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<td>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:24:23 -0800</td>
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<td>Carla P. Espana <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carlaespana@umail.ucsb.edu"><carlaespana@umail.ucsb.edu></a></td>
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<pre>Hi Catherine,
I was wondering if you could send this message to the psych listserve
for Teach for America? Thank you!! Carla
Hi Carla,
Thank you for forwarding our last deadline announcement. I really
appreciate your help in spreading the word about Teach For America.
I was wondering if you would be able to do this again. We are now
accepting applications for our national staff, and I would love for
UCSB students to now about this job opportunity. I have included the
job description below; will you be able to forward this to your
organization again?
Thank you so much!
Amanda
Amanda Dudley
Recruitment Associate
Teach For America
212-279-2080 x692
One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to
attain an excellent education.
Visit <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.teachforamerica.org">www.teachforamerica.org</a>
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Teach For America Staff Opportunity
Recruitment Associate
Location
New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Los Angeles
Team
Recruitment
Start date
July 14, 2008
Status
Exempt
Summary
The recruitment team at Teach For America is responsible for enlisting
this country's most promising future leaders to join our movement to
eliminate educational inequity. Recruitment associates play an
essential role in this team's success, and comprise over one-third of
its 200 members. Each recruitment associate reports directly to a
recruitment director and together they work to develop and execute
strategies to achieve ambitious goals for recruiting a diverse group
of corps members across a portfolio of colleges and universities.
Within their portfolio, recruitment associates also take on primary
ownership of the recruitment campaigns at one or more "emerging"
campuses, schools where Teach For America has historically had a
limited presence. The recruitment associate is responsible for
developing the strategy, creating a marketing plan, and leveraging
resources to execute a successful campaign.
In July, recruitment associates participate in training to learn the
key skills they will need for their role. From August through
February, recruitment associates are focused primarily on individual
outreach to top potential candidates. Beginning in October,
recruitment associates will also develop and execute campaign
strategies aimed at emerging campuses. After the final application
deadline in February, recruitment associates will divide their time
between a number of priorities focused on launching spring campaigns,
helping in the hiring of on-campus student representatives, and
preparing for the coming recruitment season by building a starter kit
based on the previous recruitment campaign's experience. Throughout
the year recruitment associates are expected to complete projects
within short-term deadlines.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
§ Compelling top prospective applicants to meet with a
recruitment director or campus visitor by writing personalized e-mails
that are tailored to each individual (Recruitment associates devote
the majority of their efforts to this component of their work.)
§ Sourcing prospective applicants and faculty/staff contacts by
conducting internet research and using resources on campus to identify
top prospects for the corps
§ Planning full days of events and individual prospect meetings
for a recruitment director and campus visitors
§ Conducting data analysis and using tracking systems to
determine effectiveness of campaign strategy and execution
§ Communicating effectively with current corps members and alumni
to involve them in recruitment campaigns
§ Managing the recruitment campaign from beginning-to-end at one
or more emerging campuses
§ Helping to manage a team of campus-based student
representatives who work on behalf of Teach For America
§ Organizing and providing logistical coordination for
recruitment events, information sessions, career fairs, and the visits
of alumni and recruitment directors to campus
§ Executing marketing strategies including, but not limited to:
selecting appropriate school-specific marketing materials from
existing templates or modifying materials to fit your campaign;
distributing materials; placing advertisements; generating campus
press coverage
§ Providing administrative support including, but not limited to:
conducting relevant research; tracking all aspects of campaign
progress; maintaining databases; owning the recruitment director's
calendar; coordinating travel
Education and Experience
§ Bachelor's degree required
§ 0 to 4 years of experience
§ Experience working with organizational systems (e.g. Excel,
databases) preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
§ Commitment to reaching ambitious team goals
§ Strong work ethic with a desire to go above and beyond standard
expectations
§ Extremely strong organizational skills including detail-orientation
§ Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple projects in a
deadline-driven environment
§ Ability to contribute as part of a two-person team
§ Strong written and oral communication skills
§ Fluency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
§ Comfort working with databases and analyzing data
Compensation
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior
experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.
Apply now
Apply now at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.teachforamerica.org/RA">www.teachforamerica.org/RA</a>
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application):
1. Your GPA
2. Two references, including each one's current e-mail address
3. Your resume
4. A one-page cover letter
5. A 400-500 word essay responding to the following prompt: Describe a
time when you encountered serious obstacles to success while working
on a project. You may choose any academic, professional, or
extracurricular project you have worked on during the past four years.
Your essay should address all of the following questions:
· What was the aim of the project?
· What were the specific obstacles that arose, and why did they occur?
· How specifically did you respond to those obstacles? What
specific actions did you take? You may describe more than one
approach, if relevant.
· What was the ultimate outcome with respect to the initial
aim of the project? Why did this outcome occur?
While you should completely describe the obstacle(s) you faced, please
do not focus your essay primarily on the obstacle(s); it is more
important that you thoroughly explain your reaction and describe the
steps you took in response to the obstacle(s).
6. Complete the on-line survey before submitting the application. The
survey can be found here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.keysurvey.com/survey/181624/13b5/">http://www.keysurvey.com/survey/181624/13b5/</a>
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About Teach For America
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college
graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in
urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in the
effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to build the
movement to eliminate educational inequity that exists along
socioeconomic lines.
Since our founding in 1990, we have become the nation's largest
provider of teachers for low-income communities, and have been
recognized for building a pipeline of leaders committed to educational
equity and excellence. This year, approximately 5,000 corps members
are teaching in 26 urban and rural areas across the country,
collectively reaching approximately 440,000 students. At the same
time, more than 12,000 alumni are working within education and from
every field to effect fundamental change.
We are a high-growth, performance-driven organization, with over a
$100+ million budget and 800+ staff. We operate in an entrepreneurial
and fast-paced work environment, maintain focus on quantitative
measures, and are committed to continuous improvement. While
approximately 55 percent of our staff members are alumni of our
program, nearly half - from support staff to senior management - bring
a range of outside experience and perspectives to the organization.
Our staff is diverse in every respect, and we are committed to
maximizing the diversity of our organization as we want to engage all
those who can contribute to our effort and ensure our access to and
participation in the circles of influence in our diverse society.
Fueled by a sense of urgency to do more, we have launched an ambitious
plan to grow in scale while at the same time increasing our corps
members' short-term and long-term impact. By 2010, we aim to have some
7,500 corps members teaching in 33 regions and to foster the continued
leadership of some 23,000 alumni. To support these goals we are
working to grow our operating budget to over $150 million and the size
of our staff to over 1,000.
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Carla Espana
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:carlaespana@umail.ucsb.edu">carlaespana@umail.ucsb.edu</a>
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Catherine McConney
Undergraduate Advisor
Department of Psychology
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660
(805) 893-2844
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