How It Started In 2013 Natalia Ivanova was a fifth-grade student at “Neofit Rilski” School in the village of Dermantsi in the municipality of Lukovit where she was born. The school in Dermantsi is one of Teach For Bulgaria first …
Andres Norev met his new teachers Tsvetomira Antonova, history, and Violeta Taseva, Bulgarian language and literature, back in 2013 when he started 6th grade at “Neofit Rilski” School in his birth place – the village of Dermantsi. Tsvetomira and Violeta …
Kristina Georgieva is from the village of Rumyantsevo. She went to the local primary school “Hristo Botev” until 7th grade and then continued her education at Secondary School “Aleko Konstantinov” in the town of Lukovit where she specialized in business …
The stories of an economist working in the publishing industry and an accountant/senior technical associate who took a sharp career turn with Teach For Bulgaria “What do you want to be when you grow up?” A question painfully familiar to …
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 …
Teach For Bulgaria, EducArt, and the Trust for Social Achievement created specialized learning materials for children who need additional support at school, especially if Bulgarian is not their first language One day Asya and Yavor saw a poster that read, …
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 …
Or the story of how a group of 7th-graders from the town of Karnobat gained self-awareness and agency by having a candid conversation with actress Valentina Karoleva At the end of the school year all 7th-graders in Bulgaria will have …
The school radio at Secondary School “Hristo Smirnenski” in Stara Zagora received a special plaque with the engraving “I guarantee a happy childhood” The school radio at Secondary School “Hristo Smirnenski” in Stara Zagora received a special plaque with the …
It has become somewhat of a tradition for us to present some of the new participants in our program “A New Way to Teaching” every March. Anna, Tanya, and Velislav are among the teachers who are going to enter the …
Three teachers from Teach For Bulgaria’s program “A New Way to Teaching” talk about the lessons they have learned after one semester of teaching One of the main myths about teaching is that teachers learn a specific set of concepts …
Three teachers with three different stories about the challenges of teaching during a pandemic and their decision to become teachers by joining Teach For Bulgaria’s program Angelina Dzhurova was born and raised in the region of Veliko Tarnovo. She currently …
How visiting two small schools can shake a manager’s routine and reveal a new perspective of what an honest day’s work could be We have told you about our initiative which allows a variety of successful role models to visit …
When it comes to the success of every student, we often forget to ask the students about what they think and what would make them happier, more motivated, and more confident. This is why we wanted to include the students’ …
September of 2011. A typical start of the school year for Gergana Cholakova and her classmates at the Vocational High School of Tourism in the town of Samokov. Some classes, however, seem to have a slightly different atmosphere – not …