Teach For All

Teach For All is a global network of 58 independent, locally led and funded partner organizations[1] 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."[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Teach For All
Founded2007
FounderWendy Kopp, and Brett Wigdortz, Co-founders
TypeNonprofit organization
FocusEliminate Educational Inequity
Location
Key people
Wendy Kopp - Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Brett Wigdortz - Co-founder
Nick Canning - Chief Operating Officer
Websiteteachforall.org

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 opportunity in their own countries.[5] Since its launch at the Clinton Global Initiative in September 2007,[6] Teach For All has grown to include 56 partners on six continents as of August 2020 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 million[7] provided by global foundations, corporations, and individuals.

Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach for America, Co-founder of Teach For All

Organization structure

Teach For All is a network of organizations with a unifying mission to expand educational opportunity. Teach For All partner organisations 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 outstanding 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.[8] 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.[1]

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'."[9]

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.[10] 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."[11] 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.[10]

The organisation cites diverse cultural contexts across its different network partners as one of its major strengths,[12] allowing partner organisations 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 eight unifying principles, quoted here:

1. Recruiting and selecting as many as possible of the country's most promising future leaders of all academic disciplines and career interests who demonstrate the core competencies to positively impact student achievement and become long-term leaders able to effect systemic change

2. Training and developing participants so they build the skills, mindsets, and knowledge needed to maximize impact on student achievement

3. Placing participants as teachers for two years in regular beginning teaching positions in areas of educational need, with clear accountability for their classrooms

4. Accelerating the leadership of alumni by fostering the network between them and creating clear and compelling paths to leadership for expanding educational opportunity

5. Driving measurable impact in the short term on student achievement and in the long term on the development of leaders who will help ensure educational opportunity for all

6. A local social enterprise that adapts the model thoughtfully to the national context, innovates and increases impact over time, and possesses the mission-driven leadership and organizational capacity necessary to achieve ambitious goals despite constraints

7. Independence from the control of government and other external entities, with an autonomous Board, a diversified funding base, and the freedom to make operational decisions, challenge traditional paradigms, and sustain the model in the face of political changes

8. Partnerships with the public and private sectors that provide the teaching placements, funding, and supportive policy environment necessary to achieve scale and sustain impact over time, while increasing accountability for results[13][14]

Partners

Teach For All currently has 58 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.[15] In recent years, Teach For All partners support over 16,000 teachers impacting over 1,150,000 children annually.[3] 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 BelgiumBelgium2013
Enseña por Bolivia Bolivia 2020
Ensina BrasilBrazil2016
Teach For BulgariaBulgaria2010
Teach For CambodiaCambodia2017
Enseña ChileChile2007
Teach For ChinaChina2010
Enseña por ColombiaColombia2010
Teach First DanmarkDenmark2015
Enseña EcuadorEcuador2013
Noored Kooli (Youth to School)Estonia2006
Le Choix de l'écoleFrance2015
Teach First DeutschlandGermany2008
Lead For GhanaGhana2016
Anseye Pou AyitiHaiti2015
Teach For IndiaIndia2007
Teach First IsraelIsrael2010
Teach For Italy Italy 2019
Teach For JapanJapan2012
Teach For Kenya Kenya 2020
Iespējamā Misija (Mission Possible)Latvia2008
Teach For LebanonLebanon2008
Teach For Liberia Liberia 2019
Renkuosi Mokyti! (Let's Teach!)Lithuania2012
Teach For MalaysiaMalaysia2011
Enseña por MéxìcoMéxìco2013
Teach For MoroccoMorocco2019
Teach For NepalNepal2012
Ako Mātātupu: Teach First NZNew Zealand2012
Teach For NigeriaNigeria2017
Teach For PakistanPakistan2018
Enseña por PanamáPanama2015
Enseña por ParaguayParaguay2019
Enseña PerúPeru2010
Teach for the PhilippinesThe Philippines2012
Teach For PortugalPortugal2019
Teach For QatarQatar2013
Teach For RomaniaRomania2014
Teach For Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 2020
Teach For SlovakiaSlovakia2014
Teach The Nation South Africa 2020
Empieza por EducarSpain2011
Teach For SwedenSweden2013
Teach For Tanzania Tanzania 2019
Teach For ThailandThailand2013
Teach for UgandaUganda2017
Teach For UkraineUkraine2017
Teach FirstUnited Kingdom2001
Teach For AmericaUnited States1990
Enseña UruguayUruguay2014
Teach For VietnamVietnam2017
Teach for Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2020

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."[16] Approximately 50-70 per cent of Teach For All partners' alumni stay in education long-term.[16] Some alumni continue to work towards improving education systems and outcomes in other ways, such as by developing online teaching resources.[16] Upon joining the network, each local organization is responsible for its governance and funding and is encouraged to develop a distinct brand and logo.[4]

References
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  2. Woodburn, Greg (15 September 2014). “Teach For All’”. Huffington Post Blog. Retrieved 4 April 2016
  3. Reuters (13 August 2015). “Western Union Foundation Announces Grants Supporting Teach For All Education Programs across Several Countries”. Retrieved 4 April 2016
  4. 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 4 April 2016.
  5. Machuca Castillo, Gabriela (5 April 2014). “Modelo a Seguir”. Somos. Retrieved 18 April 2016
  6. Dillon, Sam (21 September 2011). “Global Effort to Recruit Teachers Expand”. The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016
  7. Charity Navigator (September 2015). “Teach for All Inc” - Form 990 Revenue Amount. Retrieved 5 April 2016
  8. “Teach For All”. Skoll Foundation. Retrieved 5 April 2016
  9. "Wendy Kopp '89, founder of Teach for America, discusses undergraduate inspirations". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  10. Beck, E. (19 June 2010). “Project: Teach For All”. The Design Observer Group. Retrieved 18 April 2016
  11. Friedman, Thomas (29 October 2013). "Meet the Makers". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 April 2016
  12. "Wendy Kopp: We're excited to see the impact Teach For Armenia has made". mediamax.am. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  13. "Network Partners". Teach For All. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  14. Rosalind Wiggins Z., Rosalind (November 2013). “PromiseNet: Toward A More Unified Network?” Yale School of Management Case Study. Retrieved 18 April 2016
  15. Rayner, Christine (March 2015). “A Different Class”. DHL Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2016
  16. (14 February 2015). “High-fliers in the classroom”. The Economist. Retrieved 18 April 2016
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