Education is the
foundation for
societal change
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By investing in teachers, we empower them and their students to incubate solutions to the urgent challenges facing their communities.
The Challenge
Nearly 70% of 10-year-olds are unable to read and understand simple text. Without immediate action, this global learning crisis will become a generational catastrophe. Teacher quality is the single biggest school-related factor in student success. However, due to obstacles like isolation, teacher shortages, and limited access to professional development, schools in rural and underserved communities are hit hardest. In 2020, the equity gap widened when COVID further stymied gains made in education progress and laid bare the inequities present in education systems around the globe.
Now more than ever, teachers in rural and underserved communities need access to supportive coaching, skill-building professional development, and research-based strategies to meet the critical needs of their students.
Exacerbated for Rural and Underserved Communities
While a considerable amount of attention has been placed on the academic gender gap, the rural-urban divide is even more severe. Investing in education not only improves their student outcomes and career prospects, but helps to provide tangible solutions to some of the world’s most persistent challenges, including poverty, climate change, and health and gender inequality.
The learning crisis is most acute
School completion and college attendance rates are consistently lower in rural and underserved areas.
Inequities are significant
Educators have the least access to tools that most effectively transform schools – professional learning.
The need for support is urgent
80% of the world’s poor reside in rural and underserved areas, as do the majority of the world’s youth.
Teacher quality is the single biggest school-related factor in student success in school and beyond.
And high-quality education has a ripple effect on all other sustainable development goals:
Educated people are healthier: better informated about diseases, recognize signs of early illness, and use healthcare services more frequently.
Globally there is a 10% increase in hourly earnings for every extra year of school completed.
Education breaks down inequities and promotes peace, justice, and equality. For girls and women, it boosts chances of employment.
Specialized education in science, engineering, and technology will help address climate change and build sustainable communities.
Inspiring educators to be local agents of change.
Our Model for Change
TeachUNITED empowers educators with the high-impact strategies necessary to increase academic achievement, develop students to their full potential, and break cycles of poverty.
We partner with schools, districts, governments, and community-based NGOs for 1+ years to deliver a transformational teacher training program.
We develop lead teachers within schools to ensure program sustainability, building capacity not dependency.
Our model includes instructional coaching, online courses, and small group meetings of professional learning communities.
Achieving quality education for every child.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outline urgent issues that the global community needs to address by 2030. TeachUNITED is working to help achieve SDG4, to ensure “inclusive and equitable quality education” for all children by directly supporting the world’s teachers. Our model for delivering equitable, quality education works – now we are working to scale our program through strategic government and foundation partnerships and innovative technological solutions.
OUR GOAL IS TO REACH THREE MILLION STUDENTS BY 2030.
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