Anyone can be placed in a classroom. It takes a foundation to become the Teacher of one.
MORIM
The MORIM Foundation Year™
Your First Classroom Shouldn't Be Your Trial By Fire.
A bridge from passion to practice. The essential, school-based training for aspiring teachers who want to start strong—for their students, and for themselves.
The Broken Bridge: Passion vs. Practice
The journey into teaching is often a cliff edge. Graduates leave theory-rich programmes, passionate individuals answer a calling, and they are placed in a classroom expected to perform. The result? Overwhelm. Isolation. Early burnout. The sacred craft of teaching gets reduced to crowd control and curriculum coverage, dimming the light of even the most passionate new educator.
We don’t believe your first year should be about survival. We believe it should be about foundation.
The MORIM Foundation Year™ is a revolutionary earn-while-you-learn apprenticeship. It partners aspiring educators with mentor-led classrooms in our network of exemplary schools, providing a supported, practical, and profound launch into the profession.
Why The Foundation Year™ Is The Best Start
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Learn in the Live Environment: Theory is taught on Monday, practiced on Tuesday, and refined on Wednesday. There is no gap between knowing and doing.
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Mentorship, Not Supervision: Each resident is paired with a MORIM-Certified Mentor Teacher, a practitioner of heart-led pedagogy who coaches, models, and debriefs daily.
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Earn a Salary & A Credential: Residents receive a stipend from their partner school while working towards the prestigious MORIM Practitioner Certification, a mark of quality that distinguishes them in the job market.
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Build a Cohort, Not a Résumé: Residents learn as a collaborative cohort, creating a lifelong professional network of support, innovation, and shared purpose.
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Guaranteed Impact for Partner Schools: You gain a dedicated, trained, and supported teaching resident who grows into a transformative asset for your school community.
Who This Is For:
Aspiring Educators:
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Graduates with a degree (in any field) and a passion for teaching.
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Career-changers seeking a meaningful, practice-based route into education.
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Teaching assistants ready to step into a full teaching role with mastery.
Partner Schools:
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Forward-thinking schools that want to 'grow their own' exceptional teaching talent.
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Schools committed to mentoring and innovation.
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School groups looking to build a sustainable pipeline of outstanding, culturally-fit educators.
Let's discuss your school's unique context and craft an experience that will resonate.
