TMSxTFI

This year, for the first time ever, TMS teamed up with Teach for India to expand TMS curriculum into three more schools in Hyderabad.

The partnership between TMS and TFI paired a TMS fellow with a TFI teacher for six weeks. Together, the TMS and TFI fellows co-created curriculum, brainstormed story ideas — essentially doing a mini TMS workshop in a new school.

One of TMS’ perpetual goals is to make our work sustainable. That happens by training local teachers in digital skills. Previously that has mostly come through a day of training with Adobe Youth Voices, where we invite teachers from our school to learn a bit more about digital storytelling techniques. The TFI partnership was an opportunity to go a bit deeper with training local teachers, but also the chance for TMS fellows to learn classroom management and teaching techniques from TFI fellows.

TFI is big on project based, creative learning which is something TMS strives for in its own classrooms, so already we were on the same page with our fellow teachers. From there, each partnership did things a little bit differently. Some of us aligned our projects with ongoing curriculum in their classrooms (such as a project on mosquito borne diseases), while some of us focused on bringing TMS-type projects to students who wouldn’t have usually gotten to make movies or take photos.

Overall, it was great to meet more local teachers, work in a new school, and partner with a new organization. Check back as we post the projects from our TFI/TMS partnership.