Teaching is Service
City Teaching Alliance was named an AmeriCorps Professional Corps program in May 2019.
City Teaching Alliance was named an AmeriCorps Professional Corps program in May 2019. This designation recognized our commitment to preparing educators to serve in full-time, hard-to-staff roles in schools across the country. More than 270,000 Americans of all ages and backgrounds give their time and talent to organizations across the country each year as they serve as AmeriCorps members. As an AmeriCorps-affiliated program, we’ve connected hundreds of aspiring educators to a national service network dedicated to addressing critical community needs—like education.
While AmeriCorps status varies by region and year, our commitment to service and educational equity remains unwavering.
Where We Stand Now: AmeriCorps and Cohort 2026
AmeriCorps is a federally regulated, congressionally approved program with an annual application cycle, and like many national service programs, we’ve experienced changes in eligibility from year to year. Despite these fluctuations, our commitment to honoring teaching as public service remains steadfast.
Important note: Even if your region is currently ineligible, you wouldn’t be able to access AmeriCorps benefits (like the Segal Education Award) until your second year in the program anyway. That means there’s still time to restore affiliation before it impacts you. We remain committed to supporting you with high-quality coaching, coursework, and certification preparation—and we’ll continue working to restore access to AmeriCorps benefits in the years ahead.
Benefits
- Education Awards
After successfully completing your AmeriCorps term of service in the Dallas and Baltimore regions, you are eligible to receive a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award (currently $7,395 pending our AmeriCorps renewal in 2025).
You can use the award to repay qualified student loans and to pay current educational expenses at eligible institutions of higher education and training programs.
- Loan Forbearance
As an AmeriCorps member, you may be eligible for forbearance, or the temporary postponement of your obligation to make payments on your qualified student loans, during your term of service.
- Interest Accrual Repayment
You may be eligible to have the National Service Trust pay all or a portion of the interest that accumulated on your qualified student loan(s) during your service term.
- Alumni Network
AmeriCorps has a distinguished network of more than 1.25 million people who have access to resources that support their lifetime of service