OVERVIEW

This is a self induction tool kit aimed at:

• Acquainting you with the Teach For India world
• Providing information that will help you make the most of your experience here

Now let’s deep dive into the Teach For India world..

OUR JOURNEY

THE PHASES OF TEACH FOR INDIA

Teach For India began, eight years ago, as only an idea. It began as a belief, moreover, that solving India’s educational crisis demanded more than a compilation of old solutions. Reaching all children in India would demand leadership, at every level.

In May of 2009, we welcomed our first batch of 87 Fellows onto the stage of Symbiosis in Pune, where they began their Institute journey. They knew little about what would soon await them, when they stepped into 34 schools across Mumbai and Pune. Seven years later, Teach For India has grown from 2400 children to 38,000, from 34 schools to 330, from 87 Fellows to 1100, from 5 staff members to 190, from no Alumni to 1000, from a budget of 3 crores to 64 crores.

We have experienced both failures and successes. Through all of that, we have gained immense learnings from our most transformational classrooms - showing us all what’s required to put India’s most disadvantaged children on a different life path. Of our 1000 Alumni, 60% of them are working full-time in the education sector, with an additional 8% studying education in graduate school. Our Alumni work across sectors with one compelling shared vision: to provide an excellent education to all of India’s children.

Despite that progress, we’re aware that we still stand only a few small steps down the long path to educational equity. In April of 2015, we began to ask ourselves what those steps should entail. In Phase 1 (2009 - 2013), we built clear and undeniable momentum. In Phase 2 (2013 - 2017), we diligently focused on the depth of our impact. In Phase 3, we’re asking ourselves a seemingly daunting question: “How do we do as much as we can for as many children as we can?” Given the sheer magnitude of our vision - one day, all children in India will attain an excellent education - we believe that we must focus on both: we must continue driving depth and impact through our Fellowship, but we must also urgently accelerate the impact and enormous potential of our Alumni.

Watch the video below to know more about Phase 3

You now know about the Fellowship, the Alumni movement and the Phases at Teach For India. Let's move on to our staff teams who perform critical roles to support the Fellowship and the Alumni movement and make magic!

YOUR JOURNEY HERE