Navigating Inclusive Education For Foundational Learning

Teach For All’s Inclusive Education Fellowship is a professional learning journey for teachers and teacher coaches who want to strengthen their inclusive practices. Fellows will explore a wide range of approaches to inclusive education, reflecting on who learners are, how they learn, and how classrooms can better support every student. Each participant will design and carry out an action research project focused on supporting learners with disabilities and learning differences, then share their insights with our global network. The Fellowship offers a collaborative space to learn, reflect, and lead toward more equitable and inclusive classrooms.

This focused fellowship will specifically explore foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN), supporting educators to better understand how to create equitable learning opportunities for students who face barriers to building these essential skills.

Objectives 

By the end of this fellowship, participants will:

• Develop a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities in teaching foundational literacy and numeracy in inclusive settings.
• Apply evidence-based strategies to design and sustain learning environments where all students can achieve FLN competencies.
• Conduct a rigorous action research project addressing authentic FLN challenges in participants’ contexts and engage in reflective and collaborative dialogue with peers to exchange effective practices
• Share findings and innovative approaches with a broader regional and global network to advance inclusive education and contribute  insights to the wider Teach For All global network.

Selection Criteria:

Applicants will be a teacher in the classroom.  Beyond this selected based on:

• Demonstrated commitment to inclusion in the teaching of literacy and numeracy: 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 to support literacy and numeracy, learn from successes and challenges, and apply them in their context.
• Locally Rooted: Currently a teacher working in a school
• 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:

Navigating Inclusive Education For Foundational Learning  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 to be confirmed 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 FLN practices to better support 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:

• This fellowship will run from April 14th - June 29th 2026
• 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 registration/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 April 14th, 2026.