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CHALLENGE?
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Why education
The need for a
movement
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Why Education: The need for a movement

~10%
~50%
~90%
This is why we need a movement
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 Why Now
The urgency of
our mission
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Why Now: Our Mission

To create a movement of leaders who will

eliminate educational inequity in India

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Why Now: Theory of Change

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Why Now: Our theory of change
Part 1: Immediate impact

 Redefine teaching by working relentlessly and using

innovative teaching methods
 Lead underprivileged students to achieve at the same
levels as their wealthier peers

Part 2: Systemic impact

 Alumni become life-long leaders, across sectors, in the

pursuit of equity

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 Why
Teach For India
Our model
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Why Teach For India: Our model

1. Recruit the most outstanding university graduates and

young professionals
2. Train Fellows in innovative teaching methods through
sessions and ongoing mentor support
3. Place Fellows in full-time teaching positions in under-
resourced schools for two years
4. Build partnerships to provide Teach for India alumni with
multiple leadership opportunities
5. Support alumni as they advocate for equity in education

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Recruitment and selection

 We are recruiting final-year students and young

professionals
 We will target candidates with a track record of
achievement and leadership
 Rigorous, three-stage selection process – results
announced 6-8 weeks after the application deadline

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Why Teach For India: The Fellowship

Commitment
 Increase student achievement by teaching
full-time for two years (June 2010-April
2012) using innovative teaching methods
 Plan and implement community project

Placement
 Low-income English-medium schools
 2-5th standard
 Mumbai and Pune, expanding annually

Compensation
 Rs. 5,000 – 22,000, per month

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 Why Teach For India: Support

Career Placement
Pre-Service Support Ongoing Support and Alumni Support

 4-week residential  Mentor teacher  Career Center

training course  Placed with at least  Alumni support
 Housing and one other Fellow programming
adjustment  Skill workshops  Ever-expanding
assistance  Leadership network of tie-ups
programming
 Network with
prominent leaders

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Why Teach For India: Our Fellows
Our 87 Fellows are from top colleges and corporates in India, including:
 BITS, Pilani
 Georgetown University, USA
 Hewlett Packard
 ICICI
 IIT, Mumbai and Delhi
 Mahindra and Mahindra
 St. Stephen’s College, Delhi
 St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
 Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune
 Tata Consultancy Services
 Thermax

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Why Teach For India: TFA is tried and tested

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Why Teach For India: A global movement

Germany Estonia
UK Latvia
Lithuania

USA
Lebanon

India

Australia
Chile

Join a growing network of 18,000 young

leaders around the world
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Why Teach For India: Our impact
Short-term:

Our Fellows at Summer School (May/June 2009)

 350 summer-school students
 Std 2 to 4
nd th

 Growth in Math: ~ 60% - 160%

 Growth in English: ~ 30% - 110%

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Why Teach For India: Our impact in just 3 months

Before

After

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Long-term impact
Supporting evidence from Teach For America

Teach For America has grown to encompass a batch size

of 7,300, spanning 35 urban and rural regions, with 17,000
alumni hailing from the top colleges in the U.S.
Alumni profile:

Dave Levin, Teach For America Houston ’92 alumnus

Co-founder of KIPP Academies (Knowledge Is Power Program), serving all students

regardless of prior academic record, conduct, or socioeconomic background. While fewer
than 1 in 5 low-income American students attend college, in 2007 the college
matriculation rate for KIPP graduates was over 80%. There are 66 KIPP schools today
with over 100 planned by 2011.

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 Why You
Why you should join
the movement

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Why You: This is a movement of leaders

Teaching is…Leadership

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Why You: Develop the leader in you

Invest the
team Plan
Set a
vision

What is leadership?
Reflect
and
Execute
improve
Work
relentlessly

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Teach For India is committed to developing future
leaders and this extends to placing alumni in
suitable positions across sectors
Teach For India’s MISSION
To create a movement of leaders
who will eliminate educational
inequity in India
TFI aims to create meaningful
opportunities and assist in placing TFI
alum, in such positions and jobs that
will enable them to be in a leadership
track, positioned to continue and
deepen their impact on eliminating
inequity in education
Teach for America has made significant
achievements in this area -
Nearly two-thirds of Teach For America
alumni are in the field of education. Those
who work outside of education bring their
unique experience and perspective to a
great variety of sectors—including law,
business, medicine, and policy—to
increase opportunities in low-income
communities

What are your options?

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 1a. Join the workforce – Corporate sector
How to get there
Secure placement through your
college placement cell and
receive a 2 year deferral
Secure a two-year sabbatical
from your current employer
Take advantage of our in-house
placement cell to secure a job
after the 2 year fellowship
Deferred placements at your
college
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Some of our tie ups For Example
McKinsey has agreed to defer
your admission if you are
accepted to Teach For India
ICICI Bank & TCS offer
employees 2 year sabbaticals
and continue paying them their
corporate salaries while they
teach
HDFC Standard Life, Mastek
and Monitor group, among
others will recruit directly from
our final-year TFI class
IIM (Bangalore) has allowed
students to join the college
placement process after the 2
year fellowship
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 1b. Join the workforce – Government/Social
sectors
How to get there Some of our tie ups For Example

Secure placement through your - Become a school principal at

college placement cell and an Akanksha school
receive a 2 year deferral - Work on developing curriculum
with organisations such as
Idiscoveri
Take advantage of our in-house - Work with government
placement cell to secure a job departments on policy/advocacy
after the 2 year fellowship - Continue teaching

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2. Study further – get a post graduate degree

How to get there Some of our tie ups For Example

Enroll into a post graduate
programme and secure a 2 SP Jain is saving five seats
year deferral in its next class for TFI alumni
Take advantage of our tie-ups
to secure post-graduate ISB has agreed to waive its
placement at the end of your 3-year work requirement for
fellowship TFI Fellows. Two years with
us counts as all the work
experience you need

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3. Help Teach For India build this movement further

How to get there Our tie ups For Example

Join Teach For India and we’ll - Become a programme
help you continue your career manager, helping other
with us or in the classroom fellows have impact in the
classroom
- Return to your city of origin
and lead TFI’s efforts there

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How to Apply
 Apply online at www.teachforindia.org
 For further information please contact: apply@teachforindia.org
 Application deadlines:
– First deadline: October 11th
– Second deadline: November 22nd
– Third deadline: January 10th

Apply now - you have the chance to be 1 of 150

Teach For India 2010 Fellows

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