Instructional Coaching for Sustained School Improvements in Rural Tanzania
See the Impact of Effective Teachers
Ensuring children receive an equitable, quality education starts with having great teachers. However, in underserved and rural communities, schools lack access to the one tool that reliably impacts student achievement: high-quality teacher training. Consequently, rural schools globally are in crisis, as students consistently see lower primary and secondary completion and college attendance rates than more urban areas, limiting future opportunities.
TeachUNITED aims to bridge this resource divide and build teacher capacity for sustainable, school-wide transformation.
TeachUNITED conducted this Education Impact Study to get a systemic view of the impact their work has had in the Monduli District of the Arusha Region, Tanzania. This case study analyzes data and shares impacts and outcomes in:
- student learning
- student and teacher engagement
- teacher leadership development
“I expect that our cooperation with TeachUNITED will result in teachers who are willing to teach, teachers who believe that when they teach, students can and will understand”
Other Resources
Video: Tanzania Impact Story
Effective teachers can and do improve students’ well-being, academic achievement, and persistence in school, even in the face of significant barriers. In Tanzania, we see TU-trained teachers changing their classroom practices to have more collaborative learning – motivating their students, so kids enjoy going to school.
Roundup: School Spotlights
Highlighting impacts and outcomes from schools and teachers, these changes at a local level showcase the opportunity for greater systemic change. This program builds internal capacity of local educators creating sustainable impact for teachers and the thousands of students they reach throughout their careers.
Brief: Impact Study Highlights
Focus on the key findings from our Education Impact Study. This abbreviated version includes:
- Learning challenges
- Program implementation
- Program goals
- Impacts and outcomes
- Research Methodology
About TeachUNITED
TeachUNITED is a global nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of education in rural and historically underserved communities. TeachUNITED combines community-based teacher coaching with evidence-based pedagogical training in a philanthropically-supported, scalable package that allows local education leaders to own, co-design, and adapt context-specific strategies to increase academic achievement.
Aligned with SDG4, TeachUNITED is ensuring that underserved educators are empowered with high-impact strategies to increase academic achievement, develop each student’s full potential, and break cycles of poverty. Since 2016, TeachUNITED has been mobilizing local teacher leaders to build capacity, not dependency, in underserved rural communities.
Supported By
Thank you to Schooner Foundation for the funding to complete these studies. Many thanks also go to our individual donors and foundation partners for making this work in Monduli, and many other regions within Africa, possible.
