[Application] 2026 Network Breakthroughs

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Across our network, educators and leaders are constantly finding new ways to address complex challenges and create opportunities for children and communities. What breakthrough have you seen that others across the network could learn from?

Whether it's your own innovation or one you'd like to nominate, we invite you to share an approach that is helping drive progress toward developing collective leadership so that all children can fulfill their potential.

Selected Network Breakthroughs will be featured as part of the 2026 End of Year Gathering, taking place virtually in early December and bringing together 500+ attendees from across the global Teach For All network. Stay tuned! This is your chance to spotlight your work, spark new collaborations, and inspire others by showing how your innovation contributes to our collective vision for every child.

Submit your application or nomination by September 6, 2026.

What makes a strong Network Breakthrough? – We're looking for innovations that demonstrate:

Clear and Innovative Idea: What is your innovation, what challenge or opportunity inspired it, and what makes it a breakthrough? Clearly describe your core idea and explain what makes it new or a significant improvement on existing approaches within the network.
Meaningful Impact: What difference has your innovation made so far? Share evidence or examples of the impact you've seen, whether in a classroom, community, region, or organization. If applicable, tell us how the innovation is continuing to evolve, including any plans to expand or scale the approach.
Transformative Potential: How could others across the network learn from or adapt your innovation? Explain what others could learn from your approach, why it could be adapted to different contexts, and how it could help create meaningful change across the network.

You are welcome to submit your application in any language you feel most comfortable using. We will work with selected Network Breakthrough presenters to record and caption their content in advance of the event.

For inspiration, watch the 2025 and 2024 Network Breakthroughs. If you have any questions, please contact Paola Gomez.

Please submit one form per innovation (if submitting multiple). Selection decisions will be shared on a rolling basis beginning in October 2026.

Please note: To be considered for selection, your submission must explicitly address all three of the following criteria:

Clear and Innovative Idea: What is your innovation, what challenge or opportunity inspired it, and what makes it a breakthrough? Clearly describe your core idea and explain what makes it new or a significant improvement on existing approaches within the network.
Meaningful Impact: What difference has your innovation made so far? Share evidence or examples of the impact you've seen, whether in a classroom, community, region, or organization. If applicable, tell us how the innovation is continuing to evolve, including any plans to expand or scale the approach.
Transformative Potential: How could others across the network learn from or adapt your innovation? Explain what others could learn from your approach, why it could be adapted to different contexts, and how it could help create meaningful change across the network.

Note: In the following response, please try to cover as much as you know about how the Breakthrough meets each of the criteria below:

Clear and Innovative Idea: What is the innovation, what challenge or opportunity inspired it, and what makes it a breakthrough? Clearly describe the core idea and explain what makes it new or a significant improvement on existing approaches within the network.
Meaningful Impact: What difference has the innovation made so far? Share evidence or examples of the impact you've seen, whether in a classroom, community, region, or organization. If applicable, tell us how the innovation is continuing to evolve, including any plans to expand or scale the approach.
Transformative Potential: How could others across the network learn from or adapt the innovation? Explain what others could learn from the approach, why it could be adapted to different contexts, and how it could help create meaningful change across the network.

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