The story of the mathematics teacher Georgi Stoev and his student Aleksandra Hadzieva from Secondary School “Lyuben Karavelov” in Plovdiv Georgi Stoev graduated from university with a degree in architecture, but decided to change careers and become a teacher. This …
The external evaluation exams after 7th and 12th grade are still not measuring the competencies that the education system claims to be developing Author: Neli Koleva, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Teach For Bulgaria For thousands of students across …
Distance learning is challenging for all teachers. Seven Teach For Bulgaria alumni saw this as an opportunity to share their best practices for online teaching in order to exchange ideas, advice, and experience with other teachers. All best practices for …
A team of teachers developed an interdisciplinary STEM project which boosted students’ motivation to learn more about science Which celestial body from the Solar system can become our second home? This was the big question that students from 9th and …
The first day of school is almost here, but teachers have started to prepare for it weeks ago. Stanislava Stefanova is here to tell us more about the way she gets ready to meet her students, her excitement, planning, and …
Yavor Hadzhiev is an English teacher in the town of Dolna Banya and a participant in Teach For Bulgaria’s program “A New Way to Teaching”. Last year in the beginning of the pandemic and at the start of the transition …
We have launched a series of publications about the projects and initiatives of Teach For Bulgaria alumni. This is the story of how Sci-High came to be. Sci-High is a program which provides professional support and training to teachers who …
Did you know that there are currently three to six thousand languages worldwide? And only approximately 200 countries? Simple math tells us that most countries are multilingual and that multilingual people outnumber monolingual people. What is more, multilingualism is a …
The story of how Raycho Raychev met a class of curious students online and inspired them to learn more about space Distance learning and all measures taken to limit the spread of coronavirus at school changed the normal dynamics of …
Or how to teach through real-life situations How often have you heard “Teacher, why do we have to learn this?” and how have you reacted? We are certain that sometimes teachers also ask this question and can’t always find satisfactory …
One of the pitfalls of teaching is that teachers unintentionally start doing everything for or even instead of their students sooner or later in their career. This is very easy to observe in a typical classroom: the teacher usually prepares, …
Teach For Bulgaria’s Summer Institute is an integral part of our program “A New Way to Teaching”. It lays the foundation for our participants’ work as teachers over the next two years. The six-and-a-half-week institute has a theoretical and practical …
Four principals shared their experience in testing new management practices at the online conference “From Vision to Results” Principals need a clear structure of what and when to test, space for reflection and discussion of the implemented practices, and a …
Teachers from Teach For Bulgaria’s community share in pictures Children haven’t started school yet, but their teachers are already in the classrooms. It is time for final touches before the school bell rings. We asked a few teachers who teach …
Model Schools – Teach For Bulgaria’s new program – starts with a two-week training on August 24 26 schools from across the country are going to participate in the first class of Teach For Bulgaria’s new program Model Schools. It …