About
TeachUNITED
Empowering Positive Change
We are a non-profit dedicated to reducing inequality through education. We focus on rural and underserved communities where educational disparities are most acute.
OUR STORY
Founded in 2016, TeachUNITED works with educational partners to provide world-class teacher and administrator coaching programs that focus on key strategies proven to provide real, tangible results in the classroom.
Our work improves student learning outcomes, giving children a path to self-sufficiency, by supporting and connecting previously under-resourced teachers and administrators.
We partner with schools, districts, governments, and NGOs for 1+ years to deliver a transformational educator program.
Our model includes instructional coaching, online courses, and small group meetings of professional learning communities.
We develop lead teachers within schools to ensure program sustainability, building capacity not dependency.
TeachUNITED has developed strong local partnerships with educators, schools, community groups, and government entities to ensure our model is replicable and sustainable. Our work is led by the communities we serve, ensuring that they define success on their own terms.
Our Progress
We feel passionately that every child deserves access to a quality education. Teachers have the most influential impact on quality education and student success. Directly supporting teachers (and partners or administrators working directly with teachers) is how we help overcome educational equity gaps in small and rural communities. Since 2016, we have made significant progress supporting education systems around the world.
Students
Teachers
Schools, Districts, & Partner Organizations
Where We Work
TeachUNITED currently supports teachers, schools, and districts in three unique geographies. Across these regions, participating schools have seen positive results for teachers and students.
Why teachunited?
Designed for small and rural school systems.
We fill gaps in access to teacher professional learning in historically overlooked communities.
Accessible for any school, anywhere.
Our program is effective, regardless of community socioeconomic status or technology capability.
Builds capacity, not dependency.
Our program is a comprehensive journey to build long-term capacity so change and skills are sustained within schools.
Evidence-based and data-driven model.
We rigorously measure and test our research-based model to ensure teachers develop skill that have the greatest impact on kids.
Tested, proven, and effective.
Across multiple regions, our program consistently demonstrates meaningful impact for teachers and students.
Our leaders
Heather Hiebsch
Chief Executive Officer
Heather co-founded TeachUNITED in 2016, inspired by 20 years of experience in public education and innovation. Prior to TeachUNITED, Heather was a founding school principal launching a nationally recognized, pioneering K-12 hybrid school. Her work has been featured in case studies published by the Christensen Institute, Evergreen Education, EdWeek, and Forbes.
Heather received her Master’s in Education Leadership and Reform from Colorado State University and her Bachelor’s in Science Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Molly Hoehn
Chief Operating Officer
Molly Hoehn brings more than 20 years of experience in education to her role at TeachUNITED, running the gamut from classroom teacher to COO of a company, Mawi Learning, that provides social and emotional learning to students and educators around the world, to managing a diverse product offering as Senior Director of Content and Curriculum at ACT.
While her experience is varied, the thread that connects them all is constant: a passionate belief in providing equitable opportunities for all learners to achieve their full potential.
Will you donate today?
When you say yes, your donation will help educators in small and rural communities:
Feel more prepared in the classroom (be that virtual, in-class, or both).
Develop skills to help students (and themselves) set and reach ambitious learning (and teaching) goals.
Create meaningful working relationships with other educators in rural areas facing similar challenges.
Work together to solve those challenges for maximum student impact.
Train others in their school, building internal capacity and creating lasting school-wide change.
Have more personal job satisfaction and desire to stay in their position/class /school.
