WTAMU graduate Kirk Scarbrough and current San Antonio ISD teacher recently made an appearance at WT to talk about what he is doing with Teach for America, one of the nation’s largest providers of teachers for low-income communities.

Scarbrough gave a presentation Oct. 8 to students, pro- fessors and faculty. Scarbrough talked about the process he went through when applying with the organization, about the training he went through during the summer and his experience working with kindergarten and first grade students.

Scarbrough said, “[Obvoiusly], the kids,” are really the reason he looks forward to his day at the school. He said during his presentation that he not only had to worry about himself, but also about his 22 children or babies, as he calls them. “I really appreciate the random things they say and do.”

Scarbrough graduated in May 2010. Before graduation Kirk contemplated going to graduate school. He took the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) during Thanksgiving break in 2009. Searching online, a link took Scarbrough to the Teach for America web site. He applied in December and eventually it led to a final interview. He received an of- fer from Teach for America right before spring break.

During the summer Scarbrough went through a lot of training and at the same time he taught summer school at Bruce Elementary in Houston to kindergarteners.

Scarbrough talked about the program, Teach for America. He informed the audience that 14 million children are grow- ing up in poverty today in America. He said that one in ten students from low-income schools will not graduate high school. Teach for America is designed for college graduates to commit for two years to teach in low-income communi- ties.

Eva Harder, a senior communication studies major, said that if students are interested in Teach for America, they can either go online or they can visit Classroom Center room 115B to receive help.