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Partners

Founding Partners

Teach First Israel was co-founded by four organizations: Israel’s Ministry of Education, JDC Israel, The Naomi Foundation, and Hakol Hinuch.
In 2018, TFI became an independent public benefit company (PBC), promoting equal opportunities in the field of education in Israel’s periphery.

The Naomi Foundation

As an extension of Naomi Prawer Kadar’s life’s work, the Naomi Foundation is dedicated to reimagining education. The foundation’s goal is to empower educators and promote leadership in education in order to inspire and nurture the next generation. Through entrepreneurial and established channels, and together with its partners and grantees, the Naomi Foundation drives innovation to create meaningful and lasting impact.
Israel’s Ministry of Education

Israel’s Ministry of Education sees Teach First Israel as one of Israel’s leading and most successful programs for improving teaching quality and advancing the status of teachers. TFI’s cooperation with the Ministry and its various units is key to the program’s success. We work closely with the Ministry of Education headquarters, and with its Teaching Personnel Administration, district offices, supervisors, and school principals.
Hakol Hinuch

Hakol Hinuch (“Everything is Education”) is a movement working for long-term reform in Israel’s public education system. The movement encompasses a diverse range of people with different views, professions (including educators, teachers, school principals, and businessmen), and religious identities. Hakol Hinuch demands that the State of Israel assumes the full and sole responsibility for meeting the right of every student to high-quality education, and that the public education system be given clear prioritization and transformed into the finest education system in Israel.
JDC Israel

The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is a non-political, non-profit American organization that was established to extend aid to Jews and Jewish communities throughout the world. JDC Israel is the Israeli arm of JDC Global. It works to strengthen Israel’s most vulnerable populations society and supports the professionals who work with them. In addition, JDC Israel works to advance civil society in Israel, including via volunteering and philanthropy.

Teach for All

Teach First Israel is affiliated with Teach For All, an international network of independent programs working towards equal opportunity in education for all students whatever their socioeconomic background. The network was established in 2007, in response to repeated appeals from social entrepreneurs around the globe who wanted to improve educational opportunity in their own countries and create organizations based on the American “Teach For America” and the British “Teach First” models.

Teach For All’s global organization provides a platform that enables network partners to connect with and learn from each other, accelerating their individual and collective impact. Today, there are 58 partner countries in the Teach For All network, including Australia, Argentina, Chile, Estonia, India, China, Germany, Lebanon, the United States, Britain, Brazil, and Israel. There are more than 81,000 teachers and 55,000 alumni across the world, all working to ensure that children in their countries are given an equal opportunity to receive high-quality education.

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Academic Partners

Levinsky College of Education

Levinsky College of Education (LCE) was chosen as one of the academic partners in the Teach First Israel training program. LCE was the first Israeli academic institution for teacher training conducted entirely in Hebrew. It was founded in 1912 in Neve Tzedek in Tel Aviv by the Odessa Committee of the Zionist organization “Hovevei Zion.” Initially, it was a beit midrash (school for Torah studies) for girls. It was named after Elḥanan Leib Levinsky, a writer and a journalist who was a key member in the movement for the Revival of the Hebrew language. Today, more than a century since its founding, innovation and pioneering are still among the most prominent characteristics of LCE. LCE led the academization process of teacher training in Israel, and was also one of the first colleges in Israel to receive accreditation for its master’s degree program in education (MEd).

Oranim College of Education

Oranim College of Education (OCE) provides academic teacher training in around 20 different fields in programs that place an emphasis on high-quality training and on individualized programs of studies, with accreditation awarded for previous academic studies. OCE currently offers MEd and MTeach degrees in eight programs: multidisciplinary humanities teaching, language teaching (English, Arabic, and Hebrew as a second language), educational counseling, teaching and educating marginalized students, management of educational systems, science teaching in secondary schools, math and science teaching in elementary schools, and an MTeach program in secondary-school teaching. The college also offers a thesis-based master’s program (research track) in language teaching.

Funders

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

The Schusterman Foundation is a global organization encouraging and supporting young people to bring about positive change for themselves, for Jewish communities, and for the world. The foundation pursues this goal by cooperating with other organizations, promoting quality education, identity formation, and leadership development, and advancing different programs aimed at directing young people toward growth and leadership.
Howard and Lori Friend

Howard and Lori Friend support education and Jewish causes and seek to provide more opportunities for disadvantaged communities. Among their areas of philanthropic involvement, Howard is a board member of JDC and active in JDC's employment initiatives for vulnerable Israelis.
The Trump Foundation

The Trump Foundation was established in 2011 and over the next decade will dedicate its resources to the improvement of educational achievement in Israel. The foundation seeks to cultivate effective teaching that caters to the needs, abilities, and individual learning progress of students. Through instrumental and collaborative grant-making, the foundation aims to serve as a catalyst for igniting the momentum which will restore education to its leading role in our society.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private charitable foundations in the United States, is dedicated to meeting the basic needs of vulnerable people and families experiencing poverty. In Israel, the foundation focuses on the elderly, developing employment skills, people with disabilities, and education (particularly for weaker populations and youth at risk).
The Lion Family Foundation

The Lion Family Foundation is an Israeli foundation that seeks to join partnerships that have a positive impact on the fabric of Israeli society, particularly in the fields of education and teaching.
Jewish Federation of Greater Rhode Island

The Jewish Federation of Greater Rhode Island builds and supports the local and global Jewish community via philanthropy, volunteering, and providing social, cultural and educational opportunities. Today, the Federation works to enrich the quality of life of Jews in Rhode Island, Israel, and around the world.
Seed the Dream Foundation

Committed to fostering meaningful educational opportunities for people of all ages, Seed the Dream Foundation strives to impact systemic change in three core areas: educational access, Holocaust education & critical Survivor support, and Israel education & engagement.
The Jeffery H. and Shari L. Aronson Family Foundation

The Jeffery H. and Shari L. Aronson Family foundation supports initiatives focusing on education and Jewish causes.
Jerusalem Municipality – Lavi Foundation

Jerusalem Municipality – Lavi Foundation works to advance and develop innovation in education and community work throughout the city of Jerusalem.
Blaustein

The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation promotes social justice and human rights through its five program areas: Jewish life, strengthening Israeli democracy, health and mental health, educational opportunity, and human rights.
UJIA

Britain’s UJIA invests in young people in Israel and in the UK Jewish community. Its work in Israel focuses on the creation and development of educational and employment opportunities in the Galilee through schools, colleges, and community projects. UJIA also fosters meaningful connections between the UK Jewish community and the people of Israel via youth movements, schools, and special educational programs.
The Ross Foundation

The Ross Foundation is an expression of the commitment of Ruthie and Dr. Haim Ross to the State of Israel and to Israeli society. The Ross Foundation has a philanthropic vision that focuses on narrowing the gaps in Israeli society by promoting residents of the social and geographic periphery in employment, technological education and general education & learning.
Amram and Jacqueline Miller Scholarship fund for Ethiopian Israelis

Amram and Jacqueline (nee Sacks) Miller grew up in Zionist families in Melbourne, Australia and believed from an early age that Jews should live in Israel. They immigrated to Israel in 1968 with their children Daniel and Jonathan and settled in Jerusalem. Amram worked for nearly forty years as a dentist in the city center and became known for his kind attitude to everyone and also with the assistance he gave to the needy population. He even won the volunteer prize from the president. At the same time he was a member and even president of the Rotary Club in the city. Amram passed away in 2006 after a serious illness, and in his memory, a Rotary Foundation was established in his name, which annually awards a scholarship to a student from the Ethiopian community. Jacqueline graduated from the Hebrew University, where she received a Ph.D. in parasitology and worked for years at the Cobin Institute of Tropical Diseases near Hadassah Hospital. She then worked as a scientific editor for various publications. She also volunteered at Yad Sarah.