A Rewarding Career Opportunity,
A Chance to Serve Your Community

By 2040, racial and ethnic minorities likely will make up more than half of the student population in the United States. Already, students of color may attend school from kindergarten to high school graduation without ever learning from a teacher who looks like them. Young boys may complete elementary and secondary education and never encounter a male teacher.

ACI’s Diversity at the Blackboard initiative is responding to this imbalance – with help from people like you who are ready and willing to prepare themselves to teach in Illinois’ high-need communities. Sponsored by the Associated Colleges of Illinois’ Center for Success in High-Need Schools and our member colleges and universities, Diversity at the Blackboard is building a new corps of excellent teachers who more closely resemble our increasingly diverse student population: more African Americans…more Hispanics…more men.