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| Dallas || [[Britney Peguese]] ||  || [[Delta Epsilon]] ||
 
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| Eastern North Carolina || [[Rachel Hines]]* || 2007 || [[Alpha Beta Chapter]] ||
 
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| Eastern North Carolina || [[Kelly Shelton]]* || 2007 || [[Alpha Beta Chapter]] ||
 
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| Greater Boston || [[Jen Danowitz]] || 2010 || [[Beta Pi Chapter]] ||
 
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| Eastern North Carolina || [[Stephanie Covill]] || 2008 || [[Alpha Kappa Chapter]]
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| Greater Boston || [[Jacklyn Hanley]] || 2008 || [[Alpha Omicron Chapter]] ||
 
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| Eastern North Carolina || [[Rachel Hines]]* || 2007 || [[Alpha Beta Chapter]]
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Shanna Connolly]] || 2010 || [[Gamma Tau Chapter]] ||
 
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| Eastern North Carolina || [[Kelly Shelton]]* || 2007 || [[Alpha Beta Chapter]]
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Uriel Rodriguez]] || 2010 || [[Beta Upsilon Chapter]] ||
 
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| Greater Boston || [[Jen Danowitz]] || 2010 || [[Beta Pi Chapter]]
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Brittany Guillory]] || 2009 || [[Gamma Theta Chapter]] ||
 
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| Greater Boston || [[Jacklyn Hanley]] || 2008 || [[Alpha Omicron Chapter]]
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Holly Barber]] || 2008 || [[Gamma Phi Chapter]] ||
 
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Shanna Connolly]] || 2010 || [[Gamma Tau Chapter]]
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Lauren Wooldridge]] || 2008 || [[Delta Xi Chapter]] || [http://withlovelbw.blogspot.com/]
 
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Uriel Rodriguez]] || 2010 || [[Beta Upsilon Chapter]]
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Brittany Guillory]] || 2009 || [[Gamma Theta Chapter]]
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| Houston || [[Jerome Joseph]] || 2010 || [[Alpha Tau Chapter]] ||
 
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Holly Barber]] || 2008 || [[Gamma Phi Chapter]]
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| Houston || [[Brian Vannest]] || 2008 || [[Beta Xi Chapter]] ||
 
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| Greater New Orleans || [[Lauren Wooldridge]] || 2008 || [[Delta Xi Chapter]] || http://withlovelbw.blogspot.com/
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| Indianapolis || [[Ali Brodsky]] || 2010 || [[Beta Epsilon Chapter]] ||
 
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| Indianapolis || [[Jaclyn Roman]] || 2009 || [[Beta Sigma Chapter]] ||
 
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| Houston || [[Jerome Joseph]] || 2010 || [[Alpha Tau Chapter]]
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| Indianapolis || [[Ali Brodsky]] || 2010 || [[Beta Epsilon Chapter]]
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| Las Vegas Valley || [[Kevin Kroll]] || 2009 || [[Alpha Omega Chapter]] ||
 
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| Indianapolis || [[Jaclyn Roman]] || 2009 || [[Beta Sigma Chapter]]
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| Las Vegas Valley || [[Jillian Pitzer]] || 2009 || [[Beta Mu Chapter]] ||
 
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| Los Angeles || [[Leyna Easton]] || 2008 || [[Alpha Sigma Chapter]] ||
 
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| Memphis || [[Mera Baker]] || 2009 || [[Delta Psi Chapter]] ||
 
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| Las Vegas Valley || [[Kevin Kroll]] || 2009 || [[Alpha Omega Chapter]]
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| Memphis || [[Andrea Criollo]] || 2009 || [[Beta Mu Chapter]] ||
 
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| Las Vegas Valley || [[Jillian Pitzer]] || 2009 || [[Beta Mu Chapter]]
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| Miami-Dade || [[Charrise Phillips]] || 2009 || [[Delta Epsilon Chapter]] ||
 
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| Los Angeles || [[Leyna Easton]] || 2008 || [[Alpha Sigma Chapter]]
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| Mid-Atlantic || [[Vincent Capone]] || 2010 || [[Beta Upsilon Chapter]] ||
 
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| Memphis || [[Mera Baker]] || 2009 || [[Delta Psi Chapter]]
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| Mid-Atlantic || [[Charles Lane]] || 2009 || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]] ||
 
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| Miami-Dade || [[Charrise Phillips]] || 2009 || [[Delta Epsilon Chapter]]
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Rachel Plate]] || 2009 || [[Epsilon Delta Chapter]] ||
 
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| Mid-Atlantic || [[Vincent Capone]] || 2010 || [[Beta Upsilon Chapter]]
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Leslie Evans]] || 2009 || [[Delta Sigma Chapter]] ||
 
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| Mid-Atlantic || [[Charles Lane]] || 2009 || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]]
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Katherine Fenerty]] || 2009 || [[Gamma Theta Chapter]] ||
 
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Sara Stevenson]] || 2009 || [[Beta Alpha Chapter]] ||
 
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Rachel Plate]] || 2009 || [[Epsilon Delta Chapter]]
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Stephanie Pompelia]] || 2009 || [[Beta Nu Chapter]] ||
 
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Leslie Evans]] || 2009 || [[Delta Sigma Chapter]]
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| Nashville || [[Natalie Klotz]] || 2009 || [[Beta Xi Chapter]] ||
 
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Katherine Fenerty]] || 2009 || [[Gamma Theta Chapter]]
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| New Mexico || [[Emily Bruegger]] || 2009 || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]] ||
 
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| Mississippi Delta || [[Sara Stevenson]] || 2009 || [[Beta Alpha Chapter]]
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| New York || [[Tyrone DeLong Dash II]] || 2009 || [[Alpha Tau Chapter]] ||
 
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| New York || [[Sara Cafarelli]] || 2009 || [[Beta Mu Chapter]] ||
 
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| Nashville || [[Natalie Klotz]] || 2009 || [[Beta Xi Chapter]]
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| New York || [[Eric Shannon]] || 2009 || [[Beta Nu Chapter]] ||
 
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| New Mexico || [[Emily Bruegger]] || 2009 || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]]
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| New York || [[Brett Saffer]] || 2008 || [[Alpha Beta Chapter]] ||
 
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| New York || [[Jack Soltysik]] || 2008 || [[Delta Xi Chapter]] ||
 
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| New York || [[Sara Cafarelli]] || 2009 || [[Beta Mu Chapter]]
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| New York || [[Pavithra Nagarajan]] ||   || [[Epsilon Zeta Chapter]] ||
 
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| New York || [[Brett Saffer]] || 2008 || [[Alpha Beta Chapter]]
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| New York || [[Maureen West]] ||   || [[Gamma Psi Chapter]] ||
 
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| New York || [[Tomer Vandesburger]] ||   || [[Alpha Omicron Chapter]] ||
 
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| New York || [[Jessica Witte]] || 2008 || [[Delta Xi Chapter]]
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| New York || [[Elizabeth Lacey]]* || 2007 || [[Gamma Phi Chapter]] ||
 
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| Phoenix || [[Lindsay Gaynier]] || 2009 || [[Beta Sigma Chapter]] ||
 
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| Phoenix || [[Julia Smith]] || 2009 || [[Alpha Omega Chapter]] ||
 
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| San Antonio || [[Jeff Reamer]] || 2010 || [[Alpha Omega Chapter]] || [http://teach4sanantonio.tumblr.com/]
 
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| St. Louis || [[Tracy Weidel]] || 2010|| [[Delta Xi Chapter]] ||
 
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Revision as of 13:51, 6 December 2010

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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.

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.

Phi Sigma Pi Alumni Brothers Serving as Teach For America Corps Members
Teach For America Region Brother Year Entered the Corps Chapter Blog
Alabama
Atlanta Camille Graham 2009 Beta Rho Chapter
Atlanta Brittany Young 2009 Delta Epsilon Chapter
Baltimore
Bay Area Eric Verprauskus 2008 Alpha Omega Chapter
Charlotte
Chicago Dana Gottlieb 2009 Beta Mu Chapter
Chicago Kevin Caron 2009 Epsilon Zeta Chapter
Chicago Lauren Peisach Beta Mu Chapter
Colorado Lauren Snell 2008 Delta Sigma Chapter
Colorado Andrew Pompelia 2010 Alpha Omega Chapter
Colorado Katie Easter Beta Mu Chapter
Connecticut Emily Casari 2008 Beta Sigma Chapter
D.C. Region Brenna Hagen 2008 Beta Mu Chapter
D.C. Region Cara Hines 2008 Alpha Beta Chapter
D.C. Region Caroline Bickley Beta Rho Chapter
D.C. Region Molly Jepsen Alpha Omicron Chapter
Dallas Jerald Prince 2010 Delta Epsilon
Dallas Britney Peguese Delta Epsilon
Detroit
Eastern North Carolina Rachel Hines* 2007 Alpha Beta Chapter
Eastern North Carolina Kelly Shelton* 2007 Alpha Beta Chapter
Greater Boston Jen Danowitz 2010 Beta Pi Chapter
Greater Boston Jacklyn Hanley 2008 Alpha Omicron Chapter
Greater New Orleans Shanna Connolly 2010 Gamma Tau Chapter
Greater New Orleans Uriel Rodriguez 2010 Beta Upsilon Chapter
Greater New Orleans Brittany Guillory 2009 Gamma Theta Chapter
Greater New Orleans Holly Barber 2008 Gamma Phi Chapter
Greater New Orleans Lauren Wooldridge 2008 Delta Xi Chapter [1]
Hawaii
Houston Jerome Joseph 2010 Alpha Tau Chapter
Houston Brian Vannest 2008 Beta Xi Chapter
Indianapolis Ali Brodsky 2010 Beta Epsilon Chapter
Indianapolis Jaclyn Roman 2009 Beta Sigma Chapter
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas Valley Kevin Kroll 2009 Alpha Omega Chapter
Las Vegas Valley Jillian Pitzer 2009 Beta Mu Chapter
Los Angeles Leyna Easton 2008 Alpha Sigma Chapter
Memphis Mera Baker 2009 Delta Psi Chapter
Memphis Andrea Criollo 2009 Beta Mu Chapter
Miami-Dade Charrise Phillips 2009 Delta Epsilon Chapter
Mid-Atlantic Vincent Capone 2010 Beta Upsilon Chapter
Mid-Atlantic Charles Lane 2009 Epsilon Zeta Chapter
Milwaukee
Mississippi Delta Rachel Plate 2009 Epsilon Delta Chapter
Mississippi Delta Leslie Evans 2009 Delta Sigma Chapter
Mississippi Delta Katherine Fenerty 2009 Gamma Theta Chapter
Mississippi Delta Sara Stevenson 2009 Beta Alpha Chapter
Mississippi Delta Stephanie Pompelia 2009 Beta Nu Chapter
Nashville Natalie Klotz 2009 Beta Xi Chapter
New Mexico Emily Bruegger 2009 Epsilon Zeta Chapter
New York Tyrone DeLong Dash II 2009 Alpha Tau Chapter
New York Sara Cafarelli 2009 Beta Mu Chapter
New York Eric Shannon 2009 Beta Nu Chapter
New York Brett Saffer 2008 Alpha Beta Chapter
New York Jack Soltysik 2008 Delta Xi Chapter
New York Jessica Witte 2008 Delta Xi Chapter
New York Pavithra Nagarajan Epsilon Zeta Chapter
New York Maureen West Gamma Psi Chapter
New York Tomer Vandesburger Alpha Omicron Chapter
New York Elizabeth Lacey* 2007 Gamma Phi Chapter
Newark
Phoenix Lindsay Gaynier 2009 Beta Sigma Chapter
Phoenix Julia Smith 2009 Alpha Omega Chapter
Rhode Island
San Antonio Jeff Reamer 2010 Alpha Omega Chapter [2]
St. Louis Tracy Weidel 2010 Delta Xi Chapter
St. Louis Kate Gallen 2008 Beta Chapter
South Dakota
South Louisiana Bo Hilty* 2003 Gamma Phi Chapter
Tulsa Kathryn Skoro 2009 Alpha Omicron Chapter
Twin Cities
Annie Baehr 2010 Alpha Kappa Chapter
Courtney Patterson 2010 Alpha Kappa Chapter
Sylvia Johnson 2009 Gamma Pi Chapter
Tamara Rice 2009 Gamma Gamma Chapter
Joanna Saul 2009 Beta Iota Chapter
Cristina Shelton 2009 Gamma Theta Chapter
Maggie Simone 2009 Alpha Eta Chapter
Ursula Zeydler 2009 Alpha Lambda Chapter
Carla Jordan-Detamore Delta Epsilon Chapter
Ashley Tannehill Alpha Tau Chapter

* 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's Essay Contest/scholarship

An initiative open to all students who are being taught by a Teach For America Corp Member. Three 1st Prize awards are given in the form of $500.00 U.S. Saving Bonds. Three 2nd Place Winners will be awarded a $200.00 U.S. Savings Bond. To enter, participants must submit a completed essay based on the assigned them, with all entries being sent to the Phi Sigma Pi National Headquarters. 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.

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 15-30 Brothers to a selected Teach For America sponsored school. Here, brothers participate in projects such such as landscaping a school playground, construct walkways, and mentor in clssrooms of the selected school. The program is typically held during the winter break of an academic year, with its inaugural event being held at the Carl T. Smith Middle School in Phoenix, Arizona.

2011 ABP Details

At the 2010 National Convention in Harrisburg, PA, it was announced that the location of the 2011 Alternative Break Project will be Memphis, TN!

Join us in Memphis May 15-22! Download and fill out the application and return it to the National Office by January 1st, 2011.

Past ABP Trips

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. the Brotherhood has sent hundreds of backpacks to children in under-resourced areas.

More Resources

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