Client News: EnCorps Begins Recruiting Great Minds for 2010
October 28th, 2009 by msullivan
Stage Two is proud to help promote the 2010 recruiting season of EnCorps.
EnCorps is a San Francisco based non-profit that recruits retiring engineers, scientists and technology experts to become math and science teachers in California’s under-resourced public schools state wide. Today they begin recruiting great minds to begin teaching as soon as the fall of 2010.
With math science test scores faltering in a state that is known for technological innovation, EnCorps taps the knowledge of experienced math and science professionals to teach a new generation. In 2009, EnCorps attracted over 1,100 applicants and recruited over 100 math and science professionals. The organization plans to recruit 200 new teachers for fall of 2010.
Doing outreach for EnCorps we got to know the stories of some of the amazing EnCorps recruits. One such recruit is Sharon White. Sharon grew up in Compton California, a notoriously rough Los Angeles neighborhood. After graduating college, she went on to work for Boeing for thirty years in a variety of fields including finance and engineering. As she headed towards retirement, Sharon realized she wanted to leave a positive legacy in her neighborhood. She knew her success was because of those who had supported and encouraged her when she was young and she wanted to “pay forward” her gratitude. Sharon enrolled in EnCorps and is now a full time Math teacher at Locke High School in LA.
EnCorps recruits have many stories like this to tell. Some are teachers. Some on the path to become teachers all have encouraged by EnCorps to give back to their communities.
If you or someone you know has been thinking about teaching, check out the EnCorps site.
Full disclosure: EnCorps is a not-for-profit organization and a pro bono client of Stage Two.
