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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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Increasing Teacher Confidence & Motivation in Yucatán

Increasing Teacher Confidence & Motivation in Yucatán

In 2022, TeachUNITED partnered with the Yucatán government’s education department to address the increasing inequity caused by the pandemic in rural communities. TeachUNITED recently interviewed a couple of participants one year into the training program to learn more about its early impact on instructional coaches, teachers, students, and the community at large.

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Improving Outcomes for 1.2M

Improving Outcomes for 1.2M

TeachUNITED celebrated a significant milestone in 2023 – reaching more than one million students and 30,000 educators globally!

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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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