Teach For Bangladesh Fellowship Program

Teach For Bangladesh (TFB) recruits outstanding and diverse leaders to the unique Fellowship program. The Fellows commit to teaching for two years in a low-income community, where they work as a teacher at local schools. During those two years, Fellows are immersed in their placement school and community, working as full-time teachers, and discovering the joys and challenges that come with expanding opportunity for all children.

After successful graduation from the Fellowship in two years, they become part of the TFB alumni network. Informed by their experiences, inspired by their students, and equipped with the leadership skills they developed through the program, TFB Alumni go on to pursue impactful careers both inside and outside the education system, helping to build a Bangladesh that better serves all children.

Make an Impact

• Empower Students
  • TFB Fellows are first and foremost educators who believe that all children are capable of excellence. During the Fellowship, they learn the building blocks of great teaching, and work relentlessly to ensure their students’ learning and growth. They build classrooms that are welcoming and joyful, where all children develop confidence, communication, critical thinking, and socioemotional skills alongside their academics. The Fellows help students unlock their own leadership potential and discover their ability to create change in the world around them.
• Partner with Communities
  • They believe that students and communities are the true leaders of the movement for equity. TFB Fellows work tirelessly to build authentic relationships with students, parents, and other community members. Every year, Fellows support student-led community-service projects to address fundamental challenges such as health and hygiene, student safety, gender equity, waste management, recycling, climate change, etc. Fellows create a positive impact in communities and building student leadership in the process.
• Support Schools
  • Fellows are integral members of their school team, reporting to the school head teacher (in addition to their TFB manager), and working alongside other school colleagues. This is a unique opportunity for Fellows to understand schools from the inside out, learn from the veteran teachers, collaborate on school-wide initiatives, and share innovations & best practices with others. The Fellows cultivate strong school relationships to have a far greater impact as well as learning.

Develop your Leadership

• Real change starts within. You join the TFB Fellowship knowing that you will be challenged at every turn. Not only will you develop new knowledge and skills, through the program you will also be invited to examine your previously held beliefs and uncover hidden assumptions and biases. The Fellowship is an opportunity to discover your true values, develop a personal vision, and transform your leadership capacity to serve the nation’s future.
• Fellows are in the driver’s seat of their learning and growth through the two-year program. Your training begins soon after you accept your offer to join the Fellowship and continues throughout your two-year commitment. Here’s how Teach For Bangladesh will guide and support your development as a teacher and leader.
  • Pre-service training
    • The Fellowship journey starts with a six-week pre-service training called “Winter Academy” that will prepare you to provide your students with a high-quality education, and to pursue a lifetime commitment to advancing educational equity and excellence. At Academy, your learning will be focused on important concepts including culturally relevant pedagogy, universal design for learning, and social emotional learning. You will engage in continuous self-reflection and immediately put the lessons you learn into action. You will also complete a classroom teaching practicum, where you will get direct feedback and coaching to build your foundational teaching skills.
  • Individual and group coaching
    • When you start your Fellowship, you will join a Learning Circle of peers, managed by a Teaching & Leadership Coach. Your Coach will be your primary manager throughout your Fellowship, and will provide some individualized feedback and support, and also facilitate group learning spaces.
  • Ongoing professional development sessions
    • Usually every month there are workshops and seminars organized (virtually and in-person in your placement region) that are designed to help you strengthen your practice and effectiveness as a teacher and a leader over the course of your two-year commitment.
  • Post-graduate diploma in educational leadership
    • Once admitted into the Fellowship, you will also be enrolled into a Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Educational Leadership and School Improvement at BRAC Institute of Educational Development (BIED). Classes usually commence 2-4 months after you begin teaching in your placement school, and typically take place one evening a week.
    • Through the PGD you will develop an academic understanding of the field of education and of the history and landscape of education in Bangladesh. You will also have the opportunity to complete a thesis at the end of your Fellowship to convert your PGD into a Master’s in Education.
  • Opportunities through teach for all
    • Joining the TFB Fellowship means joining a global network of like-minded leaders. Teach For All offers many unique opportunities for learning, sharing and networking both virtually and through in-person travel. During the Fellowship, you can leverage these opportunities to broaden your horizons and develop your skills as an educator.

For more information, visit Teach For Bangladesh.