And the education goes two ways in TFA classrooms.
"I definitely learned more than I learned in college," she says. "They are so wise at that age."
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Malachuk says her favorite memory comes from her second year of teaching.
From the beginning of the first day of class for her third grade until she dismissed them for the day, all Malachuk could think about was how much she missed her old students.
"I had just sent my class out the door when all of a sudden I heard this thunderous roar," Malachuk says.
The noise was the sound of the new fourth graders racing down the hall to tell her about their day.
"We talked about it and that continued all year--fourth grade tutorial," Malachuk adds.
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