Teaching is Service
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. City Teaching Alliance teachers are invited to become AmeriCorps members as recognition that teaching is a form of service to students, families, and the community.
While AmeriCorps status can vary by region and year, our commitment to service and educational equity remains unwavering.
What is AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps is the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteering. The AmeriCorps programs address critical community needs such as increasing academic achievement, mentoring youth, fighting poverty, sustaining national parks, and preparing for disasters.
While the program is a federally regulated, congressionally approved program with an annual application cycle, and like many national service programs, eligibility varies from year to year.
Using Your Award
Benefits
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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).
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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