May 8, 2024

The Missing Piece: Developing Collective Leadership to Transform Education

Over the past five years, Teach For All has engaged hundreds of leaders from across our global network in generating evidence about what is at work in the communities and systems worldwide that are making progress towards ensuring that all children learn. In a brand new report, we share what we have learned: that technical solutions alone will not improve learning for all, and that progress will require developing collective leadership — a critical mass of diverse, purpose-driven leaders working together throughout the ecosystem around children to create the enabling conditions for change.  

Speakers include: Alex Beard, Head of Community Impact Lab, Teach For All; Diana Ellsworth, Partner, McKinsey & Company; Steven Hall, Partner, McKinsey & Company; Wendy Kopp, CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All; Folawe Omikunle, CEO, Teach For Nigeria; Tomás Recart, CEO, Enseña Chile. Moderated by Henry Anumudu, Head of Strategic Communications, Teach For All

Download the full report & brief: The Missing Piece: Developing Collective Leadership to Transform Education

July 12, 2023

How Can We Support Teachers to Shift Their Mindsets?

In July’s Learning Forum, we heard from innovative teacher developers who believe that “unlearning” internalized assumptions about students, communities, and themselves is key to new teachers’ growth as transformational leaders who will help their students develop as leaders of a better future. The conversation explored how the panelists are using pre-service training and ongoing coaching to support new teachers to shift their mindsets and perspectives. 

Speakers include: Catherine Le Clef, Head of Training and Support, Teach For Belgium; Ana Medina, Chief Executive Officer, Enseña por Colombia; Jemima Nnamdi-Iweha, Leadership Development Manager, Teach For Nigeria; Ashley Salmon-Wander, Partner, Leadership and Learning Experiences Design, Teach For All. Moderated by Wendy Kopp, Co-founder and CEO, Teach For All

Download PDF: Insights: How Can We Support Teachers to Shift Their Mindsets? (English); Perspectivas: ¿Cómo podemos ayudar a los profesores a cambiar su mentalidad? (Español); Réflexions: Comment aider les enseignants à changer leurs mentalités? (Français); رؤى المنتدى: كيف يمكننا دعم المعلمين لتغيير طريقة تفكيرهم؟ (Arabic); インサイト：教師のマインドセット変革をどうサポートするか (Japanese)

June 6, 2023

How Can We Foster Teacher Wellbeing?

With teacher burnout rates at record highs, investing in teacher wellbeing has never been more important. In June’s Learning Forum, we discussed practical measures being taken to support teachers' mental health and wellbeing, what teacher retention data from across our network tells us, and how we can enable teachers to thrive—not just survive. 

Speakers include: Juan Manuel Gonzalez, CEO, Enseña por México; Flora Gabtony, Head of Training & Leadership Development, Teach For Nigeria; Nara Magtaghyan, Managing Director of Program, Teach For Armenia; Stephanie Wong, Director, Leadership Development, Teach For All. Moderated by Radha Ruparell, Head of Global Leadership Accelerator, Teach For All

Download PDF: Insights: How Can We Foster Teacher Wellbeing? (English); Perspectivas: ¿Cómo podemos promover el bienestar de los docentes? (Español); Perspectives: Comment pouvons-nous favoriser le bien-être des enseignants? (Français); Insights: Como podemos promover o bem-estar dos professores? (Português)

ؤى: كيف يمكننا تعزيز السالمة العامة للمعلم ؟ (Arabic)

May 3, 2023

How Can We Build Powerful Youth-Adult Partnerships?

In May's Learning Forum we learned from members of the network who have experienced the magic of forging powerful partnerships between young people and adults, and are working together to create better schools, communities, and countries for us all. 

Speakers include: Alexandra Vassallo Bedoya, Mentor, Enseña Perú Student Leadership Program; Nur Ariana Iman binti Mohd Farid, Student, Teach For Malaysia and Project ID; Katherine Goicochea, Student, CEO of Wake up Now, and General Coordinator of Programa De Liderazgo para Estudiantes, Enseña Perú; Esther Oluwaremilekun Odekunle, Student, Teach For Nigeria and Member of Teach For All’s Student Leader Advisory Council; Afeez Olalekan Saka, Teacher, Teach For Nigeria; Kelvin Tan, CEO, Project ID and Alumnus of Teach For Malaysia; Moderated by Sanaya Bharucha, Global Director of Student Leadership, Teach For All

Download PDF: Insights: How Can We Build Powerful Youth-Adult Partnerships (English); Perspectivas: ¿Cómo crear alianzas eficaces entre jóvenes y adultos? (Español); Perspectives: Comment pouvons-nous établir de puissants partenariats entre jeunes et adultes? (Français)

March 14, 2023

How Do Systems Change?

For decades, people worldwide have been working to ensure that all of the world’s 1.5 billion children have access to school. But despite significant investment, much evidence about what works, and many well-designed and -implemented policies, children in school today aren’t learning any more than they were 20 years ago. How then do we transform education to develop students as leaders? In communities and systems across the Teach For All network, teachers, alumni, staff, and allies are showing how such a system transformation might be brought about.

Speakers include: Khadija Bakhtiar, CEO, Teach For Pakistan; Tarun Cherukuri, CEO & Founder, Indus Action and Alumnus, Teach For India; Yue-Yi Hwa, Research Manager, RISE and Alumna, Teach For Malaysia; Franco Mosso, CEO, Enseña Perú. Moderated by Alex Beard, Head of Community Impact Lab, Teach For All

Download PDF: Insights: How do Systems Change? (English); Perspectivas: ¿Cómo cambian los sistemas? (Español)

Putting Climate Education at the Heart of How We Build Student Leadership

Climate change and environmental risks are the lived reality of today’s students, especially of those in disadvantaged communities who disproportionately suffer the impacts. It’s therefore crucial that we support students’ agency and leadership so that they can pioneer the necessary solutions to the climate crisis through their values, creativity, and collaboration—now and throughout their lives—and climate education needs to be at the heart of that endeavor.

Speakers include: Keya Lamba, Alumna, Teach For America & Co-founder, Earth Warriors; Gaccia Norshahian, Student, Teach For Lebanon; Egoitz Exteandia Romero, Alumnus, Empieza por Educar & Teacher, Bilbao, Spain. Moderated by Lennart Kuntze, Global Head of Climate Education & Leadership, Teach For All

Download PDF: Insights: Putting Climate Education at the Heart of How We Build Student Leadership (English)

Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in this Era

The pandemic placed a heavy burden on teachers, compounding the existing challenges faced around the world in both retaining current teachers and attracting new teachers into the profession. In this forum, leaders in this area from Teach For All's global organization share insights emerging from across the network.

Speakers include: Chaitra Murlidhar, Global Knowledge Lead, Teacher Development, Teach For All; Jeet Patel, Global Recruitment Lead, Teach For All; and Radha Ruparell, Head of Global Leadership Accelerator, Teach For All. Moderated by Wendy Kopp, CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All.

Download PDF: Insights: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in this Era (English)