D.C. Region FY13 AnnuAl RepoRt

2013 Fiscal Year ReportTeach For America • D.C. Region

State of the RegionTeach For America • D.C. Region is building a force of leaders committed to creating equal educational opportunities for all kids in D.C. and Prince George’s County. Our corps members teach for a minimum of two years in some of our region’s most underserved schools. Our alumni take on leadership roles inside and outside the classroom where they tackle educational inequity head-on. Our staff members identify strategic partnerships that will strengthen our work and broaden our base of champions across all disciplines. Our Fiscal Year 2013 (October 1, 2012 – May 31, 2013) was a landmark year for several reasons. For the first time, we brought all our continuum teams - district and school partnerships, teacher leadership development, and alumni leadership - together under one leader, Jay McClain, a 22 year-veteran educator and alumnus of the inaugural Teach For America corps in New Orleans. As Vice President, Teacher Leadership Development, Jay will ensure collaboration across all teams clears the path toward leadership for our corps members as they move into alumnihood.

In FY13, Teach For America - D.C. Region launched the “T>2 – Teach Beyond Two” campaign, which places an emphasis on ensuring our corps members receive the professional development they need to make the choice to stay in the classroom after they complete their two year commitment. One key element of the campaign consists of our corps member placement strategy and our ability to work with schools where school leaders and alumni can create a support and mentorship community around our corps members. And, as you’ll read later on, the early results are promising.

Last, but not least, thank you so very much! In FY13, for the first time in a number of years, Teach For America – D.C. Region raised enough funding to cover all our regional operating costs! This is an outstanding accomplishment made possible through the passion and dedication of our champions and staff members, to whom we are truly grateful.

Our Corps MembersStudent Achievement

Our corps members have a profound effect on student learning during their initial two years in the classroom, demonstrated in three ways:

• Stoppingtheslideoflow-achievementandacceleratingprogress: The majority of our students entered the school year well below grade level in math and reading. During this school year, approximately 77 percent of our corps members made a minimum of a year’s progress with their students. Twenty-one percent of our corps members reached at least 1.5 years of growth with their kids.

• Creatingengagedclassrooms: Children growing up in poverty often face challenges outside the classroom that make it difficult to concentrate in school. Our corps members work to address these hurdles and ensure their students are on task. Eighty percent of our corps members have engaged classrooms. Twenty percent have created environments where the students are operating at a highly engaged level, are passionate about their goals, and are on track to continue to learn when they leave the classroom.

• Learningatahighlevelofrigor: When students from low-income communities are presented with content at the level of any high-achieving school, they rise to meet the challenge. In D.C., 87 percent of our corps members’ classrooms go beyond a passive learning approach and 27 percent are ranked at the highest levels of rigor. This data is based on classroom observation.

developing leAderS

As our corps members teach, they also learn. During two years in the classroom they develop leadership skills including problem solving and self-direction. Thirty percent of our first- and second-year corps members are excelling in these skills and all are on their way to forging leadership paths as alumni.

teAcher retention

For our corps members to make a long-term impact in their students’ lives, remaining in the classroom beyond their two-year commitment can make a big difference. In order to increase our rates of retention, Teach For America invests heavily in selecting corps members with perseverance and providing them with ongoing, customized support to help them stick through the challenge.

* Calculated with the assumption that the reach of our alumni teachers equals that of our corps members.

SUBJECT BREAKDOWN

STeM: 32%

Sped: 20%

elem: 13%

Geographic Distribution

38% Prince george’s County, MD

62% Washington, D.C. 100255 CoRPS MeMbeRS

1551STYeAr

2NDYeAr

41% PoC

39% LoW inCoMe bACKgRoUnD

16% PRoFeSSionAL

Alumni teAcherS

470corpS memberS

310

310 CoRPS MeMbeRS164 first-years 146 second-years

Prince George’s County103 total teachers

60 first-years, 43 second-years

D.C. Public Charter88 total teachers

45 first-years, 43 second-years

DCPS119 total teachers

59 first-years, 60 second-years

MORE THAN

50,000*STUDENTS IMPACTED

DEMOGRAPHICS

eCe: 14%

english: 9%

Foreign Language: 12%

2012-2013 Teachers

Our 2013 Corps

To fulfill the leadership development promise of our mission, Teach For America – D.C. Region places an emphasis on our teachers remaining in the profession beyond their two year commitment. Our “T>2 – Teach Beyond Two” campaign is in full swing. 67 teachers of our 146 second-year corps members decided to teach a third year. This represents 46 percent teacher retention, which means Teach For America – D.C. Region surpasses the national Teach For America average - 33 percent of teachers staying in the classroom after 2 years. Clint Smith, a teacher at Parkdale High School in Prince George’s County who recently won the Sarbanes Humanities Teacher of the Year award for the state of Maryland, is among these corps members continuing to teach.

Our Alumni During the 2012-2013 school year, our Alumni Leadership team pursued two opportunities.

• Buildingcommunitypartnershipsandcoalitions

• Developingtheindividualleadershipofalumni

This coming year, the team will also engage our alumni in work that will help us build more great schools, faster—especially school, teacher, and public leadership.

School leAderShip

• The D.C. Region currently has 36 alumni serving as school leaders and 14 alumni working as school system leaders.

• Through the end of the 2012-2013 School Year, Alumni Leadership worked to place 20 new assistant principals and 16 new principals in the D.C. region. Among the alumni who have been placed as principals for the current school year are:

• Among the alumni who have been placed as assistant principals are:

teAcher leAderShip

• 470 alumni teach in classrooms in the D.C. Region. We will continue our partnerships with The New Teacher Project, Teach Plus and The Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning to support our alumni teachers.

policY And public leAderShip

In the November 2012 elections, three D.C. Region alumni won the races they contested: Stephanie Amann Kapsis (New York Corps ’05) was elected to the Alexandria City School BoardThomas Boisvert (Miami-Dade Corps ’03) was re-elected to the Ward 1A Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC)Jenese Jones (St. Louis Corps ‘02) was elected to the Ward 5B ANC

In the policy arena, 93 alumni work in positions in the federal government – both on Capitol Hill and in the administration.

• Aaron Cuny (Co-founding Principal, Ingenuity Prep)• Amanda Delabar (Principal, Harriet Tubman Elementary)• Sally Houston (Principal, DC Prep Benning)

• Kristofer Comeforo (Assistant Principal, Anacostia High School)• Julia King (Assistant Principal, DC Prep Benning)

• Rena Johnson (Principal, Stanton Elementary)• Brigham Kiplinger (Co-Principal, Achievement Prep)• William Stoetzer (Co-founding Principal, Ingenuity Prep)

• Matthew McCrea (Assistant Principal, Ernest Just Middle School)• Jen Rosenbaum (Vice Principal, KIPP: Connect Academy)

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Teach For America encourages our alumni to join Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE), a 501(c)4 organization committed to increasing the civic engagement and public leadership of its members.

Alumni ASSociAtionSThere are two alumni associations in the D.C. Region: The Collective—engaging alumni of color—and the Young Alumni Bridge (Y.A.B.)—engaging young alumni. Both serve as partners for marquee regional events, such as alumni induction and corps member induction, as well as the school and public leadership initiatives of the Alumni Leadership team.

keY Alumni momentS in FY13

Abigail Smith (Eastern North Carolina Corps ’92) was appointed Deputy Mayor for Education. Abigail’s career has included posts as Teach For America • D.C. Region’s executive director, board chair for EL Haynes Public Charter School, education consultant, and the chief of transformation management for DCPS.

Flora Lerenman (D.C. Region Corps ‘07) and Kenneth Robinson (D.C. Region Corps ’93) were two of the eight individuals to receive the Excellence in Teaching Award. Each will receive a $5,000 prize and participate in an award ambassadorship, which includes domestic and international trips to share their experiences as well as learn from other educators.

More than 175 alumni and community partners gathered at the D.C. Region’s first-ever Meet and Greet on March 19, 2013. Teach For America’s co-CEOs Elisa Villanueva Beard and Matt Kramer joined. Alumni attendance spanned corps years 1994-2010 and included representation from the education, nonprofit, legal, policy, and private sectors.

Financial SummaryIn 2012, Teach For America shifted its fiscal year to a June/May schedule. The 2013 fiscal year began October 1, 2012, and ended May 31, 2013—abbreviated to eight months to account for the transition. In FY13, Teach For America • D.C. Region aimed to generate $5.2 million in funding to offset projected costs. Thanks to the generosity of our stakeholders in the region, we were able to raise $5.35 million. Our FY14 fundraising goal is $8.2 million.

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34% Foundations

28% Public funding/School Fees

28% individual giving

10% Corporations

$5.35MTOTAl

85% Program Services44% Corps Members Development

22% Alumni Support

14% Recruitment and Selection

5% institute Training

15% Support Services9% Fundraising

6% Management and general

Expense Allocations (FY13)

$5.16M TOTAl ExPENSESFunding Sources (FY13)

2012-13 Individual Supporters

ChampiOn $99,999-$200,000

Paula and Robert Hisaoka

Gabriela and Doug Smith (Amanter Social Ventures) and the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, for teacher professional development

ChampiOn $50,000 - $99,999

Donald E. Graham

Lynne and Greg O’Brien

Leader $25,000 - $49,999

Katherine and David Bradley

Brown Advisory

Nancy and Ron Fletcher,

The Fletcher Family Foundation

The Honorable Boyden Gray

The Heisley Family Foundation

Kay Kendall and Jack Davies

Toni and Ronald Paul,

The Harris Family Foundation

Joey and Stan Sloter

Monica Moore Thompson and

John Thompson, III

BenefaCTOr$10,000- $24,999

Anonymous (1)

Akridge Family Foundation

Sandy and Stewart Bainum

Hillary and Tom Baltimore

Emily Bloomfield and Byron Auguste

Claudia Callaway and Stephen Davidson

The Audre and Donald Carlin Foundation

Diana and Bill Conway

Jean and Charles Davidow

Aisha D. Davis

Jennifer and Gary Day

Dr. Lisa DeMarco and Dr. Leonard Goldman

Lindsay and Terry Eakin

EducationCounsel LLC/ Nelson Mullins

Riley and Scarborough LLP

Kristin Ehrgood and Vadim Nikitine

Rebecca and Mark Ferrer

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fisher II

Gregory W. Gingery

Marilyn and Michael Glosserman

Kathleen and Terry Golden

Graduate Management Admission Council

Michelle Martineau Green and

John M. Green

Mary and Robert Haft

David Joubran, Acumen Solutions

Charlotte and Robert Kettler

Nichole and Randolph Luskey

Julie and Gregg Petersmeyer

Josh Rales, RFI Foundation

The Rocksprings Foundation

Joan and Barry Rosenthal

TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

Trish and George Vradenburg

Christie and Jeff Weiss

Catherine Merrill Williams and

Paul Williams

$1 million And Above

The Walton Family Foundation

$100,000 - $999,999

CityBridge Foundation,

Katherine and David Bradley

The Morris and

Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

ExxonMobil Foundation

Freddie Mac Foundation

Horning Family Fund

State Farm Companies Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999

CapitalSource Charitable Foundation

The Clark Charitable Foundation

Symantec

Christie Weiss and

Christopher Ritzert Real Estate

$25,000 - $49,999

The Peter B. and

Adeline W. Ruffin Foundation

Richard E. and

Nancy P. Marriott Foundation, Inc.

Northrop Grumman Foundation

$10,000 - $24,999

Accenture

FedEx

Four Points

Georgetown University

Heidrick & Struggles

JCPenney Company, Inc.

Miller & Long Co., Inc.

Newmark Grubb

Knight Frank, BGC Partners, Inc.

Wells Fargo

$5,000-$9,999

BB&T

BDO USA, LLP

Building Hope

Clark Enterprises, Inc.

Pepco

$4,999 And below

Reed Smith LLP

2013CORPORATION & FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS

SpOnSOrS$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous (1) Adrienne ArshtDiane and Norman BernsteinKatherine Boone and Joshua GeltzerBruhn-Morris Family FoundationBuilding HopeLynda and Davis CamalierGina and Brooke CoburnChristina and Donald ColePamela Daley and Randall PhelpsCarla and Michael DurneyLaura Samberg Faino and Michael FainoDavid and Rhonda FalkSamia FaroukiCarl M. Freeman Foundation Elizabeth and Michael GalvinSuzanne and Tom GibsonThe Hanley Foundation DCMargaret and John HaugeLisa and Phil HergetThe Honorable Sven Holmes and Lois Romano Lynne and Joseph HorningCathy and Walter IsaacsonAnne and Bryan JacoboskiIsabel and Jerry JasinowskiSanjiv KumarDeborah Lehr and John RogersConnie and John McGuirePeter McKenna, Baker TillyMCN BuildLori and Nigel MorrisGinger and Stuart PapeDick and Bonnie PattersonPam and Malcolm PeabodyPeterson Family FoundationSusanna and Jack QuinnChristine RalesRice-Cameron Family FoundationPat and Craig RuppertVicki and Roger SantJeffrey SchraggEileen Shields-West and John Robinson WestJoanie and Alan StoneEmily and Antoine van Agtmael, Sunrise FoundationDorothy and Kenneth WoodcockMary and Jeff Zients

$1,000-$4,999

Anonymous (3)Anonymous in Honor of Katherine Bradley

Carol and Steve AckermanJennifer and Timothy AdamsAdler Family FoundationNancy Bagley and Soroush Shehabi, Washington LifeLara and Justin BakewellMichael BarnelloBaumbusch FoundationThe Arnold and Jeanne Bernstein FundThe Honorable and Mrs. Stuart Bernstein Sherry Bindeman and David KahnJoshua BoltenThe Brady Foundation, Inc.Nancy BrinkerCarter CafritzEd and Terri CarrMr. and Mrs. Theodore N. CarterDebra and Edward CohenRichard CreightonMichael D’Amato Andy and Richard DanzigThe Honorable John Delaney and Mrs. April McClain-Delaney Dr. Ronald and Beth DozoretzEagleBankExcel Academy PCSExxon Mobil CorporationKathleen and Robert FloryMargaret and John FordJ.C. Fulse The George Washington University Heath and Joseph GibsonJoshua GreenNicholas and Elizabeth HadleyKatherine HaleyArtis Hampshire-Cowan, Esq.Deborah Harmon and Dr. Robert SederInternational BaccalaureateNatasha Iwegbu and Cedric BoboClaudia James and John ConnollyRoy and Manisha KapaniAnn and Knight KiplingerMirella and Dani LevinasWillee and Finlay LewisAlyssa and Nick LovegroveThe Ludwig Family FoundationVicki and Chip MagidJim MallahanDonna McLartyElise and Steven MuselesNational Geographic Education FoundationDebbie and Douglas NicholsJeff NuechterleinShelly Porges and Rich Wilhelm Marianne and Keith PowellMr. and Mrs. Steven QuammeMr. Donald Quartel and

Ms. Michela English Reed Smith LLPJuliet and Sam ReidElizabeth RobinsonNancy and Miles RubinThe Derald H. Ruttenberg FoundationDeborah and Michael SalzbergAlec SargentSusan Small SavitskyKaren SchaufeldRichard and Hunter SchoenfeldSarah and David SteinbergMarc Stone and Luz LopezEdie and David TatelKeith TaylorRebecca TraftonLiz and James UnderhillBeatrice and Adelbert Von GontardDr. Sheila Walker and Mr. William WalkerChristopher WallaceMark Walsh and Polly VailSteve and Liz Whisnant

Margery Yeager

$500-$999

Anonymous Rita and Robert BarnettAntoinette and Dwight BushMeryl and Michael ChertoffMr. and Mrs. Jonathan Colby Julie Dobson and Chet ThakerEllen and Thomas DwyerMichael EntzmingerHeather and Andrew FloranceMrs. Nancy M. FolgerCarole FungerThomas E. GageTaekyung HanMargaret and David HenslerKathleen and Kenneth KiesErin KimEliza and Brigham KiplingerKathi and Dan KniseChristine KousinBetsy and Edward MandelMary Stuart McCamyDebra and Michael McCurryMark McFaddenTracy and David McPhersonAlexandra PardoJohn Thomas Smith II and Mary Tydings SmithBarbara and Dean SmithDavid W. Wilmot Mr. and Mrs. Paul WojcikMarci Young

KatherineBradley

(Chair), President, CityBridge Foundation

JustinBakewell

Brown Advisory

KatherineBoone

The Boone Family Foundation

JackDavies

Founder, AOL International

KristinEhrgood

President and Board Chair,

Flamboyan Foundation

MarkFerrer

Chief Operating Officer,

SAP Global Customer Operations

LarryFisher

President, Family Wealth Services,

Chevy Chase Trust

NancyFletcher

President and CEO, Outdoor Advertising

Association of America

TomGibson

Chairman and CEO, The Coulter Companies

JoshGreen

Managing Director, Energy, CCM US

ArtisHampshire-Cowan

Chief Operating Officer, Howard University

BobHisaoka

President, RRR, LLC & ChiDogOs

PegJobst

Executive Vice President,

Graduate Management Admissions Council

JerryL.Johnson

Managing Director,

RLJ Equity Partners, LLC

DaleE.Jones

President, Diversified Search

ChrissyKousin

Private Wealth Adviser, Morgan Stanley

Private Wealth Management

MonicaMooreThompson

Executive Director,

John Thompson III Foundation

GregO’Brien

CEO of Brokerage,

Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc

TomTinsley

Managing Director, General Atlantic, LLC

ChristieWeiss

Vice President,

TTR Sotheby’s International Real Estate

2013Advisory Board

One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.