Learning Experiences
Discover the full range of learning experiences offered by the Global Institute. From short workshops to multi-week courses and fellowship programs, this page is where you’ll find all key information, updates, and registration links. We’re committed to creating meaningful, accessible learning opportunities for educators and leaders around the world.
April
April 14, 2026 to June 29, 2026
Register here - Registration deadline : April 14
How can your classroom better support students facing barriers to literacy and numeracy? Fellows will explore a wide range of approaches to inclusive education, reflecting on who learners are, how they learn, and how classrooms can better support every student. Each participant will design and carry out an action research project focused on supporting learners with disabilities and learning differences, then share their insights with our global network. The Fellowship offers a collaborative space to learn, reflect, and lead toward more equitable and inclusive classrooms.
We are looking for committed teachers to join our next 12-week global fellowship starting April 14th. Gain expert insights, engage in peer reflection, and lead an action research project to impact your local community.
Objectives
By the end of this fellowship, participants will:
- Develop a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities in teaching foundational literacy and numeracy in inclusive settings.
- Apply evidence-based strategies to design and sustain learning environments where all students can achieve FLN competencies.
- Conduct a rigorous action research project addressing authentic FLN challenges in participants’ contexts and engage in reflective and collaborative dialogue with peers to exchange effective practices
- Share findings and innovative approaches with a broader regional and global network to advance inclusive education and contribute insights to the wider Teach For All global network.
Read the full criteria for this fellowship here
Format & Commitment
- This fellowship will run from April 14th - June 29th 2026
- During the 12 weeks of this fellowship, 2-3 hours per week should be reserved for fellowship tasks (includes online modules, reflection tasks and action research)
Commitment - 3 months
Language
English
How can your classroom better support students facing barriers to literacy and numeracy? Fellows will explore a wide range of approaches to inclusive education, reflecting on who learners are, how they learn, and how classrooms can better support every student. Each participant will design and carry out an action research project focused on supporting learners with disabilities and learning differences, then share their insights with our global network. The Fellowship offers a collaborative space to learn, reflect, and lead toward more equitable and inclusive classrooms.
We are looking for committed teachers to join our next 12-week global fellowship starting April 14th. Gain expert insights, engage in peer reflection, and lead an action research project to impact your local community.
Objectives
By the end of this fellowship, participants will:
- Develop a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities in teaching foundational literacy and numeracy in inclusive settings.
- Apply evidence-based strategies to design and sustain learning environments where all students can achieve FLN competencies.
- Conduct a rigorous action research project addressing authentic FLN challenges in participants’ contexts and engage in reflective and collaborative dialogue with peers to exchange effective practices
- Share findings and innovative approaches with a broader regional and global network to advance inclusive education and contribute insights to the wider Teach For All global network.
Read the full criteria for this fellowship here
Format & Commitment
- This fellowship will run from April 14th - June 29th 2026
- During the 12 weeks of this fellowship, 2-3 hours per week should be reserved for fellowship tasks (includes online modules, reflection tasks and action research)
Commitment - 3 months
Language
English
Register here - Registration deadline : April 14
May
May 05, 2026 10:30 AM - UTC to May 07, 2026 11:30 AM - UTC
The workshop is designed for participants to understand the role of foundational literacy as an essential building block for student development through using the Luminos Fund joyful learning program.
Objectives
After the workshop participants will...
- Understand the role that foundational literacy plays in fostering student agency and leadership
- Understand and identify the stages of early grade reading with comprehension
- Learn how to incorporate phonics in their everyday instruction
- Practice strategies that can help students learn how to read
Format
3x 90 min zoom session
Language
In English with Spanish interpretation
Date
Date: 5-7 May, 2026 Time: 10 - 11:30am UTC Time conversion
Aishwarya Kaple
Aishwarya Kaple is a Program Analyst at Luminos, managing projects related to teaching materials, program design, and implementation. She brings over six years of education experience, including her work with Teach For India and in conflict-affected Kashmir. Aishwarya also contributed to education policy at the World Bank and UNESCO.
Aishwarya Kaple es analista de programas en Luminos, gestionando proyectos relacionados con materiales didácticos, diseño de programas e implementación. Ella tiene más de seis años de experiencia en educación, incluyendo su trabajo con Teach For India y en Cachemira, una región afectada por conflictos. Aishwarya también contribuyó a la política educativa en el Banco Mundial y la UNESCO.
Nangamso Mtsatse
Nangamso Mtsatse is the Head of Foundational Learning Initiative at Teach For All. Previously a teacher in Pretoria's townships, she left to tackle systemic educational challenges in South Africa. Her past roles include Head of Content & Training and CEO.
Nangamso Mtsatse es el director de la Iniciativa de Aprendizaje Fundamental en Teach For All. Anteriormente fue profesora en los barrios marginales de Pretoria, pero dejó ese trabajo para abordar los desafíos sistémicos de la educación en Sudáfrica. Entre sus cargos anteriores se incluyen los de directora de contenido y formación y directora ejecutiva.
The workshop is designed for participants to understand the role of foundational literacy as an essential building block for student development through using the Luminos Fund joyful learning program.
Objectives
After the workshop participants will...
- Understand the role that foundational literacy plays in fostering student agency and leadership
- Understand and identify the stages of early grade reading with comprehension
- Learn how to incorporate phonics in their everyday instruction
- Practice strategies that can help students learn how to read
Format
3x 90 min zoom session
Language
In English with Spanish interpretation
Date
Date: 5-7 May, 2026 Time: 10 - 11:30am UTC Time conversion
May 05, 2026 02:00 PM - UTC to May 05, 2026 03:00 PM - UTC
Register here Deadline May 4, 2026
We need to rethink our education systems for an uncertain future. Climate change, AI, automation, conflict, displacement, and youth leadership mean business as usual in our classrooms and schools isn’t serving our children well.
What are the future systems we need? How do we get from here to there? In this session, we’ll share our key lessons learned from asking these questions over a series of eight ‘future systems’ roundtables with 150 global education leaders including students, policymakers, donors, teachers, civil society leaders, and researchers.
As well as encountering surprising and powerful ideas, you will be invited to contribute your own perspectives on the future systems we need, helping to advance our shared understanding for what it will take to develop all students holistically as leaders.
Objectives
- Participants will know some of the implications AI, automation, climate change, and conflict will have for education
- Participants will deepen their understanding of the shifts we need in our education systems
- Participants will generate new ideas and insights about the shifts we need and how to make them
Format
1x 60-minute session on Zoom
Language
English
Date & Time
May 5, 2026 2-3PM UTC Check your time conversion here
Registration closing date: 4 May 2026
Alex Beard
Alex Beard is a Chief Learning Officer (Systems) at the Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future, and the Head of Community Impact at Teach For All. He leads Teach For All’s efforts to learn about how systems can develop students holistically.
أليكس بيرد هو كبير مسؤولي التعلم (النظم) في المعهد العالمي لبناء مستقبل أفضل، ورئيس قسم الأثر المجتمعي في علّم لأجل الجميع. ويتولى قيادة جهود علّم لأجل الجميع لمعرفة كيفية مساهمة النظم في تنمية الطلبة بشكل شمولي.
Alex Beard est Chief Learning Officer (Systems) au Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future, et Head of Community Impact chez Teach For All où il est chargé d’étudier les systèmes qui peuvent favoriser le développement holistique des élèves.
Alex Beard es Director de Aprendizaje (Sistemas) en el Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future (Instituto Global para construir un futuro mejor) y responsable de impacto comunitario en Teach For All. Dirige los esfuerzos de Teach For All para aprender cómo los sistemas pueden desarrollar a los estudiantes de manera integral.
We need to rethink our education systems for an uncertain future. Climate change, AI, automation, conflict, displacement, and youth leadership mean business as usual in our classrooms and schools isn’t serving our children well.
What are the future systems we need? How do we get from here to there? In this session, we’ll share our key lessons learned from asking these questions over a series of eight ‘future systems’ roundtables with 150 global education leaders including students, policymakers, donors, teachers, civil society leaders, and researchers.
As well as encountering surprising and powerful ideas, you will be invited to contribute your own perspectives on the future systems we need, helping to advance our shared understanding for what it will take to develop all students holistically as leaders.
Objectives
- Participants will know some of the implications AI, automation, climate change, and conflict will have for education
- Participants will deepen their understanding of the shifts we need in our education systems
- Participants will generate new ideas and insights about the shifts we need and how to make them
Format
1x 60-minute session on Zoom
Language
English
Date & Time
May 5, 2026 2-3PM UTC Check your time conversion here
Registration closing date: 4 May 2026
Register here Deadline May 4, 2026
June
June 03, 2026 12:00 PM - UTC to July 01, 2026 01:30 PM - UTC
Leer en español Register here Available in English, Spanish
In this five-week, five-session course, participants will virtually visit classrooms around the world where students are developing holistically so they can shape a better future for themselves and their communities. Participants will work together to discover actionable insights from those classrooms and contribute to the evolution of the Teaching As Collective Leadership framework. model. This inspiring and provocative course will energize teachers, teacher developers, and students with new insights, capacities, and resources to lead their own transformational classrooms.
Facilitated by Steven Farr and guest speakers.
Objective
By the end of this course, learners will:
- Discover and internalize the distinguishing purpose, lenses, practices, and outcomes of transformational classrooms
- Become contextualized, practiced, and committed to new ways of teaching and learning that will improve their impact as teachers, teacher developers, or students
Format
5x 90 min zoom session
Date & time
Dates: June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1
Time : 12pm-1:30pm UTC Time conversion
Commitment
5 x 90min sessions
Steven Farr
Steven Farr is a Chief Learning Officer with Teach For All’s Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future, where he facilitates collective studies of transformational classrooms. He lives in Washington, DC.
ستيفن فار هو الرئيس التنفيذي للتعلم في المعهد العالمي لبناء مستقبل أفضل التابع لشبكة علّم لأجل الجميع، حيث ييسّر الدراسات الجماعية حول الصفوف التحويلية. ويقيم في واشنطن العاصمة.
Steven Farr, Director de aprendizaje del Instituto Global para Construir un Futuro Mejor de Teach For All, ha codirigido estudios colaborativos sobre aulas transformadoras en todo el mundo a lo largo de su trayectoria en Teach For All. Es autor de Teaching As Leadership: The Highly Effective Teacher’s Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap (La enseñanza como liderazgo: la guía del docente altamente eficaz para cerrar la brecha de rendimiento). Vive en Washington, DC.
In this five-week, five-session course, participants will virtually visit classrooms around the world where students are developing holistically so they can shape a better future for themselves and their communities. Participants will work together to discover actionable insights from those classrooms and contribute to the evolution of the Teaching As Collective Leadership framework. model. This inspiring and provocative course will energize teachers, teacher developers, and students with new insights, capacities, and resources to lead their own transformational classrooms.
Facilitated by Steven Farr and guest speakers.
Objective
By the end of this course, learners will:
- Discover and internalize the distinguishing purpose, lenses, practices, and outcomes of transformational classrooms
- Become contextualized, practiced, and committed to new ways of teaching and learning that will improve their impact as teachers, teacher developers, or students
Format
5x 90 min zoom session
Date & time
Dates: June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1
Time : 12pm-1:30pm UTC Time conversion
Commitment
5 x 90min sessions
Leer en español Register here Available in English, Spanish
June 30, 2026 11:00 AM - UTC to June 30, 2026 05:30 PM - UTC
Register here Available in English, Spanish Leer en español
A reflective learning loop for educators that explores how to navigate the pressures of the role and transform them into powerful catalysts for growth—for both the teacher and their students. This reflection helps educators realign with their purpose, turning daily challenges into a source of ongoing transformation.
Objective
- Explore stories of fellows who have had journeys from struggle to transformation.
- Identify the mindsets, behaviors, and conditions that bridge the gap between initial struggle and transformative classroom leadership.
- Design interventions to support teachers to bridge the gap from struggling to thriving.
Format
1x 90 min zoom session
Date & time
June 30, 2026
Option A: June 30 11am - 12.30pm UTC [English] Time conversion
Option B: June 30 4pm - 5.30pm UTC [Spanish with English interpretation] Time conversion
Commitment
1 x 90min sessions
Ale Vassallo
Ale Vassallo is the Global Classroom and Systems Integration Leader at Teach For All and an alumnus of Enseña Perú. In her role, she specializes in researching transformational teachers and selecting insights to improve frameworks at Teach For All. She is dedicated to developing innovative resources and learning experiences for teachers, program designers, and mentors.
Ale Vassallo es líder de Aulas globales e Integración de sistemas en Teach For All y alumni de Enseña Perú. En su cargo, se especializa en la investigación de los docentes transformadores y en seleccionar ideas para mejorar los marcos de trabajo de Teach for All. Se dedica a desarrollar recursos innovadores y experiencias de aprendizaje para docentes diseñadores de programas y mentores.
Smitha Ganesh
Smitha Ganesh is a Participant Training and Support Lead at Teach For All. An Educator with over a decade of experience teaching, teacher development, coaching, and leadership development in adults.
She has performed a variety of roles at Teach For India, where she led the program vertical in Chennai (India) for seven years.
At Teach For All, she works with network partners on program design, cultivating leadership, and coaching to build a movement of collective leaders who envision a world where all children have the education they need for a better future.
Smitha Ganesh es responsable de formación y apoyo a los participantes en Teach For All. Es una educadora con más de una década de experiencia en la enseñanza, el desarrollo docente, el coaching y el desarrollo del liderazgo en adultos.
Ha desempeñado diversas funciones en Teach For India, donde dirigió el programa vertical en Chennai (India) durante siete años.
En Teach For All, trabaja con socios de la red en el diseño de programas, el cultivo del liderazgo y el coaching para construir un movimiento de líderes colectivos que imaginen un mundo en el que todos los niños tengan la educación que necesitan para un futuro mejor.
A reflective learning loop for educators that explores how to navigate the pressures of the role and transform them into powerful catalysts for growth—for both the teacher and their students. This reflection helps educators realign with their purpose, turning daily challenges into a source of ongoing transformation.
Objective
- Explore stories of fellows who have had journeys from struggle to transformation.
- Identify the mindsets, behaviors, and conditions that bridge the gap between initial struggle and transformative classroom leadership.
- Design interventions to support teachers to bridge the gap from struggling to thriving.
Format
1x 90 min zoom session
Date & time
June 30, 2026
Option A: June 30 11am - 12.30pm UTC [English] Time conversion
Option B: June 30 4pm - 5.30pm UTC [Spanish with English interpretation] Time conversion
Commitment
1 x 90min sessions
Register here Available in English, Spanish Leer en español
July
July 14, 2026 04:00 PM - UTC to July 16, 2026 05:30 PM - UTC
Register here Leer en español
This two-part learning loop provides educators and leaders with a practical toolkit for fostering student leadership and shifting the classroom dynamic from teacher-led to student-driven. . Through collaborative inquiry and role-specific planning, you will learn how to create environments that prioritize holistic development and student voice.
Objectives
- Build a clear understanding of what student leadership looks and sounds like by drawing on inspirational case studies.
- Analyze current practices to identify specific opportunities for shifting power and responsibility from the educator to the student.
- Design one actionable student leadership strategy.
Format
2x 90 min zoom session
Language
Available in English, Spanish
Date & time
July 14, 16 4 - 5.30pm UTC (Spanish with English interpretation) Time conversion
Ale Vassallo
Ale Vassallo is the Global Classroom and Systems Integration Leader at Teach For All and an alumnus of Enseña Perú. In her role, she specializes in researching transformational teachers and selecting insights to improve frameworks at Teach For All. She is dedicated to developing innovative resources and learning experiences for teachers, program designers, and mentors.
Ale Vassallo es líder de Aulas globales e Integración de sistemas en Teach For All y alumni de Enseña Perú. En su cargo, se especializa en la investigación de los docentes transformadores y en seleccionar ideas para mejorar los marcos de trabajo de Teach for All. Se dedica a desarrollar recursos innovadores y experiencias de aprendizaje para docentes diseñadores de programas y mentores.
Morayma Jiménez
Morayma Jimenez is a certified teacher with a degree in International Relations. She has experience in teaching, leadership roles in education organizations, and now supports network partners at Teach For All. Her work mainly focuses on student and participant holistic development and the conditions that best enable this.
Morayma Jimenez es una docente certificada con un título en Relaciones Internacionales. Tiene experiencia en docencia, cargos de liderazgo en organizaciones educativas y ahora apoya a los socios de la red de Teach For All. Su trabajo se centra principalmente en el desarrollo holístico de estudiantes y participantes y en develar cuáles son las condiciones más favorables para ello.
This two-part learning loop provides educators and leaders with a practical toolkit for fostering student leadership and shifting the classroom dynamic from teacher-led to student-driven. . Through collaborative inquiry and role-specific planning, you will learn how to create environments that prioritize holistic development and student voice.
Objectives
- Build a clear understanding of what student leadership looks and sounds like by drawing on inspirational case studies.
- Analyze current practices to identify specific opportunities for shifting power and responsibility from the educator to the student.
- Design one actionable student leadership strategy.
Format
2x 90 min zoom session
Language
Available in English, Spanish
Date & time
July 14, 16 4 - 5.30pm UTC (Spanish with English interpretation) Time conversion
Register here Leer en español