Worldfund is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 that delivers training and ongoing support to teachers and principals from underserved schools in Latin America. It operates 3 different programs: LISTO, a principal leadership program, IAPE, an English-teacher training program and STEM Brasil, a science and math teacher training program. Nearly 8,000 principals and teachers have participated in Worldfund programming.
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Programs
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IAPE
The Inter-American Partnership for Education (IAPE) trains, empowers, and supports a network of English language educators in Mexico's most underserved public schools, in association with Dartmouth College's Rassias Center. IAPE is in its tenth year of operation.
Impact by 2017
Launch year: 2007
Number of states: 32/32
Number of educators: 2,198
Number of students: 2,100,000
STEM Brasil
This program addresses the urgent increasing need for professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.
The STEM Brasil methodology complements the school curriculum. The program engages students with their own teachers during the school day, unlike extracurricular programs.
Impact by 2017
Launch year: 2009
Number of states: 16/30
Number of educators: 3,900
Number of students: 500,000
Evaluation Results
85% of participating schools showed an increase of over 20% in Math scores
74% of school administrators noticed an increase in teacher motivation and 88% positive changes in teacher behavior
STEM Mexico
Worldfund is currently developing the infrastructure to implement its STEM program within Mexico's public schools. Anticipated launch date is 2018.
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