A two-year, full-time leadership commitment in Armenia's public education system—placing exceptional people where the country needs them most.
From application to fellowship — a structured path to impact.
Submit your application form with background information and short response questions.
Selected applicants participate in evaluations focused on leadership, problem-solving, and values alignment.
Admitted candidates receive placement preparation, training timelines, and relocation guidance.
Five weeks of intensive foundational training — instructional practice, classroom leadership, and educational equity.
High-intensity summer academy with practice teaching, global best practices, and leadership formation.
Full-time teaching in a high-need public school with ongoing coaching, observation, and professional development.
Join 550+ Alumni-Ambassadors leading across education, government, entrepreneurship, and civil society.
Students reached every year
Alumni leaders
Regions served
Alumni in education or public service
Backgrounds differ. Commitment does not.
Teaching in a village school changed everything I thought I knew about leadership. Real leadership isn't about authority — it's about showing up every day for people who count on you.
Cohort XII Teacher-Leader
Take the first step toward becoming a teacher-leader who transforms communities.
We envision an Armenia where opportunity is distributed equitably across the nation—where a child's future is not determined by whether they were born in Yerevan or in a village, but by the strength of the education they receive and the leadership they develop.
We believe our communities are full of infinite possibilities, and our students have the power to unlock that potential. That's why community innovation is not an "extra" in our work—it is essential to realizing our Student Vision and driving system-wide transformation.
By developing three capacities:
To spark local ingenuity. When students learn to innovate from within their own context, they begin to feel pride in what their communities can offer—and responsibility for what they can become.
Across the country. Students develop leadership by identifying real needs, taking initiative, collaborating with others, and following through.
To solve local issues. Students learn to draw on global ideas and tools—then apply them to the realities of their own towns and villages, shaping Armenia in a rapidly changing world.
Change-Based Learning (CBL) — Teach For Armenia's signature approach to fostering student leadership and innovative thinking through a structured five-step process.
Teachers introduce a concept that inspires curiosity and possibility
Students deepen understanding through self-guided learning
Students work in teams to design a project that applies learning to real community challenges
Students implement their projects, practicing leadership and problem-solving
Students reflect, assess impact, and learn how to improve
Students reached annually across Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh (2017–2023)
Student groups inspired
Student-led projects implemented in a single year (2021–2022)
In short: we don't just want students to learn about the world. We want them to learn how to change it—starting with their own communities, and carrying that capacity forward for life.
