter]] || | ||
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+ | | || [[Rashanna Ward]] || 2010 || [[Beta Nu Chapter]] || | ||
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| || [[Sylvia Johnson]]* || 2009 || [[Gamma Pi Chapter]] || | | || [[Sylvia Johnson]]* || 2009 || [[Gamma Pi Chapter]] || | ||
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During the 2003 Grand Chapter, Teach For America was named Phi Sigma Pi's National philanthropy. The reason being that Phi Sigma Pi starting off as fraternity for teachers and originating at a Teacher's college. According to the Phi Sigma Pi National Website, the fraternity is devoted to the success of future generations in classrooms throughout the United States. Since being named the national philanthropy,Phi Sigma Pi has set up several initiatives to help support Teach For America. The list below briefly describes each. | During the 2003 Grand Chapter, Teach For America was named Phi Sigma Pi's National philanthropy. The reason being that Phi Sigma Pi starting off as fraternity for teachers and originating at a Teacher's college. According to the Phi Sigma Pi National Website, the fraternity is devoted to the success of future generations in classrooms throughout the United States. Since being named the national philanthropy,Phi Sigma Pi has set up several initiatives to help support Teach For America. The list below briefly describes each. | ||
− | ===Phi Sigma Pi | + | ===Phi Sigma Pi - Teach For America Essay Contest=== |
− | An initiative open to | + | An initiative open to students enrolled in full-time Teach For America sponsored schools can enter. To enter, participants must submit a completed essay explaining how they use the Tripod in their everyday lives. Up to ten Semi-Finalists are selected for each of the three categories (grades 1-4); (grades 5-8); (grades 9-12) by a panel of volunteer and staff members of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. Three 1st Prize awards are given in the form of a Amazon Kindle Bundle. |
===Phi Sigma Pi's Teach for America Teacher Grants=== | ===Phi Sigma Pi's Teach for America Teacher Grants=== | ||
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===Alternative Break Project (ABP)=== | ===Alternative Break Project (ABP)=== | ||
− | A project set up in 2008 to demonstrate Phi Sigma Pi's commitment to Teach For America. Phi Sigma Pi and Teach For America regional offices provide a "hands on" experience for Brothers to close the gap on educational inequities in public education. The program sends | + | A project set up in 2008 to demonstrate Phi Sigma Pi's commitment to Teach For America. Phi Sigma Pi and Teach For America regional offices provide a "hands on" experience for Brothers to close the gap on educational inequities in public education. The program sends Brothers to a selected Teach For America sponsored school. Here, Brothers participate in a project to benefit the school. Past projects have included building a playground, creating a learning garden, and painting a mural. The program typically takes place in May, with its inaugural event being held at the Carl T. Smith Middle School in Phoenix, Arizona. |
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* [[2010 Alternative Break Project]] | * [[2010 Alternative Break Project]] | ||
* [[2011 Alternative Break Project]] | * [[2011 Alternative Break Project]] | ||
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+ | * [[2013 Alternative Break Project]] | ||
+ | * [[2014 Alternative Break Project]] | ||
===Backpack Attack=== | ===Backpack Attack=== |
Latest revision as of 07:59, 21 January 2015
Teach For America was named the official national philanthropy of Phi Sigma Pi by the 2003 Grand Chapter. The organization's mission is to promote educational reform by engaging the nation's most promising future leaders in the movement to eliminate inequities in the current system.
Since 2003, Phi Sigma Pi has partnered with Teach For America to provide corps members, supplies, and monetary support. At the 2007 National Convention, National President Jonah Goodman announced the newly created Teach For America Grant program that is open to any Alumni currently working as a Teach For America Corps Member to further improve the learning environment in their class rooms. Vice President of Chapter Development Erik Walschburger (2006-2008) announced plans to further increase the scope of Phi Sigma Pi's support of the organization with an alternative break for brothers in January of 2008. Phi Sigma Pi will be working with the Phoenix Regional Teach For America office on several improvement and revitalization projects in a local school.
Contents
About Teach For America
Teach for America is a non-profit organization whose mission is "to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort." It is a national teaching corps of recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural schools. Teach For America places corps members in regions most profoundly impacted by the gap in educational outcomes. Roughly 80 percent of the students we reach qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and more than 90 percent are African-American or Latino. All of the districts we serve are classified as "high-need" local education agencies by the federal government.
Brief History
The organization was founded by Wendy Kopp in 1990. As a senior, Wendy proposed for the organization's creation in her undergraduate thesis at Princeton University. During Teach For America's first year in 1990, 500 men and women began teaching in six low-income communities across the United States. Since its founding, over 14,000 corps members have completed their commitment to the organization. It's network has grown to 20,000 individuals. In the 2010-11 school year, more than 8,200 first- and second-year Teach For America corps members will be teaching in 39 regions across the country.
Organizational Reach
Teach for America currently serves in 39 rural and urban communities in the United States. Below is a table of each region and Alumni Brother who are currently serving or who have served as Teach For America Corps Members. If you'd like to support these Brothers, please speak to your Region Consultant or the Director of Leadership Advancement.
* former corps member (no longer actively serving in Teach For America)
Phi Sigma Pi and Teach For America Partnership
During the 2003 Grand Chapter, Teach For America was named Phi Sigma Pi's National philanthropy. The reason being that Phi Sigma Pi starting off as fraternity for teachers and originating at a Teacher's college. According to the Phi Sigma Pi National Website, the fraternity is devoted to the success of future generations in classrooms throughout the United States. Since being named the national philanthropy,Phi Sigma Pi has set up several initiatives to help support Teach For America. The list below briefly describes each.
Phi Sigma Pi - Teach For America Essay Contest
An initiative open to students enrolled in full-time Teach For America sponsored schools can enter. To enter, participants must submit a completed essay explaining how they use the Tripod in their everyday lives. Up to ten Semi-Finalists are selected for each of the three categories (grades 1-4); (grades 5-8); (grades 9-12) by a panel of volunteer and staff members of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. Three 1st Prize awards are given in the form of a Amazon Kindle Bundle.
Phi Sigma Pi's Teach for America Teacher Grants
A grant set up to support Phi Sigma Pi Alumni who are serving in the role of Teach For America Corps for one of the following two purposes: 1.) Grants to fund a new classroom initiatives or program that will be used for the betterment of education process and 2.) Grants to fund a classroom initiative to enhance the learning environment of each recipient.
Alternative Break Project (ABP)
A project set up in 2008 to demonstrate Phi Sigma Pi's commitment to Teach For America. Phi Sigma Pi and Teach For America regional offices provide a "hands on" experience for Brothers to close the gap on educational inequities in public education. The program sends Brothers to a selected Teach For America sponsored school. Here, Brothers participate in a project to benefit the school. Past projects have included building a playground, creating a learning garden, and painting a mural. The program typically takes place in May, with its inaugural event being held at the Carl T. Smith Middle School in Phoenix, Arizona.
Past ABP Trips
- 2008 Alternative Break Project
- 2009 Alternative Break Project
- 2010 Alternative Break Project
- 2011 Alternative Break Project
- 2012 Alternative Break Project
- 2013 Alternative Break Project
- 2014 Alternative Break Project
Backpack Attack
An initiative in which Alumni Brothers as well as chapters gather new school supplies and pack up backpacks to be sent to Teach For America classrooms throughout the United States. To date, the Brotherhood has sent hundreds of backpacks to children in under-resourced areas.
For a current listing of what supplies to gather and where to send them, check out the Backpack Attack document.
More Resources
- Teach For America website
- Phi Sigma Pi Teach For America Page
- 2011 Alternative Break Project
- 2010 Alternative Break Project
- 2009 Alternative Break Project
- 2008 Alternative Break Project Page
- Service and TFA Programming
- Alternative Break Project
- Teach For America Recruitment Director List
- Teach For America Marketing Materials