Today's Students Tomorrow's Teachers (TSTT), an independent, non-profit organization chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, was founded 15 years ago by Dr. Bettye Perkins, an educator and former IBM Corporation executive. The organization which is based in Westchester County, New York, is a partnership of school districts, businesses, foundations, communities and colleges that provide internships and financial support. Major contributors include Argent, JPMorganChase, MasterCard International, MBIA, WB11, Wachovia, and Verizon.

The organization serves over 300 high school students and over 200 college students, who come from heavily diverse, populated school districts located in Westchester, Rockland County, Ulster County, the Greater Rochester Region in New York, Fairfield County in Connecticut, Hartford Connecticut, Greenwich Connecticut, and Prince William County Virginia. 47% of the students are African-Americans, 53% are Hispanics and other ethnic groups, and 75% of the students are first generation to attend college.

The students are required to maintain a "B+" average and to volunteer as tutors, two (2) hours per week during the school year and twenty (20) hours during the summer. The students receive tutor training, SAT preparation, teacher mentorship, college visitations, college survival workshops, and career counseling. The high school student retention rate is 90%.

Qualified TSTT students may be eligible for up to 50% tuition scholarships from many of our college partners. The college admission rate is 96% and the college graduation rate is 70%. Twenty-one (21) colleges provide up to 50% tuition scholarship: Canisius College, College of New Rochelle, Fordham University, George Mason University (in-state only), Gordon College, Iona College, Keuka College, Marist College, Manhattan College, Manhattanville College, Nazareth College, Pace University, Queens College (Math Majors only), Roberts Wesleyan College, Sacred Heart University, St. John Fisher College, St. Thomas Aquinas, SUNY New Paltz (in-state only), SUNY Geneseo, Syracuse University, and Texas College.

Over 70 TSTT graduates are now teachers, a 100% placement rate.
TSTT has received national recognition from the U. S. Department of Education for its successful career partnership model and was cited as "an innovative program that embodies many of the goals and objectives for educational excellence and should serve as a model for other regions in the nation."

Program Benefits:

TSTT impacts the outcome of the future of minorities in the teaching profession. TSTT helps:

• Increase the number of teachers of color.
  
  
• Support national local efforts to recruit talented students into the teaching profession.
  
  
• Increase student probability of academic success.
  
  
• Prepare talented students for the world of work.
  
  
• Develop and strengthen a cooperative partnership between public education, higher education, businesses, and the community.

TSTT Influences:

• Collaboration among school districts, colleges, parents, businesses, and
  communities.
  
  
• Encourages high school students, particularly students of color, to enter the teaching profession by providing:
• Tutoring
• Internships
• 50% Scholarships
• Mentors
• SAT Preparation
• Teacher training workshops
• Teacher shadowing experiences

Places students back in the classroom as highly qualified teachers and significant role models for a growing multicultural student environment.

TSTT Collaborative Model

TSTT's collaborative model supports students academically, financially and
socially from high school, through college, and places them back in the
classroom as teachers. TSTT is the only organization in the Northeast that is dedicated to this mission. The organization has been nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as "an innovative program that embodies many of the goals and objectives for educational excellence, which should serve as a model for other regions in the nation."

Through partnerships and contributions, we are succeeding in diversifying the educational community. If you are interested in applying for our program, contributing to our cause, or reviewing our student selection criteria, you may contact us at tel: 914-345-3444 or fax: 914-345-3443.