Teach For Bangladesh is a movement of coalition-builders and change-makers working with children and communities towards a shared vision of the future. We are developing leaders who teach and teachers who lead by example. Our work is based on the belief that dismantling and rebuilding systems that perpetuate inequity will require healing the impact of those systems within ourselves first.
TFB Fellows work as dedicated teachers to drive TFB’s student outcomes and expand life opportunities in vulnerable communities, developing their leadership capacity in the process.
TFB Alumni bring their Fellowship learning and expertise to diverse sectors across Bangladesh, collectively catalyzing long-term change in the education ecosystem towards our vision for an equitable nation.
Teach For Bangladesh Fellows work inside and outside classrooms to drive whole-child development. In addition to focusing on the academic proficiency of their students, our Fellows work to build socio-emotional learning skills and competencies.
We focus on developing foundational Bangla and English language literacy and numeracy skills that open doors to our children’s broad range of modern professional, academic, and life opportunities. We enable productive civic engagement and empower children to read and write the world around them. TFB Fellows teach the national curriculum of Bangladesh and measure student progress aligned to both the national curriculum and the Global Proficiency Framework (GPF).
We support children to develop a growth mindset–a belief that intelligence and talent are not defined by birth but are malleable and can be developed through sustained effort, perseverance, and hard work. Research by experts like Carol Dweck shows that a growth mindset is a critical contributor to resilience and long-term student success.
Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of logical reasoning and actively conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information. We work to equip our students with the skills to observe, experience, reason, and mindfully reflect on the information gathered or generated by them.
Our Fellows are trained in Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) best practices and trauma-informed pedagogy, helping students in under-resourced schools develop self-awareness, identify and manage emotions, interact with and care for others, and navigate challenging situations. Research shows that social and emotional skills are strong predictors of long-term success.
We believe in helping students develop the foundational building blocks of active citizenship and social cohesion at school and beyond. We support students in engaging meaningfully with peers and others around them, helping students understand different points of view and find collaborative solutions to local, national, and global problems.
In 2020, TFB launched Empowering Students for Online Learning (ESOL), a project that piloted leveraging existing mobile Internet connectivity for learning in underserved communities in response to widespread school closures. Today, all TFB Fellows are trained in blended learning best practices leveraging existing Internet connectivity, low-cost smartphones, and building knowledge, digital skills, and mindsets in students, parents, and communities for online learning.
Our work is rooted in the realities of girls growing up in the greatest need in Bangladesh. Since 2014, TFB Fellows have consistently addressed girls’ challenges in primary and secondary classrooms like bullying, the stigma around menstrual health, child marriage, and sexual abuse. Female Fellows, in particular, are much-needed role models of women’s achievement, leadership, and voice for girls and boys in communities where girls often have low visibility and limited opportunities. Our Fellowship program endeavors to build gender-sensitive leaders who build safe classrooms during their two years of service and drive gender equity through their work moving forward.
Our community is our biggest strength, and by utilizing our collective network, we aspire to end the education inequity in Bangladesh. TFB Fellows work to help children discover themselves as agents of change within their own lives, in their schools, and in communities. The annual Capstone Project is one of the ways where Fellows work with students to identify a topic such as menstrual hygiene, early marriage, domestic violence, drugs, fire and road safety, hygiene and sanitation, mental health, and bullying. Fellows also arrange field trips out of the classroom or for guest speakers from government, local NGOs, activists, or community members to interact with children in school.
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