Teach For Cambodia
Employer Description
We often get asked “What is Teach For Cambodia?” Most people think teaching or in an extreme case, people think Teach For Cambodia is a school. First, Teach For Cambodia is a home-grown organization seeking to reimagine education and the social impact sector in Cambodia. We are not investing in infrastructure for schools but in future Cambodian leaders through the Teach For Cambodia Fellowship Program. These leaders, also known as Fellows, commit to teach full-time for two years in public school. During the two years, they participate in our training and support program geared towards building knowledge, mindset and skills to optimize their impact on student outcomes. All Fellows are enrolled in a Master of Education program at our partner university, the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
In our second year of operation, Teach For Cambodia has successfully placed 63 Fellows across 16 schools and is reaching 9,000 students in high-need communities. These promising future leaders with diverse backgrounds and education (including degrees in information technology, science, engineering, law, international relations, psychology, social work, etc.) have committed at least two years to teaching in rural regions of Kandal and Kampong Chhnang provinces and poor urban areas in Phnom Penh. In 2020 and beyond, Teach For Cambodia aims to reach 15,000 children and support its first alumni cohort in careers and sectors that can help ensure system-level change — from teaching, to school leadership, to policy making, to social innovation.
Our team is passionate about our mission and serious about our work, and we support each other to grow personally and professionally. We want you to know that our culture is about learning, having fun and embracing a little weirdness. By weirdness, we want to celebrate our team’s individuality and bravery in bringing their full self to work. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our team!