About Us

TeachMichigan is a five-year initiative powered by Teach For America Detroit that invests in the next generation of high-impact educators who serve in Title 1 schools. This initiative directly invests an average of $35,000 into each participating educator while providing best-in-class professional development and fostering a collaborative, connected community. The learnings from TeachMichigan will be captured and analyzed to inform a policy roadmap toward making Michigan the best place to be an educator.

TeachMichigan will adapt Teach for America Detroit’s program in five geographically diverse regions, from Detroit/southeast Michigan to West Michigan to the Upper Peninsula. This initiative has four key components:

1. Using competitive benefits to attract, recruit, retain, and develop 1,000 high-impact educators into the TeachMichigan fellowship
2. Energize educators with best-in-class learning and innovation funds to drive student outcomes, and a connected professional community
3. Conduct third-party research on the scaled impact of educator benefits and fellowship programming on student outcomes and teacher retention
4. Elevate TeachMichigan educator success stories with a state-wide media campaign

TeachMichigan is operated by Teach For America Detroit in partnership with districts and schools across Michigan. While this effort is only being operated through 2026, the ultimate goal is to have retained high-impact educators in various communities across Michigan and captured learning that informs a policy roadmap toward future state education funding.

Since 2010, TFA Detroit has recruited, trained, and supported more than 900 teachers in DPSCD and charter schools across the city. To learn more, visit https://www.teachforamerica.org/detroit/.

Teach For America works in partnership with 350 urban and rural communities across the country to expand educational opportunities for children. Founded in 1990, Teach For America recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding leaders who make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Today, Teach For America is a force of over 64,000 alumni and corps members working in over 9,000 schools nationwide in pursuit of profound systemic change. From classrooms to districts to state houses across America, they are reimagining education to realize the day when every child has an equal opportunity to learn, lead, thrive and co-create a future filled with possibility. Teach For America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org and follow us on Facebook and X.