Our Program • Impact & Retention

Lifetime Impact of Program

23 Years
600+ Fellows
120,000+ Students 

Teacher Commitment & Retention

Our Peace Corps Fellows are committed to teaching in high-need, under-served NYC public schools at significantly higher rates than teacher averages.



NYC Schools our Fellows Serve:
Both current Fellows and alumni of the program are serving as teachers throughout NYC.

Bread and Roses High School (Hamilton Heights)
Bronx Academy of Letters High School
Bronx Green Middle School
Bronx Guild High School
Bronx International High School
Bronx Leadership Academy High School
Brooklyn International High School
Bushwick Community High School
Chelsea VHS
C.S. 152/ Evergreen (Bronx)
East Side Community High School
Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School
Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology
Foreign Language Academy of Global Studies HS (FLAGS) @ Bronx School Career Development
Grace Dodge Career and Technical High School
Gregorio Luperon Preparatory School
Hamilton Heights School
Harbor Heights Middle School (Bronx)
Henry Street School for International Studies (Lower East Side)
High School for Math, Science, and Engineering at City College
High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus
High School for International Business and Finance (Washington Heights)
High School of Telecommunication Arts & Technology (Brooklyn)
H.S. 400 Morris High School (Bronx)
International High School at La Guardia Community College
International High School at Prospect Heights (Brooklyn)
I.S. 45 John S. Roberts Alternative Education Complex/MS 45 STARS Prep Academy (East Harlem)
I.S. 296, Halsey School, Brooklyn
I.S. 528, Bea Fuller Rodgers School
JHS 118 William W. Niles
Kingsbridge International High School (Bronx)
Landmark High School (West Side)
Long Island City High School
Lower East Side Prep High School
Manhattan Bridges School
Manhattan Middle School for Scientific Inquiry (MS 328)
Marble Hill High School For International Studies
MS 349 Harbor Heights Middle School
Newcomers School
Norman Thomas HS
PS 024
PS 028/ Wright Bros.
PS B89
PS 048 PO Michael J Buczek
PS 089 Elmhurst School (Queens)
PS 150, Charles James Fox
PS 165 Robert E. Simon School (Upper West Side)
PS 189 (Morningside Heights)
PS 311 Amistad Dual Language School, 110
PS 503
Raphael Cordero Bilingual Academy
Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy (Bronx)
School of the Future
South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts
Urban Assembly School for Design and Construction
Validus Prepatory Academy (Bronx)
Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School

Alum Serving in Leadership Roles

More than a Dozen PCF Alum Serve in Leadership Positions. While many fellows inevitably take on positions of leadership at their schools (e.g. as founding teachers of new schools, as academic coordinators), over a dozen PCF alumni have taken on leadership positions as Principals, School Directors and Assistant Principals. Our alum serve as Principals for the School of the Future, the Heritage School, PS 279, Paul Robeson HS, and others.

Alum Servces in Regional Leadership Position.  One alumnus, Elmer Myers, serves in a regional leadership position and is now responsible for 13 schools in Region 2. Read more about Elmer in  TC Today.

 

Schools Report on the Quality of our Teachers

Our schools continue to report that our teachers out-perform traditionally-trained teachers. Principals and/or Assistant Principals were asked to compare the performance of our first- and second-year Fellows with other traditionally-trained first- and second-year teachers in the following categories:

A) Planning Curriculum
B) Instruction & Assessment
C) Improving Student Reading & Math
D) Work in School Community and/or Service Learning
E) Reflectiveness of Teacher/Reception to Feedback
F) Collaboration with other Teachers
G) Engaging Students in learning about other countries and culture

The Students We Serve*

(based on 2005 cohort of Peace Corps Fellows and the 2003-2004 NYCDOE Annual Reports - High School, Middle School and Elementary City School Averages)

Populations Served:

Race Peace Corps Fellows School Averages NYC Public School Averages Hispanic 59.3% 35.7% to 40.1% Black 22.9% 31.2% to 35% White 4.8% 14.5% to 15.2% Other* 13.3% 12.9% to 14.1% *"Other" includes Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle-Eastern, Native American, etc.

Percentage of Students Eligible to Receive Free School Lunch:

PCF schools NYC School Average 83.1% 53.9% to 70.3%

Percentage of Students Who are Recent Immigrants

PCF schools NYC School Average 29.7% 9% to 11.4%

Recruiting Committed Teachers

Pre-screened Candidates
	Peace Corps itself is highly selective. Our applicants have already been vigorously screened in order to become U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers;
	Only 50% of applicants are accepted in the U.S. Peace Corps.
Proven Candidates
	Our applicants have already demonstrated their commitment, resilience and resourcefulness through succesfully completing their 2-year term.
	28% of PCVs do not succesfully demonstrate this commitment to serving economically disadvantaged communities, and thus, cannot apply to our Program.
Sources for Peace Corps Acceptance & Early Termination Rate: crossculturalsolutions.org and brookings.edu.