User:Clairestum/sandbox
Claire's Sandbox[edit]
History[edit]
Teach For All was founded in 2007 through a collaboration of Teach For America (an educational non-profit in the U.S.) and Teach First (an educational non-profit in the U.K.). [1]Teach For All Network. A year prior, 12 different social entrepreneurs in different countries had solicited advice from either Teach For America or Teach First as they tried to create educational non-profits in their respective countries.[1] The organization was initially incubated within Teach For America but is currently a separately funded and staffed organization.[1] It is headquartered in New York, NY. [2] It has an annual operating budget of $8.6 million provided by global foundations, corporations and individuals.[3] Wendy Kopp, the CEO and founder of Teach For America, attributes the part the inspiration to found Teach For All to, “the inspired, passionate social entrepreneurs in countries, all around the world.”[4]
Organization Structure[edit]
All the member organizations of Teach For All are unified by a common mission. They are all working to improve the education of students in classrooms now while simultaneously working to build the long-term movement for educational equity in their country. [5] In order to achieve this, all the organizations recruit and invest young leaders of a variety of vocational interests, place these leaders in 2-year commitments in classrooms, provide them with training and support and foster alumni development. [6]
Teach For All is based on the concept of global-local practice – meaning that members have grassroots organizations in their country and belong to a global network of organizations. [3]. The global network exists to help organizations climb the learning curve more quickly and benefit from a shared knowledge base. [2] The Teach For All model is also demand driven; the organization does not seek out social entrepreneurs to take up the cause in different countries but instead must be solicited to come and help an already established effort.[3].
Because Teach For All is based around the concept of global-local practice, each organization makes adaptations to the original model in order to accommodate their local culture and context. The growth strategy and development managing director for the Middle East and Asia, Reem Marto, said, “The program would be tailored to suit each country”.[7] In Germany, for example, teachers who sign on with Teach For Germany are not called corps members because on the titles association with government; instead they are referred to as fellows. [8] Also in Germany, fellows are not full-time teachers with there own classrooms (due to legal restrictions on who can become licensed to teach) but provide additional and supplemental support services for students. [8] Teach For India has also tweaked the model as the adapt it to their own cultural context. Because of the negative stigma attached to the teaching profession in India, Teach For India provides a supplemental monetary incentive to their teachers to draw more competitive applicants. [9]
Membership[edit]
Teach For all currently has 13 member organizations (not including Teach For America or Teach First) in 13 different countries. [3]. Within this network, Teach For All is supporting 8,000 teachers that are impacting over 560,000 students. [4]. There have been inquiries about joining the Teach For All network from social entrepreneurs in 80 additional countries. [3] Wendy Kopp, CEO and founder of Teach For America and co-founder of Teach For All, speculates that the Teach For all network will grow to 50-60 organizations within 5 years. [3].
Requirements[edit]
All the member organizations must adhere to a similar philosophy of educational change, must recruit and train young leaders who will both impact students in the short-term and go on to create systemic change in various sectors as alumni. [2]. In order to become a member of the Teach For All network organizations must first participate in a 2-year start-up phase; during this phase Teach For All will help them understand the model, gauge the feasibility and make a business plan. [3]. After completing the 2-year start-up phase organizations become full fledged members who receives one Teach For All staff member on the ground and a virtual support team.[3].
Each local organization is responsible for its governance and funding and is encouraged to develop a distinct brand and logo. [2] Ryan Wise, the managing director for growth strategy at Teach For All, describes the network as “a network of independent organizations with locally staffed and funded groups but which align to a core series of principles that are adapted to the local context.” [3].
Benefits[edit]
Once members the organizations are supported in 5 ways. They are: recruitment and selection, training and developing, placing participants, accelerating the leadership of members and alumni and driving measurable impact in both short and long term. [2]. Andrea Pasinetti, the founder and CEO of China Education Initiative, praises the network saying, “We feel lucky to have a thought-partner with the collective experience , resourceful staff and penetrating managerial insight necessary to help our organization grow.”[10]
Funding[edit]
Teach For All has received a number of grants and donations from global foundations and corporations that have enabled them to grow. An initial founding partner was McKinsey & Company who helped establish the pilot organizations in Chile, Germany, South Africa, India, Australia, Lebanon and Israel. [11] In 2009, the Skoll Foundation gave Teach For All the Award for Social Entrepreneurship and a three year guarantee for an annual donation of $765,000. [12] The award is given to organizations that have already demonstrated significant impact.
In 2010 Teach For All received the Oracle Commitment Grant. The grant was to help with expansion into the new countries, help develop tools, systems and process to help local programs adapt to the model and totaled 1$ million. [13] Also in 2010, Deutsche Post DHL and Teach For All announced a global partnership that would provide Teach For All with financial support, mentorship programs and career services . The primary goal of the purpose is to expand the enterprises in Argentina, Chile, Peru and India. The partnership will also foster development of organizations in Spain and Brazil. [14] Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL, said the partnership made perfect sense considering, “Teach For All and Deutsche Post DHL both share the same basic principle of assuming global responsibility for future generations“. [14] Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach For America and co-founder of Teach For all, says the partnership will help the organization expand to 30 countries by 2013. [14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c [[1]] History. (2010). Teach For All. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ a b c d e [[2]] Teach For All. NewProfit Inc. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i [[3]] Beck, E. (2010) Project: Teach For All. Change Observer. Retrieved 14 November 2010
- ^ a b [[4]] Teach For All. Skoll Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ [[5]]Global Challenge. (2010). Teach For All Network. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ [[6]]Unifying Mission. (2010). Teach For All Network. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ [[7]]Cahpman, K. (2010) Teaching challenge for fresh grads. The Star. Retrieved 21 November 2010
- ^ a b [[8]]Binsch, J. (2009) Teach For Germany. TAPMAG. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ [[9]]Mongeau, L. (2010). Teach For India tackles Mumbai’s slums. Good. Retrieved 21 November 2010
- ^ [[10]]About Teach For All. China Education Initiative. Retrieved 21 November 2010
- ^ [[11]]Kohut, M. (2010) Bringing Teach For America to Chile. Harvard Kennedy School News. Retrieved 21 November 2010
- ^ PR Newswire. (2009). Skoll foundation adds seven organizations to its portfolio of leading social entrepreneurs. Retrieved 21 November 2010 from LexisNesix
- ^ [[12]]Oracle commitment grant: Teach For All. Oracle. Retrieved 21 November 2010
- ^ a b c [[13]]Deutsche Post DHL and Teach For All launch global partnership. Financial. Retrieved 21 November 2010.