Friends Of Teach For Armenia supports the efforts of Teach For Armenia, a nationwide movement of impact-driven leaders expanding educational opportunity to all children in Armenia. Teach For Armenia recruits top talent from Armenia and the Diaspora to serve as teachers ("Fellows") for 2 years in Armenia's most underserved communities. Teach For Armenia Fellows bring new perspectives on educational opportunity, improve student achievement and leadership in classrooms, and simultaneously run community development initiatives to mobilize and empower communities. Teach For Armenia bridges the gap in educational access with transformational teacher leadership that builds students' voice, values and achievement. Teach For Armenia empower communities with the knowledge, skills and mindsets to lead change and seize opportunity.
Our goal of ensuring Armenia’s future generations’ educational dreams a reality pushes us to effective action in the face of challenges to bring high quality educators to the students and schools who need them.
We are committed to learning from each other in the interest of maximizing our collective impact. We seek to learn from diverse perspectives and enable improvement based on those insights.
Our adaptability and desire for improvement drives us. We recognize that our impact can be great, and approach challenges with dedication and commitment.
Learning from our shared experiences within our Armenian history, we act strategically to implement the major goals of our organization. We use our resources wisely, considering the internal and external environments in which we work. We seek to help Armenia and its children unlock their potential.