Teach For America North Carolina One Day Event
State Superintendent Mo Green, State Teacher of the Year, and Executive Director of Teach For America NC in Rocky Mount Panel On Artificial Intelligence (AI), Teacher Pipeline, and Rural Innovation
Rocky Mount, NC – The education nonprofit and leadership development organization Teach For America North Carolina (TFA NC) hosted State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mo Green for an event in collaboration with the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce this week.
Superintendent Green joined 2025 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year and TFA ENC Alumna (2020), Rachel Candaso, for a panel discussion moderated by Executive Director of TFA NC, Robyn Fehrman. David Farris, President of the Rocky Mount Chamber and the Chair of the TFA Eastern North Carolina Regional Advisory Board, also spoke during the event, which featured over 100 attendees.
On TFA NC:
Superintendent Green stated TFA NC is “an amazing organization that puts individuals into classrooms in various parts of our state to be beginning teachers,” and added the panel would be “highlighting the great work that Teach For America does.”
“For 35 years, Teach For America has partnered with communities across eastern North Carolina to identify, recruit, train and support extraordinary leaders who commit to transforming education, starting by teaching in the classrooms that need them most,” said Robyn Fehrman.
Rachel Candaso attributed her “success as an educational leader to [Teach For America North Carolina] itself.” She added: “Teach For America has a very innovative program focused on taking our educators and making them leaders both within the classroom and outside of it.”
David Farris said: “We represent close to 700 various businesses here, and getting the [education] talent pipeline right is critical to our growth. The workforce pipeline absolutely comes out of our educational system.”
On AI:
Robyn Fehrman said: “At Teach For America, we are committed to ensuring that the extraordinary human leaders who are our teachers remain at the center of classrooms, even as we are leveraging AI and preparing educators to really use it responsibly, ethically and thoughtfully in their classrooms, and as they prepare students for that future.”
Superintendent Green said “We are, as a state, in this true exploration phase where educators are being given opportunities to try different things using guidance.”
Rachel Candaso said “As a classroom teacher, one of the things we lack a lot of is time. AI is a tool for us to use, whether it's creating lesson plans or differentiating information or translating information for our students.”
Superintendent Mo Green (left) and Rachel Candaso (right)
From left: Superintendent Mo Green, Jassmin Clark, Robyn Fehrman, Rachel Candaso, and David Farris
About Teach For America
Teach For America works in partnership with communities across the country to reach the “One Day” when every child has access to an excellent education. Founded in 1990, Teach For America finds, develops, and supports extraordinary leaders to transform education and expand opportunity for all children. These extraordinary leaders expand opportunity for children from classrooms, schools, and every sector and field that impacts a young person’s education. Today, Teach For America is a force of over 72,000 alumni, corps members, and Ignite tutoring fellows working in pursuit of profound change so that “One Day” every child has the opportunity to learn, lead, thrive, and co-create a future filled with possibility. Teach For America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
About Teach For America North Carolina
TFA North Carolina serves tens of thousands of students each year through its Ignite tutoring Fellowship, two-year teaching corps, and alumni leadership development work. TFA NC has recruited over 4,300 first-year teachers to the Old North State since 1990, who collectively taught more than 255,000 students in their first year of teaching alone. Through innovative local programming and professional development opportunities, TFA North Carolina also continues to support alumni leaders of TFA, including teacher leaders, school leaders, and leaders pursuing child-centered solutions across every sector and field. Learn more through TFA NC’s 18-page 2024-2025 impact report, 2.5-minute 35th anniversary video, and statewide LinkedIn and Instagram pages.
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