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Teachers Without Borders is a non-profit (501c3), non-denominational, international NGO founded in 2000, devoted to closing the education divide through teacher professional development and community education. Our organization focuses on the building of teacher leaders. We work primarily, but not exclusively, in developing countries, in order to build self-reliance, health, and capacity.

Our Mission:

Teachers Without Borders (TWB) provides professional training to K-12 teacher leaders worldwide and helps them play a vital role in their communities. We have members in 119 countries, a small staff, Country Coordinators, and a large group of volunteers. We identify, support, train, and share the accomplishments of local teacher leaders, supported by global colleagues. We work online and face to face, through local partners respected by the community.

What We Do:

Core Programs

• Our Certificate of Teaching Mastery is a five-course professional development program designed to help teachers become mentors and leaders

• Our full course catalogue provides opportunities to access our own and partner courses. Consider this a global teachers' university

• With membership (Join Here - it's free) in Teachers Without Borders, you can also create your own courses

• TWB Conferences and Community Teaching and Learning Centers support local teacher leaders to work effectively in the field

• TWB Tools help connect teacher leaders to information and each other in order to scale and share their efforts

Current Projects

TWB is engaged in several ongoing projects that reflect these core programs:

• Clinton Global Initiative: Teacher professional development for Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda.
• Middle East Youth Technology Club: Tools and resources for professional development of teachers, as well as cultural exchange and IT skills for youth in eight Middle-eastern countries.
• Youth for Habitat: Use of TWB Tools to network Turkish youth volunteer organizations
• Scholastic Magazine: (Save and reload this link to the new website) TWB support for Scholastic's 2.5 million users, per month, to access open-educational resources at the K-8 level.
• Inquiry-Science in China: (Changed) This project, funded by Agilent Technology, has served middle-school and high-school teachers. However, as a result of the tragic earthquake that struck Dujiangyan, China, we shall provide support for education and schools immediately following rescue and recovery. Please see our blog for the latest news on our efforts.
  

Current Partners

• Center for Open and Sustainable Learning: Utah State University's pioneering team working in open educational resources. See COSL's blog at TWB
• E-Scholastic: (Redo this link) The online, open-educational resource arm of the largest school publisher in the United States, working with TWB to ensure access to high-quality content.
• Giraffe Heroes Project: content and resources, examples of those who stick their neck out for the common good. See Giraffe Heroes blog at TWB
• Global Strategies for HIV Prevention: Partnership to help TWB disseminate content for doctors, teachers, and lay health workers to help alleviate the suffering of women and children.
• Habitat for Humanity: Working with TWB in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda as part of the Clinton Global Initiative
• Hippocampus: Online free courses and access to curriculum creator community that allows free access. More courses are in development
• ICTDAR: United Nations Development Program's Information and Communications Technology for the Arab Region. See ICTDAR's blog at TWB
• Helium: Providing opportunities to publish content and support TWB activities through online publishing.
• Meedan: Meedan promotes dialogue, facilitated by technology, between English and Arabic speakers. See Meedan's blog at TWB
• One Global Economy: Community development on a global scale, integrating local portals (www.beehive.org) to provide localized content One World: 1,500 organizations leading the way for human rights and sustainable development worldwide.
• Open Courseware Consortium: University partners working to sharing and global benefits through opencourseware.
• Potohar Organization for Development Assistance: Education, crafts, and human rights for women in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
• Vishal Himalaya Foundation: Water, education, teacher training, and income generation in Akola - Maharashta state, India