Teach for All is an International nonprofit program similar to Teach for America. There are now 1,500 new teachers who have agreed to teach in low-income schools for two years in exchange for funding to further their education and receive their Master’s degree. Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach for America, and Brett Wigdortz, the founder of Teach First, started the program to recruit teachers willing to help needy schools all over the world. The program has gotten little attention since it’s launch in 2007. Ms. Kopp is excited to see so many young teachers ready to try out classroom teaching.
This is a great program for both parties. It is a great way for teachers to be able to go to graduate school and further their own education. It is also a wonderful opportunity for poor school districts that otherwise wouldn’t have such qualified teachers. The benefits also include the experiences the teachers will have while living in a foreign country. They will be able to go back to their homes and pass off this experience. Their teaching visions will change after seeing how schools are in poorer areas of the world and they will be able to impact their students with this. Ms. Kopp said, “There is a universal power, it seems, in channeling any country’s most promising talents and future minds onto such a universally fundamental issue — educational inequality and equity.” She went on to say, “It’s amazing to see the caliber of people drawn to this.” It is amazing to see so many people willing to do this. I myself don’t know if I would be able to leave my friends and family for a poor community so much different than what I’m used to. It takes a strong person to be able to do that, and we should be so thankful that there are.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/education/22teach.html?_r=1&ref=education
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