Teach
For India is a non-profit and a movement of leaders that was founded by
Shaheen Mistri in 2009. It is a part of the Teach For All network. To
build a growing movement of leaders, Teach For India runs a two-year
Fellowship and supports an Alumni movement.
At
Teach For India, we believe leadership for education is the solution.
We are building a movement of leaders who will eliminate educational
inequity in India.
About the Fellowship
To build a growing movement of leaders, Teach For India runs a two year Fellowship and supports an unstoppable Alumni movement.
The
Teach For India Fellowship is an opportunity for India’s brightest and
most promising youth, from the nation’s best universities and
workplaces, to serve as full-time teachers to children from low-income
communities in under-resourced schools. Through two years of teaching
and working with key education stakeholders, our Fellows are exposed to
the grassroot realities of India’s education system and cultivate the
knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to attain positions of leadership
in and beyond education, working collectively to build a vibrant
movement for educational equity across India
The
Teach For India Alumni movement is a growing community who work towards
educational equity at all levels of the education system. Alumni start
their own organizations or hold key positions of leadership, both within
and beyond the education sector, enabling them to impact the lives of
millions of children collectively.
Teach
For India’s model starts with a selective recruitment and selection
process, focuses on ongoing teacher training and leadership development,
measures the impact of students and the leadership growth of Fellows
and culminates in the impact Alumni have on the education system.
Teach
For India Fellows commit two years, full-time, to providing their
students with the opportunities that can put them on a different life
path.The Fellowship journey is one of teaching and learning, of working
for children while developing your leadership. Our Fellows are on a
mission to end educational inequity for their children, and through
this, they develop a long-term commitment to multiplying that impact as
Alumni.
Each
Fellow is assigned a classroom in one of Teach For India’s placement
cities, and charged to teach academics, values and mindsets and to give
their students the access and exposure they need to reach their
personal, long-term visions. Our framework for leadership at Teach For
India is called the Leadership Development Journey, and is centered
around three commitments:
The Commitment to Personal Transformation: Exploring who you are, your purpose, and striving to be a better person.
The Commitment to Collective Action: Building relationships and organizing partners to multiply and deepen our impact.
The Commitment to Educational Equity: Deepening our understanding of educational equity and committing to attaining it.
Fellows
work on these commitments in and beyond the full-time lab of their
classroom, where they relentlessly focus on moving their students
towards “path-changing” learning, the highest level of our Student
Vision Scale.
By
growing in the 3 commitments, and embedded with real life leadership
experiences in the classrooms and communities, Fellows are ready to be
lifelong learners and leaders for greater impact on children.
Eligibility
In
our Fellows, we look for leaders to join a movement towards educational
equity. Aside from passion and commitment to the movement, we look for
leadership potential that can develop through the two-year Fellowship.
Our
Fellows must possess skills such as critical thinking, problem solving,
setting and achieving ambitious goals and have a high bar of
expectations for themselves and others. They must demonstrate
interpersonal skills through their interactions with various
stakeholders, along with academic excellence.
We
look for diversity in our cohort. Our Fellows come from across the
world representing over 300 college campuses and companies, with varied
life experiences, expertise and professional experiences. Our cohorts
include college graduates, working professionals, and entrepreneurs.
In
order to be eligible to apply to the Fellowship program, you must be an
Indian Citizen or an Overseas Citizen of India, you must have graduated
with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree by June/July 2023, and this must
be your first application to the 2023 cohort of the Teach For India
Fellowship.
Note
that prior teaching experience is not necessary to apply to the Teach
For India Fellowship. We provide rigorous training to all Fellows to set
them up for success in their classrooms.
How to Apply
Applications for the 2023 cohort of the Fellowship are now open!