A two-year, full-time journey in teaching and leadership. Work alongside learners, teachers and communities, and discover what you can change.
In the short term, trained Teacher Leaders (Fellows) work with underserved public schools to improve children’s foundational literacy, numeracy and STEM learning.
Beyond the Fellowship, alumni carry their classroom experience into education, policy and community action, addressing barriers to equitable, quality education.
Help children build strong foundations, or help young people discover what is possible through STEM.
Foundational Literacy & Numeracy
Through the Foundational Literacy & Numeracy pathway, Teacher Leaders make reading, writing and mathematics engaging, practical and responsive to children’s learning needs.
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
The STEM Fellowship prepares young women with STEM backgrounds to teach in secondary schools, make science and mathematics practical, and inspire learners, especially girls.
The STEM Fellowship is implemented by Teach For Uganda under the Leaders in Teaching (LiT) program, led by the Luigi Giussani Foundation and supported by the Mastercard Foundation.
Two years of teaching and growing. A community, and a purpose, that stay with you.
Find the pathway that speaks to you. Apply when recruitment opens.
Build your confidence through practical teaching and leadership training.
Teach full-time. Get to know your learners. Find new ways to help them learn.
Learn with coaches and peers. Work with families and colleagues on what your school community needs.
Join an alumni movement taking classroom experience into schools, organisations and new ideas.
And the journey continues…
You do not walk this path alone. Training, classroom coaching, peer learning and programme support accompany your two years.
Every figure begins with a child, a school and a community. Tap a number to see how Teacher Leaders help learning reach further.
Teaching and leading alongside school communities.
Helping each child take the next step in learning.
Locally shaped ideas, designed to keep making a difference.
Listening to families. Connecting home and school.
Teacher Leaders and learners: 2025. Community projects and home visits: cumulative published totals.
A lesson that helps a child catch up. A home visit that uncovers why they have missed school. A community project built to last. This is how Teacher Leaders work with families and schools towards a Uganda where every child, including those in the poorest communities, can access an equitable, quality education.
Across the programme, 33,756 learners divided by 97 Teacher Leaders is approximately 348 learners per Teacher Leader in 2025. This is an overall ratio, not an individual caseload or a promised result for each placement.
In 2025, 97 Teacher Leaders were placed in underserved public schools. Their two-year commitment includes teaching, receiving classroom coaching, working with families and developing leadership.
Their work responds to learners’ needs and grows through relationships with teachers, parents and school leaders.
Teach For Uganda reached 33,756 learners in 2025.
Teacher Leaders assess learning, adapt lessons and give extra support to children who are falling behind. When a learner misses school or is at risk of dropping out, they work with families and teachers to understand the barriers and agree on practical support.
Teacher Leaders have led 222 community impact projects to date.
Each Teacher Leader is expected to complete a community impact project before graduating. They work with schools and communities to address a locally identified need and plan for the work to continue after the Fellowship.
Projects have included reading clubs, school gardens, health drives and climate action.
Teacher Leaders have conducted 12,255 home visits to date.
A home visit creates time to listen to parents or caregivers and understand what may be affecting a child’s learning or attendance. This might include difficulties with meals, learning materials or other pressures at home.
Families and schools can then work together on support for a child who is falling behind or at risk of leaving school.
A Fellowship starts with one leader. Its reach can grow through classrooms, schools and communities. Tap a story to see what that can look like.
Vidah’s commitment to reading continued beyond her placement, helping books reach Kagadi Model Primary School.
Andrew took an engineer’s skills into a classroom, then carried practical solutions into more schools.
Anthony carried his classroom experience into Robokids Africa, bringing robotics and coding to underserved classrooms.
The journey continues. Alumni lead through education, social enterprise, policy and community action, carrying what they learned in classrooms into the work ahead.
Vidah applied for support from Enjuba Foundation. More than 800 books reached Kagadi Model Primary School after her Fellowship had ended.
Her story shows how a Teacher Leader can connect a school with partners and resources, carrying a commitment to children’s learning beyond the Fellowship.
Your gift helps Teach For Uganda recruit, prepare and support Teacher Leaders for two years of teaching and community leadership.
An engineering background met a school’s practical needs. Andrew helped bring water, solar lighting and cleaner cooking solutions to schools, and founded the Climate Inclusion Network.
His story shows how responding to one school’s needs can grow into work across schools and communities, from water and lighting to cleaner cooking.
Your gift helps Teach For Uganda recruit, prepare and support Teacher Leaders for two years of teaching and community leadership.
After serving in Mayuge, Anthony co-founded Robokids Africa to bring practical robotics and coding into underserved classrooms.
His story shows how classroom experience can inspire an education initiative that helps more children explore technology by making, testing and creating.
Your gift helps Teach For Uganda recruit, prepare and support Teacher Leaders for two years of teaching and community leadership.
A meaningful commitment starts with understanding the journey.
No. Prior teaching experience is not required. Teacher Leaders receive preparation and ongoing support. Degree and other eligibility requirements depend on the pathway and intake.
Two years, full-time. Alongside teaching, you plan lessons, assess learning, take part in training and work with your school community.
In an underserved public school in Uganda. Placements respond to community and school needs; applicants should be willing to serve where they are placed.
Pre-service training, classroom coaching, peer learning and programme support. Teacher Leaders receive a monthly stipend to help with living expenses.
Applications for the current STEM intake are closed. Fresh primary Fellowship recruitment information is coming soon. See the pathway pages for programme details, or contact our team.
Help recruit, prepare and support Teacher Leaders who work alongside schools and communities. Or help put books into the hands of the children they teach.
Your support helps learning today and leadership for the years ahead.
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