It is very hard to tell what this organization does, and what benefit it brings to any community in need. Apparently, they work in education reform, with a lot of talk about "closing the achievement gap," but when asked how they affect this change, they never provide a substantial answer. There are a multitude of partner organizations, "Teach For this or that country" that they say they support, but it is difficult to understand how. They often point to their partner organization's successes, but can never seem to associate any of their own actions with these successes. The general feeling is that they just ride on the hard work of these partner organizations, and then use the work that the partners have done to ask for money from donors. Speaking of money, the organization wastes a lot of money, and resources, usually producing nothing of substance. Instead, all the money all seems to go towards vanity trips for its senior leadership, for photo shoots and "step backs" or "NLT's," which were usually meetings with other members of the same organization. Money was often spent on projects that went no where, that none of the partner organizations asked for. Finally, the place is just run very poorly, spending a lot of resources doing whatever it does do very inefficiently. If you do decide to work this nonprofit, please just ask them, "What exactly do you do and how exactly do you do it and what does it effect?"
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- EIN 26-2122566
- (646) 898-4900
- 25 Broadway 12th Fl New York NY 10004-1056 USA
- www.teachforall.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education
Mission: Teach for all, inc. Is a global organization that works to accelerate the progress of the more than 45 independent, locally led and governed partner organizations within the overall teach for all global network. Each network partner recruits and develops promising future leaders to teach in their nations' high-need schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, to ensure all children are able to fulfill their potential. Teach for all, inc. Works to increase the network's impact by capturing and spreading learning, facilitating connections among partners, accessing global resources for the benefit of the network, and fostering the leadership development of partner staff, teachers, and alumni.
Programs: Network partner support expenditures in the area of network partner support provide ongoing assistance to programs established as teach for all network partners, to accelerate impact in the areas of scale, network impact and learning, alumni leadership, and organizational strength. Teach for all support for network partners focuses on four areas: identifying effective practices across the network, creating tools and resources, and advising partners in adapting these approaches to their individual contexts; facilitating direct connections for peer-to-peer learning and experience-sharing; accessing global knowledge and resources for the network; and contributing to the leadership development of network staff, alumni and participants. The focus and delivery method of support differs by partner needs and "life stage. " levels of support include: direct support by representatives of the partner engagement team and functional area specialists; opportunities for leadership development and networking through conferences for partner staff, participants and alumni; and the generation and sharing of global funding, technology, public affairs opportunities, and staffing leads.
early stage partner support expenditures for early stage partner support enable teach for all to respond to interest from social entrepreneurs around the world and help to ensure that future partner organizations lay the necessary foundation to develop into effective and sustainable network partners. Teach for all staff work with social entrepreneurs to evaluate the feasibility of the model in their country's context,to develop and refine business plans, and to set up the organization for a successful launch by anticipating upcoming challenges. Additionally, tfall assists in garnering financial and other support and connects existing and emerging partners with peer programs in their region.