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Teach For America Miami Corps Facts
Number of Corps Members: 40
Number of Students Serving: 4,590
Number of Miami -Dade Public Schools Serving: 16
Curriculum Span: 1-12, including ESE
Neighborhoods Served: Carol City, Liberty City, Opa Locka, Little Haiti, and North Miami
Next year: 50-60 more teachers will be placed for a total of approximately100
Corps Members Involved in Extracurricular Activities
• At Madison Middle School, Dave Hardy started a poetry club and is currently researching
poetry contests in which his members can participate and is applying for grant
opportunities to help fund the club. He is also coaching basketball.
• At Brownsville Middle School, Dan Pierce coached the soccer team and Danielle Abrams
is coaching track.
• At Miami Central Senior High School Jordan Puglisi and Rebecca Good are the sponsors
of Poets Nation, the student poetry organization.
• At Miami Northwestern, Shawn Andrews is coaching baseball and Craig Donovan is
coaching volleyball.
• At JFK Middle, Christopher Ruszkowski started a drama club and is coaching basketball.
• At Madison Middle School, Danny Ramirez coached the soccer team and Alicia Gilbert is
coaching track.
• At Thomas Jefferson Middle, Brook Colgan is coaching track.
• At North Miami Middle School, Joe Cho started a science club.
Teach For America Miami: Corps Members' Success Stories
By Kathleen Reynolds, Program Director
• Tina De la Fe has established a classroom culture that heavily emphasizes student participation
and accomplishment, and she is emphasizing student -centered learning to an exceptional degree in
her instructional planning and delivery via project -based learning activities. Ms. De la Fe has
current plans to start a student newsletter for her middle school Language Arts classrooms at North
Miami Middle School.
• Nina Teng teaches in an Exceptional Student Education placement at Miami Central Senior High
School. As the lead teacher in her classroom with autistic students, Ms. Teng is well on her way to
achieving ambitious goals for her students in life -skills and academic instruction, including
incorporating Curriculum Based Instruction, which has her class going on life -skills outings twice
a week to various locations around the county. Ms. Teng involved her students in and organized
other participants for a "Walk F.A.R. for N.A.A.R," a walk which raised funds for National
Alliance for Autism Research.
• In addition to maintaining and upholding high standards for student achievement in his World
History classroom at North Miami Beach Senior High School, Andy Moore has become actively
involved with the local teacher's union, United Teachers of Dade. Mr. Moore has also taken on a
leadership role in the Professional Development Committee within Teach For America's Corps
Leadership Group.
Miami -Dade County Public Schools Currently with Teach For America
Teachers
School Telephone
ELEMENTARY
Van E. Blanton
Earlington Heights
Holmes
Liberty City
Miami Park
Westview
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Brownsville
Jose de Diego
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy
Lake Stevens
Madison
North Miami
Address
(305) 696-9241 10327 NW 11 Ave., Miami 33150
(305) 635-7505 4750 NW 22 Ave., Miami 33142
(305) 836-3421 1175 NW 67 St., Miami 33150
(305) 691-8532 1855 NW 71 St., Miami 33147
(305) 691-6361 2225 NW 103 St. Miami 33147
(305) 688-9641 2101 NW 127St., Miami 33167
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HIGH SCHOOL
Miami Central (305)
Miami Northwestern (305)
North Miami Beach (305)
633-1481
573-7229
681-7481
947-1451
620-1294
836-2610
891-5611
4899 NW 24 Ave., Miami 33142
3100 NW 5 Ave., Miami 33125
525 NW 147 St., Miami 33168
1075 NE 167 St., NMB, 33162
18484 NW 48 Pl., Carol City 33055
3400 NW 87St., Miami 33147
13105 NE 7 Ave., N. Miami 33161
696-4161 1781 NW 95 St., Miami 33147
836-0991 1100 NW 71 St., Miami 33150
949-8381 1247 NE 167 St., NMB 33162
Principal
Edith Hall
Gretchen Williams
Dr. Lillian Cooper
Susan Keye
Henry Crawford
Dr. Rosa Simmons
Orlando B. Milligan
Thomasina O'Donnell
Frances Young
Kay Mikulas
Dr. Alvin Brennan
Anne Marie Duboulay
Howard I. Weiner
Samuel Johnson
Dr. Steve Gallon III
Raymond Fontana
14 Rookie Teacher of the Year Nominations and 8 Awards!
Access Center 3 Award— Debon Lewis received this honor on behalf of his entire Access Center which includes
approximately 47 schools.
Brownsville Middle School Award - Debon Lewis
Jose De Diego Middle School Award - Adrian Uribe
North Miami Middle School Award- Joseph Cho
Madison Middle School
Kennedy Middle School
Jefferson Middle School
Westview Elementary School Award - Jose Munoz
Van E. Blanton Elementary School Award - Arun Kosaraju
Miami Park Elementary School
Holmes Elementary School
Northwestern Senior High Award - Brian Perry
Central Senior High Award - Nina Teng
Nominee: Dan Pierce
Nominee: Meagan Carlock
Nominee- Tina De La Fe
Nominee- Dave Hardy
Nominee- Christopher Ruszkowski
Nominee: Brook Colgan
Nominee: John Ahlers
Nominees: Veronika Herrera, Keith Brooks
Nominees: Eric Schlegel, Shawn Andrews
Nominees: Craig Donovan, Rebecca Good, and Jordan
Fields-Puglisi
North Miami Beach Senior High Award - Andy Moore
Miami -Dade Words of Support
"Teach For America has brought a number of outstanding and committed new teachers that have a
sincere desire to serve the children in our schools. The yearly challenges and struggles of
recruiting and retaining highly qualified educators in urban schools have been greatly abated via
the Teach For America program. The preparation and presence of program participants have made
a positive impact on the educational lives and experiences of our students."
- -Dr. Steve Gallon III, principal of Miami Northwestern Senior High School
"The Teach For America teachers at Jose De Diego Middle School are fabulous! Their caring and
dedication are inspiring to the administrative staff and other teachers. "
- -Dr. Thomasina O'Donnell, principal of Jose De Diego Middle School
"I was fortunate! The Teach For America teachers that came to Holmes Elementary School
arrived with vigor and enthusiasm. They have the potential to become master teachers. Their
energy and willingness to learn exceeds the norm. Thanks, Teach for America!"
- - Dr. Lillian Cooper, principal of Holmes Elementary School
"The Teach For America teachers here at Miami Central have done an outstanding job. They came
in functioning as though they were veteran teachers."
- - Mr. Samuel Johnson, principal of Miami Central High School
"I have been extremely pleased with the Teach For America social studies teacher this year. He is
energetic, creative, and has excellent classroom management skills. I only regret that I did not hire
more teachers from this organization."
- - Kay Mikulas, principal of John F. Kennedy Middle School
Thank you to our amazing funders! Teach For America Miami
would not be possible without support the support from the following
donors:
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Malco Charitable Foundation
Miami -Dade County Public Schools
Ocean Bank
Foundation
Staff Members:
Publix Supermarkets Charities, Inc.
Wachovia Foundation
Washington Mutual
The William J. and Tina Rosenberg
Program Contact Information
Carey Kane
Interim Executive Director
carey.kane(a teachforamerica.org
305-573-1334
Kimberly Reyes
Director of Operational Support
kimberly.reyes(a teachforamerica.org
305-573-1306
Kathleen Reynolds
Program Director
(305) 573-1332
kathleen.reynolds(c�teachforamerica.org
Dameon Muhammad
Program Director
(305) 573-1390
dameon.muhammad(c�teachforamerica.org
Teach For America Miami
3550 Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 403
Miami, Florida 33137
Phone (305) 573-1306
Fax (305) 573-1297