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b'Today\'s\\nguest on The New Service podcast is Aaliyah El-Amin, an alumna of Teach For America\\u2019s 2000 Atlanta corps. Teach For America is the national corps\\nof recent college graduates who commit to teach for at\\nleast two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong\\nleaders in expanding educational opportunity. In the 2008-09 school\\nyear, 6,200 corps members taught in over 1,600 schools in 29\\nregions across the country while more than 14,000 Teach For America\\nalumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education\\nfor the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence\\nand equity.
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In\\n2000, at age twenty, Aaliyah El-Amin graduated from Davidson College\\nand joined Teach For America to teach 4th and 5th grade in Atlanta,\\nGeorgia. It was through her corps experience, that Aaliyah found her\\ncalling. During her time in the classroom, Aaliyah received her Masters\\ndegree in Elementary Education from the University of Georgia. By the\\ntime she was twenty-three, she\\u2019d received her principal certification\\nand had become an instructional facilitator at her placement school,\\nproviding professional development to veteran staff members. Aaliyah\\nthen became the executive director of Teach For America--Charlotte when\\nshe twenty-four. She is currently at Harvard University working on her\\ndoctorate in Educational Policy and Administration. \\xa0\\xa0
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\\nIdealist\'s\\nAmy Potthast talks with Aaliyah about the impact corps members are\\nhaving in underserved classrooms across the country, how applicants can demonstrate the qualities Teach For America seeks,\\nand how Teach For\\nAmerica alums are going on to become lifelong leaders in the field of\\neducation. They also talk about Aaliyah\\u2019s own career path and her\\npersonal passion for creating educational equity, and how you can get\\ninvolved with the movement to end educational inequity whether or not\\nyou participate in the corps.

For other service opportunities, including teaching corps, check out The New Service blog from Idealist.org.

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