ARE YOU READY FOR A CHALLENGE?
Join The Movement
THE
THE CHALLENGE:
CHALLENGE: Today,
Today, millions
millions of
of low-income
low-income children
children in
in India
India do
do not
not have
have access
access to
to the
the same
same quality
quality of
of education
education asas their
their wealthier
wealthier
peers. As a result, more than one in three students will drop out of primary school before the fifth
peers. As a result, more than one in three students will drop out of primary school before the fifth standard.standard.
THE
THE MOVEMENT:
MOVEMENT: Teach
Teach For
For India
India is
is aa nationwide
nationwide movement
movement thatthat aims
aims to
to end
end this
this educational
educational inequity
inequity byby creating
creating aa powerful
powerful force
force of
of
leaders
Leadersininmany
manysectors
sectorswho
whowill
willadvocate
advocateforforeducational
educationalopportunity
opportunityfor
forall
allchildren.
children.
Teach For India: Theory of Change
In the short term, Teach For India will act as a source of dedicated, quality teachers who will help students achieve significant
academic gains. In the long term, Teach For India believes that it will take a large movement of leaders to create sustainable
educational reform in the country. Therefore, by placing large numbers of highly qualified teachers in low-income schools,
Teach For India will create a growing force of alumni, who transformed by their experiences in the classroom, will work toward
creating change in the education sector in India.
Teach For India : The Fellowship
The Teach For India Fellowship is a two-year paid assignment during which Fellows are placed as full-time teachers in low
income English Medium schools in Mumbai and Pune. In the second year of their Fellowship, Fellows plan and implement a
school-wide project to address one major obstacle to learning in their community.
Teach For India : The Model
The Teach For India model involves the following components:
· Recruiting the highest quality university graduates and young professionals through a rigorous selection process
· Providing Fellows with intensive training and leadership development prior to and during the Fellowship
· Placing Fellows to teach full-time for two-years in under resourced schools
· Building partnerships to ensure Fellows have a clear pathway to leadership after the Fellowship
· Setting up systems to drive short-term impact on student achievement and long-term development of leaders
Teaching Is Leadership
Teach For India strongly believes that excellent teachers employ the same skills as excellent leaders in any field. Teach For India
has selected Fellows who have demonstrated excellence in the past and will cultivate these Fellows to become extraordinary
leaders within the classroom who will work toward achieving significant academic gains for students. Teach for India will also
help Fellows develop into leaders who will work toward creating sustainable educational reform after they complete the
two-year teaching commitment.
Partnerships
Teach For India is inspired by Teach For America, a US-based organization with over 20,000 alumni who have impacted nearly
3 million students since 1990.
The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation has provided financial support to Teach For India. A growing list of leading corporates,
Graduate schools, foundations, and prominent individuals have also pledged their support for this Movement.
Teach For India : The First 2 Years
Teach For India is currently in its second year. The first two batches of over 200 Fellows, who come from diverse college and
corporate backgrounds (ranging from the IITs, IIMs, St. Stephen's, Accenture, Godrej Industries, Goldman Sachs and
McKinsey), are already teaching in low-income schools in Mumbai and Pune where they are placed for 2 years as full-time
teachers. During the last year, we travelled across the nation and made over 100 college and corporate presentations in order
to attract the most outstanding talent to apply. As a result, we received close to 4,000 applications! In their first few months of
teaching in the classroom, our Fellows have already built deep bonds with each child in their classroom, extensively visited
their communities, held meetings with other teachers and principals in their schools to fully understand the systemic problems
that exist in education today and have had the opportunity to interact and learn from several eminent leaders.
To create
WHY YOU: To create this
this leadership
leadership force,
force, we
we recruit
recruit the
the most
most outstanding
outstanding college
college graduates
graduates and
and young
young professionals,
professionals, from
from allall
academic majors
academic majors and
and careers,
careers, to
to teach
teach for
for two
two years
years in
in under-resourced
under-resourced schools.
schools. We
We look
look for
for people
people like
like you
you who
who live
live for
for aa challenge,
challenge,
who excel academically, who believe India can be a better nation for all its citizens.
who excel academically, who believe India can be a better nation for all its citizens.
WHY NOW: Teach
Teach For
For India
India is
is currently
currently accepting
accepting applications
applications for
for its
its 2010
2011 Fellowship.
Fellowship. So,
So, are
are you
you ready
ready for
for aa challenge?
challenge?
1st Deadline: October 10th, 2010 | 2nd Deadline: November 28th, 2010 | 3rd Deadline: January 9th, 2011
VISIT www.teachforindia.org TO APPLY TEACHFORINDIA
Teaching Is Leadership
