Teach For All is a global network of more than 60 independent, locally led and funded partner organizationsPerlman Robinson, Jenny & Winthrop, Rebecca (April 2016). “Millions Learning: Scaling up Quality education in Developing Countries”. Brookings Institution. Retrieved April 18, 2016 whose stated shared mission is to "expand educational opportunity around the world by increasing and accelerating the impact of social enterprises that are cultivating the leadership necessary for change."Woodburn, Greg (September 15, 2014). “Teach For All’”. Huffington Post Blog. Retrieved April 4, 2016 Each partner aims to recruit and develop diverse graduates and professionals to exert leadership through two-year commitments to teach in their nations' high-need classrooms and lifelong commitments to expand opportunity for children.Reuters (August 13, 2015). “Western Union Foundation Announces Grants Supporting Teach For All Education Programs across Several Countries”. Retrieved April 4, 2016 The organization was founded in 2007 by Wendy Kopp (founder and former CEO of Teach For America) and Brett Wigdortz (founder and former CEO of Teach First). Teach For All works to accelerate partners' progress and increase their impact by capturing and sharing knowledge, facilitating network connections, provisioning global resources, and fostering leadership development of staff, teachers, and alumni.Davies, Anna (May 2014) “Spreading Social Innovations: A Case Study Report”. The theoretical, empirical and policy foundations for building social innovation in Europe (TEPSIE), European Commission. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
History Teach For America founder Wendy Kopp and Teach First founder Brett Wigdortz co-founded Teach For All after fielding numerous requests from social entrepreneurs around the world who wanted to create similar organizations that would expand educational opportunities in their own countries.Machuca Castillo, Gabriela (April 5, 2014). “Modelo a Seguir”. Somos. Retrieved April 18, 2016 Since its launch at the Clinton Global Initiative in September 2007,Dillon, Sam (September 21, 2011). “Global Effort to Recruit Teachers Expand”. The New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2016 Teach For All has grown to include 63 partners on six continents as of June 2026 who are pursuing a similar approach to working towards educational equity and excellence for all of their nations' children. The organization has global hubs in New York, Washington, London, Doha, Pune, and Hong Kong. It has an annual budget of $19.9 millionCharity Navigator (September 2015). “Teach for All Inc” - Form 990 Revenue Amount. Retrieved April 5, 2016 provided by global foundations, corporations, and individuals.
Organization structure Teach For All is a network of organizations with a mission to expand educational opportunity. Teach For All partner organizations work to improve the education of students in classrooms now, while simultaneously working to build the long-term movement for educational equity in their countries. In order to achieve this, Teach For All partner organizations recruit graduates and professionals from a range of academic disciplines to commit two years to teach in high-need schools and communities and to work throughout their lives to ensure more students are able to fulfill their potential.“Teach For All”. Skoll Foundation. Retrieved April 5, 2016 Teach For All network partners provide participants with ongoing training and support throughout their initial two-year commitments, and foster the development of alumni as leaders for educational change.
In a 2017 lecture at Princeton University reported in the Daily Princetonian, Teach For All co-founder Wendy Kopp said, "In actuality, the organization’s primary aim is to find solutions for 'the big, complex, systemic challenges that can’t be solved in classrooms alone'."
Teach For All is based on the concept of global-local practice-partners which launch grassroots organizations in their countries and belong to a global network of organizations.Beck, E. (June 19, 2010). “Project: Teach For All”. The Design Observer Group. Retrieved April 18, 2016 It is described by Thomas Friedman as "a loose global network of locally run teams of teachers, who share best practices and target young people in support of a single goal."Friedman, Thomas (October 29, 2013). "Meet the Makers". The New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2016 The Teach For All approach is demand driven; in almost all cases, the organization is approached by already established efforts interested in joining the network, rather than proactively spreading the approach.
The organization cites diverse cultural contexts across its different network partners as one of its major strengths, allowing partner organizations to make an impact within their own spheres of influence and socio-political structures.
Teach For All forms partnerships with organizations that share the same theory of change and are committed to ten unifying principles, quoted here:1. Pursue our global network's shared purpose and theory of change rooted in our theory of the problem, live into our core values when working across the network, and contribute to our unifying vision and intended outcomes.
2. Recruit and select a significant number of the country's most promising leaders from diverse backgrounds, academic disciplines, and career interests, who demonstrate the values and capabilities to positively impact holistic outcomes of students in marginalized communities and become lifelong leaders who work with others to achieve systemic change
3. Partner with schools and communities to contribute to collective leadership among students, educators,and community members, initially with participants who make a two-year commitment to teach, with full responsibility for student learning, and ultimately with alumni who continue working to expand opportunity for children
4. Support and develop participants as leaders who work with students, families, and community members towards a shared vision for student success and gain the foundations for a lifetime of contribution to children fulfilling their potential
5. Cultivate lifelong leadership among alumni so they can work collectively with students, families, and other stakeholders to enable all children to fulfill their potential.
6. Pursue measurable impact on holistic student outcomes at the classroom and community levels.
7. Operate an autonomous organization with an independent board and a diversified funding base.
8. Partner with the public and private sectors at every level to achieve shared goals and sustain local and national impact.
9. Build a diverse coalition of leaders including team members, participants, alumni, students and supporters, with a commitment to the representation and inclusion of those who have experienced the inequities we’re addressing.
10. Uphold the inherent dignity and worth of all people, within and across borders, through all aspects of the organization’s work.Rosalind Wiggins Z., Rosalind (November 2013). “PromiseNet: Toward A More Unified Network?” Yale School of Management Case Study. Retrieved April 18, 2016
Partners Teach For All currently has more than 60 partner organizations around the world. Within this network, Teach For All partners have placed over 65,000 teachers and impacted more than 6,000,000 children.Rayner, Christine (March 2015). “A Different Class”. DHL Magazine. Retrieved April 18, 2016 In recent years, Teach For All partners support over 16,000 teachers impacting over 1,150,000 children annually. There have been inquiries about joining the Teach For All network from social entrepreneurs in a number of additional countries.
+ Table of Member Organizations Organization Name Country Year founded Teach For AfghanistanAfghanistan2017 Enseñá por ArgentinaArgentina2009 Teach For ArmeniaArmenia2013 Teach For AustraliaAustralia2009 Teach For AustriaAustria2011 Teach For BangladeshBangladesh2012 Teach For BelgiumBelgium2013Enseña por BoliviaBolivia2020 Ensina BrasilBrazil2016 Teach For BulgariaBulgaria2010 Teach For CambodiaCambodia2017 Enseña ChileChile2007 Teach For ChinaChina2010 Enseña por ColombiaColombia2010 Teach First Danmark Denmark2015 Enseña EcuadorEcuador2013 Noored Kooli (Youth to School)Estonia2006Teach For EthiopiaEthiopia2021 Le Choix de l'écoleFrance2015 Teach First DeutschlandGermany2008 Anseye Pou AyitiHaiti2015 Teach For IndiaIndia2007Teach For ItalyItaly2019 Teach For JapanJapan2012Teach For QazaqstanKazakhstan2023Teach For KenyaKenya2020Teach For KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan2024 Iespējamā Misija (Mission Possible)Latvia2008 Teach For LebanonLebanon2008Teach For LiberiaLiberia2019 Renkuosi Mokyti! (Let's Teach!)Lithuania2012 Teach For MalaysiaMalaysia2011 Enseña por MéxìcoMéxìco2013Teach for MongoliaMongolia2022 Teach For MoroccoMorocco2019 Teach For NepalNepal2012 Ako Mātātupu: Teach First NZNew Zealand2012Teach For NigerNiger2025 Teach For NigeriaNigeria2017 Teach For PakistanPakistan2018Teach For PalestinePalestine2023 Enseña por PanamáPanama2015 Enseña por ParaguayParaguay2019 Enseña PerúPeru2010 Teach for the PhilippinesThe Philippines2012 Teach For PolandPoland2020 Teach For PortugalPortugal2019 Teach For QatarQatar2013 Teach For RomaniaRomania2014Teach For SenegalSenegal2021Teach For Sierra LeoneSierra Leone2020 Teach (Teach For Slovakia)Slovakia2014 Empieza por EducarSpain2011 Teach For SwedenSweden2013 Teach For ThailandThailand2013 Teach For UgandaUganda2017 Teach For UkraineUkraine2017 Teach FirstUnited Kingdom2001 Teach For AmericaUnited States1990 Enseña UruguayUruguay2014Teach For UzbekistanUzbekistan2024 Teach For Viet NamVietnam2017Teach for ZimbabweZimbabwe2020
Requirements The Teach For All theory of change is based on developing "leaders in any sector who have seen the battlefield [of educating in under-served communities and] will become powerful allies in the quest to improve the worst schools."(February 14, 2015). “High-fliers in the classroom”. The Economist. Retrieved April 18, 2016 Approximately 50-70 percent of Teach For All partners' alumni stay in education long-term. Some alumni continue to work toward improving education systems and outcomes in other ways, such as by developing online teaching resources. Upon joining the network, each local organization is responsible for its governance and funding and is encouraged to develop a distinct brand and logo.
Impact & Initiatives
Novice Educator Support and Training In February 2021 Teach For All announced the commencement of a three-year policy experimentation partnership with the European Commission. Co-funded through a European Union Erasmus+ Key Action 3 grant, The Novice Educator Support and Training (NEST) partnership focuses on mentoring for new teachers in under-resourced schools. NEST is intended to design, implement, and evaluate a system of adaptive mentoring for new teachers in under-resourced schools in Bulgaria, Austria, Belgium, Spain, and Romania. Teach For Bulgaria leads the consortium, with other Teach For All partners working alongside Ministries of Education, other public authorities, a teacher union, and a university. The NEST initiative draws on the experience of the previous Erasmus+ A New Way for New Talents in Teaching (NEWTT) project also led by Teach For Bulgaria.
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