Inclusive Education Fellowship: Teaching Across Cultures

Teach For All’s Inclusive Education Fellowship is a collaborative learning journey for teachers who want to strengthen how they create classrooms where every student knows and feels that they belong. This Europe regional opportunity focuses on Teaching Across Cultures and invites educators to deepen their understanding of migrant students, multicultural classrooms and displaced learners and to develop practical, inclusive strategies that honor each student’s background and potential. Fellows will learn from one another, experiment and document new approaches in their classrooms, and share action research findings with peers across Europe and the global Teach For All network.

By the end ofthis fellowship, participants will:

• Develop practical, inclusive strategies to connect with and support migrant students, multicultural classrooms and displaced learners
• Build a deeper understanding of how culture and identity shape the learning experience
• Work with an assigned mentor to advance their practice
• Design and carry out an Action Research classroom-based project to test and reflect on new approaches
• Learn with and from peers across Europe through shared stories, challenges, and successes
• Contibute their insights to the wider Teach For All global network

Selection Criteria:

Applicants will be an alumni or fellow of a Teach For All Europe region partner. Beyond this, they will be selected based on the following:

• Demonstrated commitment to inclusion: Evidence of actively supporting diverse learners, including migrant, multicultural, or displaced students.
• Leadership and collaboration: Ability to work with peers, contribute to group learning, and share insights across networks.
• Reflective practice: Willingness to explore new strategies, learn from successes and challenges, and apply them in their context.
• Locally Rooted: Currently a teacher working in a school based in a country within the Europe region.
• Impact potential: Capacity and motivation to apply what they learn in their classrooms and share knowledge with colleagues, partner organizations, or the wider Teach For All community.

Engagement commitment:

The Inclusive Education Teaching Across Cultures Fellowship is a 12-week (dates and time commitments below) professional learning journey for network teachers committed to strengthening inclusive and culturally responsive practices. Whilst on the fellowship, teachers are expected to:

Participation & Learning:

• Attend four live Zoom calls (dates and time commitments below) for community building, expert talks, peer reflection, and action research development.
• Actively engage with online learning modules, including discussions and reflection tasks (2–3 hours per week).
• Proactively engage with mentor conversations, network insights and reflection tasks to support learning.

Action Research Project:

• Design, implement, and present an action research project focused on developing inclusive practices to better support migrant students, multicultural classrooms and/or displaced learners.
• Submit findings and present insights during a Teach For All global network learning call.
• Optionally co-facilitate a network learning session to share insights more widely.

Fellowship key dates & time commitments:

• Applications for the fellowship close on January 23rd 2026. Selection will be announced by January 30th.
• The fellowship will run from February 10th – May 5th 2026.
• There will be four 90-minute live Zoom calls held on February 17th, March 17th, April 7th, and May 5th, all at 3pm London time.
• During the 12 weeks of this fellowship, 2–3 hours per week should be reserved for fellowship tasks (includes online modules, reflection tasks, and action research).

This opportunity will be held in English. If you need live interpretation of the experience and/or translation of materials in additional languages to support your engagement, please indicate this via the application form. We welcome all requests and will work to provide appropriate language support measures. However, please understand that we may not be able to accommodate all requests.

*This opportunity is application-based. Before submitting your application please ensure your Teach for All network partner organization (participants and alumni) or manager (partner staff) is aware of your application*

Apply here by January 23rd, 2026.