Start your transformative leadership journey with the Fellowship as your foundation towards creating long-term systemic change in education.
What Is The Fellowship?
The Fellowship is a full-time, fully-paid two years Leadership Development Programme designed to equip aspiring leaders with the skills, on-ground experience and network to create change in the long run for: classrooms, communities, and the education system.
You will work closely with the school and local community to understand and address educational inequity from the roots while building a global professional network with Alumni, partners and mentors who are ready to guide and collaborate with you throughout your leadership journey.
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Programme Details
Start Date | January 2025 |
Duration | 2 years |
Fee | No Fees |
Mode | On-ground |
Intake | 01 March 2024 – 30 Sep 2024 |
Which Pathway Is For You?
Are you a fresh graduate/working adult?
Download here for the Teaching Partner Pathway Infopack
Are you an existing KPM teacher?
The Novice Teacher Fellowship aims to empower and support novice teachers to reach student outcomes in their first few years of teaching. The programme complements MOE’s existing teacher development programmes through training workshops and direct coaching sessions.
Download here for the Novice Teacher Pathway Infopack
The Problem
Every child deserves to create their future and live a life they truly love. However, a child’s background and systemic injustices often determine his or her outcome in life. Children from less privileged communities do not receive the same education opportunities. The pandemic in 2020 has further exacerbated this gap.
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~50% of 15 year-old Malaysians are
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Malaysian firms say that 82.5% of talent
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Malaysia has one of the
among Asian developing nations, potentially resulting in a lifetime income loss of 767.5 billion ringgit for the 5 million+ students in MalaysiaWe Focus Our Impact On
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What Will You Do As A Fellow?
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Year 1 of Fellowship
Building Fellows’ capacity in foundational pedagogical and leadership aspects
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Year 2 of Fellowship
Empower Fellows to drive change in their classroom, school, or community
The Programme Highlight
Masterclass Series
One-on-one Coaching
Peer Learning and Cohort Culture
Fellows through strong PLC and Cohort culture experience.
TFM Week
Student Leadership Camp (SLC)
Dragon’s Den
school or community.Fellows through strong PLC and Cohort culture experience.
Eligibility Criteria
If you match the criteria listed below, you are one application away from becoming a changemaker.
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Fellows under the Teaching Partner Pathway are employed by Teach For Malaysia for two (2) years, and placed in high-need schools around Malaysia. Fellows under this pathway have the opportunity to collaborate with existing teachers (a.k.a. Guru Hos/ Host Teachers) to enhance classroom environment & outcomes for students with varying backgrounds and learning capabilities.
Throughout the 2 years, Fellows will spend 50% of their time focused on classroom teaching, 30% on community engagement projects, and 20% on personal & professional development with Teach For Malaysia.
To be eligible to join the Fellowship, you must:
- Be a Malaysian citizen below 40 years old
- Hold an accredited Bachelor’s degree in any discipline
- Have strong verbal and written English and Bahasa
- Be a graduate from a local or overseas university
- Have a strong academic track record
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Fellows under the Novice Teacher Pathway must be employed by the Ministry Of Education (MOE). Fellows under this pathway have the opportunity to empower and instil the belief that teachers are more than just a person who teaches in front of the class. They are also leaders of many talents and capabilities who can realize the true potential of themselves and others.
To be eligible to join the Fellowship, you must:
- Currently teaching in SK, SMK, SJK, Sekolah Orang Asli/Orang Asal
- Currently teaching in Johor, Perak, Selangor, or Sarawak Posted to school as MOE teacher between 2020-2024 (0-5 years in the system)
- Teaching either Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Inggeris or Sejarah
What Our Fellows Say
Learn More About Fellowship
We invite everyone who is passionate about education to join our national community of leaders.
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The Fellowship Journey and Beyond
Learn more about the Fellowship’s leader development framework, what being a full-time teacher entails and an overview of our Alumni network