Teach For Italy - Insegnare Per L'italia

What Teach For Italy - Insegnare Per L'italia does

Teach For Italy - Insegnare per l'Italia ETS is an Italian non-profit association (Ente del Terzo Settore) founded in 2019 and headquartered in Rome at Circonvallazione Clodia n. 29. The organization recruits and selects motivated individuals to serve as Docenti-Fellow for a minimum two-year teaching placement in schools facing educational disadvantage, with a particular focus on Southern Italy and the Islands via its Modello Sud e Isole initiative. It is an independent constituent of the Teach For All global network of 62 organizations and operates under a national framework agreement with the Italian Ministry of Education (Ministero dell'Istruzione).

The organization's core offerings center on the Fellowship Program and Aula TFI, a dedicated e-learning platform serving Fellows, teachers in the approximately 150-school TFI School Network (Rete di Scuole TFI), and the broader Italian teaching community. Complementary surface areas include Il Quaderno (an educational blog) and partnership-driven vocational training collaboration with entities such as CIOFS-FP (Milano) and Enaip Piemonte. As of 2025, the organization reports 101 active Fellows, 96 Alumni, 13,133 students reached in the active network, and over 25,000 students impacted since 2020.

Teach For Italy is funded entirely (100%) through donations from foundations, companies, and individuals, supplemented by the Italian 5x1000 tax designation mechanism (tax code 97911810584) and merchandise sales. The organization discloses a 2025 budget of €1,700,000. The GTM motion is community-led, relying on recruitment marketing, alumni engagement, and national media coverage (La7, La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, RAI) to drive both Fellow pipeline and donor pipeline. Leadership is anchored by Director Andrea Pastorelli and Responsabile Sviluppo Eleonora Dutto, with the broader organization operating at an 11–50 employee scale.

Name

Teach For Italy - Insegnare Per L'italia

Legal name

Associazione Teach For Italy - Insegnare per l'Italia

Website

https://teachforitaly.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Teach For Italy (Insegnare per l'Italia) is a Rome-based non-profit association, founded in 2019 and part of the Teach For All global network, that recruits and trains teachers for two-year fellowships in Italian schools facing educational disadvantage, particularly in Southern Italy and the Islands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Fellowship and Teacher Training Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Education & Teaching Volunteer Programs (EDAIAGAD)

Keywords

• Teacher fellowship program
• Educational equity nonprofit
• E-learning teacher training
• School network partnership
• Teacher recruitment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundations and Corporate Donations: 100% of Teach For Italy's funds come from Foundations, Companies, and Individuals who share their mission and values. The international network Teach For All regularly activates internal opportunities for the 62 organizations that are part of it.
2. 5x1000 Tax Designation: Italian taxpayer donation mechanism (5x1000) where citizens can designate a portion of their IRPEF tax to the organization. Tax code: 97911810584.
3. Direct Donations: Free donations and merchandise sales. IBAN: IT61 Y030 6909 6061 0000 0163 058

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Teach For Italy is a non-profit association that recruits, selects, and trains motivated individuals to teach for a minimum of two years in Italian schools facing the greatest educational poverty challenges. It supports Fellows through a continuous professional development program and operates Aula TFI, a dedicated e-learning platform for Fellows, network school teachers, and the broader teaching community.

Product overview

Teach For Italy - Insegnare per l'Italia ETS operates as a unified educational program centered on its Fellowship Program and e-learning platform. The core offering consists of the Fellowship Program (a two-year minimum teacher recruitment and training initiative) complemented by Aula TFI, an e-learning platform for Fellows and teachers. The organization also maintains Il Quaderno, a blog for educational content sharing. All offerings work together to contrast educational inequalities in Italy by attracting talented teachers to disadvantaged school contexts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aula TFI: The e-learning platform of Teach For Italy dedicated to Fellows, teachers in the TFI School Network, and all teachers. The platform is continuously enriched with new courses and resources based on the classroom experience of Fellow teachers.

Products and services

• Fellowship Program Two-year minimum teaching fellowship that recruits and selects motivated individuals to teach in schools in disadvantaged areas of Italy. Fellows receive professional training and continuous growth support to drive transformative impact on students and the Italian educational ecosystem.
• Aula TFI E-learning platform dedicated to Teach For Italy Fellows, teachers in the Teach For Italy School Network, and all teachers. Continuously enriched with new courses and resources based on Fellows' classroom experience and user feedback.
• Modello Sud e Isole Geographic focus initiative targeting Southern Italy and the Islands, regions with higher educational poverty rates and school dropout levels. Concentrates Fellow placement and program resources in these underserved areas.

Quantifiable outcome

• 13,133 students reached through network of +150 schools
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Teach For AllcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeach For Italy is part of the international Teach For All network, a global network of 62 independent nonprofit organizations working to ensure that all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential. This partnership provides knowledge sharing, international collaboration, and best practice exchange across the network.
• Ministero dell'Istruzione (Ministry of Education)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFramework agreement at national level enabling Teach For Italy to place Fellows in schools across Italy and collaborate on educational initiatives.
• Rete di Scuole TFIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of approximately 100 schools in Italy that participate in the Teach For Italy Fellowship program, hosting Fellow teachers.
• CIOFS-FP (Milano)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Centro di Formazione Professionale in Milan for vocational training collaboration and professional development programs.
• Enaip PiemonteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVocational training network partnership for collaboration on professional training programs and international exchanges.
• Empieza por EducarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish partner in the Teach For All network. Lidia Magán Samper from this organization conducted workshops with Teach For Italy Programme Managers on Project Based Learning methodology.
• Teach For SwedenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network partner. Fellows and Alumni participated in Summer School exchange program in Sweden.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Save the Children Italia: Major Italian non-profit running educational programs for children in poverty, including 'Fare #Scuola' and fight against school dropout; comparable operating model (non-profit, schools-based, donations-funded) and partially overlapping donor and policy-network ecosystem in Italy.
• Indire (Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa): Italian Ministry of Education research institute delivering teacher professional development and supporting innovation in schools; comparable as the public-sector counterpart providing teacher training that Aula TFI directly competes with for Italian teacher mind-share.
• Fondazione per la Scuola della Compagnia di San Paolo: Italian philanthropic foundation of the Compagnia di San Paolo that funds educational equity programs in Piedmont and nationally; directly comparable in mission addressing Italian educational disadvantage and competes for overlapping donor and school-partnership channels.

Direct peers

• Teach For All (Network): Global network of 62 independent partner organizations of which Teach For Italy is a member; directly comparable because each partner operates the same fellowship-based teacher recruitment and training model in its own country.
• Teach For America: Original and largest Teach For All partner, placing corps members into high-need US public schools; structurally and operationally the benchmark case for any Teach For All country affiliate.
• Teach For Sweden: Swedish Teach For All partner operating the same teaching fellowship model for disadvantaged schools; Teach For Italy runs Summer School exchanges with this organization.
• Empieza por Educar (Teach For Spain): Spanish partner in the Teach For All network; runs a near-identical 2-year teacher fellowship model targeting schools with high educational poverty, and is explicitly partnered with Teach For Italy on PBL workshops.
• Teach First (UK): Founding Teach For All partner running the original two-year leadership development fellowship placing graduates in low-income schools across England and Wales; highly comparable in mission and program design.
• Enseña por Colombia (Teach For Colombia): Colombian Teach For All partner running the same fellowship model focused on regions with high educational poverty; peer in Latin America paralleling TFI's Modello Sud e Isole focus.
• Ensina Brasil (Teach For Brazil): Brazilian Teach For All partner targeting low-income public schools with a two-year teaching fellowship; strongly comparable in mission, geography of disadvantage, and program structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCID4qdfqEtyq87lb4ImeUeQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/TeachForItaly
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teach-for-italy-insegnare-per-l-italia
• Instagraminstagram.com/teachforitaly
• TikToktiktok.com/@teachforitaly

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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