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The Importance of Practical, Contextualized Teacher Training

The Importance of Practical, Contextualized Teacher Training

TeachUNITED was honored to have kicked off season two of our podcast with an interview with Jesús Darío Loeza of the Secretary of Education of Yucatán, Mexico. Within this conversation on teacher professional development, we asked him about our partnership with the government and its impact in Yucatán.

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Welcome Lego Foundation Leader Diego Adame

Welcome Lego Foundation Leader Diego Adame

TeachUNITED is honored to introduce the newest addition to our board of directors, Diego Adame. A Mexican national, Diego brings with him over 15 years of experience in the social and philanthropic sector and a belief in the power of education.

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Q&A with Heather Hiebsch

Q&A with Heather Hiebsch

CEO and Co-Founder of TeachUNITED, Heather Hiebsch, recently sat down with Sally Bloomberg, a member of the 2021 Harvard Advanced Leadership Iniative Cohort. Sally and Heather discussed the work TeachUNITED is doing with teachers to address disparities in education.

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Changemakers: Ernest Nsekanabanga, Rwanda

Changemakers: Ernest Nsekanabanga, Rwanda

“I completed coaching courses of TeachUNITED, and those courses made me a new teacher,” shares physics teacher, mentor, and now certified TeachUNITED Coach Ernest Nsekanabanga. Ernest completed TeachUNITED’s teacher training program in Rwanda through our nonprofit partner 1 Million Teachers.

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News & Press

Hempel Foundation awards TU as Innovator for Elimu-Soko Zanzibar project working in partnership with the government to improve the quality of education in Zanzibar, Tanzania: “Elimu-Soko Education Initiative.”

Additional Elimu-Soko press: 

Announcement of TeachUNITED partnership with The Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Foundation (JMK): “Empowering Zanzibar’s Future: Enhancing Science Education through Strategic Partnerships.”

Jackfruit Finance partnership announcement: “We’re announcing an exciting new strategic partnership with TeachUNITED!

Local television press covering our work in Tanzania: Training workshop and graduation coverage in Karatu and Monduli.

TeachUNITED shortlisted for HundrED’s Global Collection 2025: “The Next Million: Partnerships to Transform Education in Latin America & Sub-Saharan Africa.”

Announcement of TeachUNITED partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Secretary of Education of Yucatán, Mexico (SEGEY): “We’re thrilled to announce a dynamic partnership with TeachUNITED.”

Coverage of TeachUNITED work in Sarapiquí, Costa Rica: “From Sarapiquí for Latin America: classroom teachers help lead a shift in teacher training.”

TeachUNITED’s CEO Heather Hiebsch featured in the Harvard Social Impact Review:Empowering Teachers: Tackling the Global Learning Crisis From the Front Line.”

Wyoming Department of Education highlights TeachUNITED’s statewide collaboration, providing teacher professional development opportunities focused on project-based learning: “Wyoming’s Future Of Learning Partnership Launches Statewide Training On Project Based Learning Through WDE.”

Press announcing TU’s partnership and  impact throughout New Hampshire in partnership with the NH Department of Education

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