Stir Education

stir sees teachers as the solution, not the problem, in addressing the global learning crisis that affects 250 million children in developing countries today. stir’s core mission is to partner with governments to ignite and sustain teacher intrinsic motivation. we do this in order to improve classroom practice and student learning, and in the process boost financial efficiency for education systems. at the core of our approach is the building of teacher networks: local, ongoing communities of practice. these networks meet physically once a month, and a typical network consists of 30 teachers across 10 or more local schools. teachers go through an initial two-year structured development journey where they gain exposure to key teaching principles and are supported to make tangible change in their classrooms. the networks continue after the two years and provide a mechanism for teachers to improve in other areas. we form a partnership with an education system (a state or country) for a pe