A Year Of Challenging Growth
With our support, grow in self-discovery, grow in your leadership, and grow towards a meaningful career.
Cycle 2 Application Deadline: 3rd December 2021
Ceaseless Journey Of Growth As a Fellow
Widen Your Horizons
Stretch yourself in new directions. In this 10-month teaching placement, you will experience the educational realities faced by students in low-income communities.
Transform your career
Discover possibilities in your future career. Get exclusive mentorship from our community of industry leaders and ambitious alumni at Goldman Sachs, UBS and many more.
Grow Into A Leader
Make yourself competitive. With ongoing training and personal coaching, you will improve your leadership skills - your communication, change management, and creative innovation.
Get Inspired By The Community
Be part of the vibrant, diverse and passionate community. Find inspiration, support and encouragement from the cohort, made up of Fellows from every discipline and with working experience.
“Experience from TFHK not only provided me with exposure to education realities,
but also nurtured me to be an active learner, a supervisor and a leader.”
- Fei Cheung (Current Student of MSc Machine Learning at UCL | Fellow 17-18)
From law and literature to public policy consulting
Sabrina Cheng (Fellow 19-20)
Associate Consultant, Public Sector Consulting at PwC
Graduate of Law (Bachelor) and Arts (Master) in HKU
From classroom leader to business leader
Karen Chung (Fellow 17-18)
Business Development Pioneer at Software AG
Graduate of Sociology and Politics & Public Administration in HKU
Apply compassionate communication in daily life
Jamie Li (Fellow 20-21)
Former Global Volunteer in Cambodia
Graduate of Psychology in HKU
Excel stakeholder management in challenging environment
Felice Tang (Fellow 21-22)
Former President at AIESEC in CUHK
Graduate of Global Communication in CUHK
Great leaders lead, teach and educate their people constantly.
The Fellowship gives Fellows experiences that are of great relevance to leadership.
- Mr. Jeff Wong, Head of Scaled Business at Google
FAQs
+ What if I do not have any experience in education?
We value diversity in candidates, in terms of their academic background, personal experience and learning exposure. Past educaton related experience is a plus but it is not a prerequisite to join Fellowship as we will provide teaching training and support during the six-week Summer Institute and ongoing training sessions.
+ What kind of professional development and support will Teach for Hong Kong give me?
Through group mentorship, we support Fellows and Alumni career development and personal growth through advice, insights and network generously brought in by the mentors. The groups also are the venues where mentees with similar career aspirations foster one another’s learning.
Some of our mentors: Ms. Florence Kui, Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, Mr. Eric Lin, Chief Marketing & Business Development Office of Livibank, Mr. Warren Luk, Chief Executive Officer of Good Lab and many more.
+ What competitive skillsets will I gain?
To develop leaders, innovators, educators and engineers for our social and education future, we defined 6 core competencies that our Fellows would learn and hone during their Fellowship year. These 6 competencies are the top missing areas yet the must-needs to succeed in any professions today and until 2030, according to McKinsey Global Institute.
+ Growth Mindset
- Be excited about the challenge of bringing education equity and see difficulties during the Fellowship as learning
+ Communication and Influence
- Articulate clearly your ideas and align different stakeholders towards a common vision
+ Resilience and Grit
- Quickly recover from setbacks at school, and persevere on projects to realize your education vision
+ Strategic Thinking
- Think of sustainable solutions to challenging problems in education and plan for actionable steps to realize them
+ Cognitive Flexibility
- Think flexibility how to help grassroots students and try different solutions in classrooms, at schools and in our communities
+ Cross-Sector Collaboration
- Engage with leaders from education, corporate, policy and beyond and bring resources from all sectors to your classroom