Teachers In Service, Inc. (TIS)

Executive Summary:

Mission Statement from Alan: A Perpetual Surplus of educators
for Children of Missionaries

Teachers In Service, Inc. (TIS) is a non-profit, faith-based organization that pursues educators for children of Christian missionaries and has been doing this for 24 years.

TIS Values

TIS values children and advocates for excellence in the education of all children of Christian missionaries. TIS’s goal is to support missionary families in meeting the educational needs of their children.
· TIS believes that parents have the ultimate responsibility to ensure the educational needs of their children are met.
· TIS supports missionary families including their children by recruiting teachers.
· TIS believes that MK teachers have a direct ministry of discipling MKs
· TIS believes that MK teachers have an indirect ministry by supporting the parents’ ministry in the Great Commission.
· TIS takes an approach to the care and value of children that is consistent with biblical truths. (Mk.10.13-14)

TIS recruits by:

TIS partners with MK schools to find educators who are dedicated Christ followers. (A list is maintained)
TIS partners with groups of parents to recruit quality, qualified educators for non traditional settings. (A list is maintained)
TIS partners with Christian sending agencies. (A list is maintained)
TIS maintains a website and social media to connect candidates with schools, programs, and Christian sending agencies. (Currently the TIS website does not come up on key searches)
TIS assists candidates with experienced, expert guidance in placement at a school, program and/or Christian sending agency.
TIS assists candidates by providing direction to programs that provide preparation and orientation to distinctives of educating MKs.
TIS assists candidates by providing viewpoints and practical skills to raise prayer and financial support for their ministry.
TIS maintains job descriptions for the Executive Director, other directors, and staff positions.

Personnel

All Personnel Qualifications

Dedicated Christ-follower
Self initiated
Team-oriented
Able to work remotely
Duties
Raise their financial support
Responsibilities in the designated job description

Board of Governance

Minimum of 3, ideal 5, maximum of 7
Understand, identify, and support the TIS mission, vision, and values
Set of people with complementary skills, gifts, approaches, and experience related to the responsibilities of TIS. (Body of Christ - diversity in unity)
Have a structure: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer (A member can hold two jobs)
Work remotely, meet regularly (monthly, bimestrial - every other month)
Major parameters -foundational documents, doctrinal statement, guidelines, reviewing and developing policy

Executive Team

Executive Director - answers to Board
Mobilization Director (Teacher Recruitment and School Support)
Marketing Director (Communication and Technology)
Development Director (Donors and Funding)
Work remotely, meet regularly (monthly, every other week)
Work within parameters, implementing policy in day-to-day activities

Staff Teams

Recruiting Team (Teacher Recruitment and School Support)
Marketing Team (Communication and Technology)
Development Team (Donors and Funding)
Work remotely

Candidates

Students (Education Majors, HS students)
Professional Teachers going cross-culturally
Traditional or new sending country personnel
Qualified, quality Christian educators

Current and Potential Resources

Consensus among MK teacher recruiters that MK school staff on home assignment and graduates make the best recruiters
Two TIS Board members who have each spent 40 years working with various aspects of MK education
One TIS Board member who has had discussions with MK schools on 4 continents
Several YouTube testimonies from MK parents, Teachers, and administrators about the value of and need for MK teachers
Availability of online help with marketing and advertising
A grant of $250 K for mouse clicks for advertising
Some anticipated new leaders (Board members? or directors? or staff?) who will have had experience in marketing or advertising.
Some anticipated new leaders (Board members? or directors? or staff?) who will have had experience in working remotely with staff for the recruitment of MK teachers
An anticipated new executive director that will have had experience in pulling pieces together

Next Steps:

Develop a revitalized Board of Directors with 5 members with complementary experience and skills.
Improve the TIS website and social media - update, modernize, eye-catching , motivational, informative.
Make the TIS website more “findable” and include more intuitive links to schools, programs, Christian sending agencies, orientations, etc.
Better define the TIS organizational profile including foundational documents based on biblical principles, handbook, and data lists to improve productivity.
Find a new Executive Director who can build upon TIS existing foundation and extend the organization's reach.
Transition TIS into a network advocating for teachers at mission schools, actively engaging with mobilizers and recruiters, and serving as a virtual bridge between schools and mission mobilizers.
Explore merging with an established mobilizing organization, allowing it to become a specialized segment within an organization like Mission Next, leveraging existing resources and expertise.

Teachers In Service, Inc. (TIS) is a non-profit, faith-based organization that pursues educators for children of Christian missionaries and has been doing this for 24 years.

TIS values children and advocates for excellence in the education of all children of Christian missionaries. TIS’s goal is to support missionary families in meeting the educational needs of their children.

· TIS believes that parents have the ultimate responsibility to ensure the educational needs of their children are met.

· TIS supports missionary families including their children by recruiting teachers.

· TIS believes that MK teachers have a direct ministry of discipling MKs

· TIS believes that MK teachers have an indirect ministry by supporting the parents’ ministry in the Great Commission.

· TIS takes an approach to the care and value of children that is consistent with biblical truths. (Mk.10.13-14)

TIS partners with MK schools to find educators who are dedicated Christ followers. (A list is maintained)

TIS partners with groups of parents to recruit quality, qualified educators for non traditional settings. (A list is maintained)

TIS partners with Christian sending agencies. (A list is maintained)

TIS maintains a website and social media to connect candidates with schools, programs, and Christian sending agencies. (Currently the TIS website does not come up on key searches)

TIS assists candidates with experienced, expert guidance in placement at a school, program and/or Christian sending agency.

TIS assists candidates by providing direction to programs that provide preparation and orientation to distinctives of educating MKs.

TIS assists candidates by providing viewpoints and practical skills to raise prayer and financial support for their ministry.

TIS maintains job descriptions for the Executive Director, other directors, and staff positions.

Dedicated Christ-follower

Self initiated

Team-oriented

Able to work remotely

Duties

Raise their financial support

Responsibilities in the designated job description

Minimum of 3, ideal 5, maximum of 7

Understand, identify, and support the TIS mission, vision, and values

Set of people with complementary skills, gifts, approaches, and experience related to the responsibilities of TIS. (Body of Christ - diversity in unity)

Have a structure: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer (A member can hold two jobs)

Work remotely, meet regularly (monthly, bimestrial - every other month)

Major parameters -foundational documents, doctrinal statement, guidelines, reviewing and developing policy

Executive Director - answers to Board

Mobilization Director (Teacher Recruitment and School Support)

Marketing Director (Communication and Technology)

Development Director (Donors and Funding)

Work remotely, meet regularly (monthly, every other week)

Work within parameters, implementing policy in day-to-day activities

Recruiting Team (Teacher Recruitment and School Support)

Marketing Team (Communication and Technology)

Development Team (Donors and Funding)

Work remotely

Students (Education Majors, HS students)

Professional Teachers going cross-culturally

Traditional or new sending country personnel

Qualified, quality Christian educators

Consensus among MK teacher recruiters that MK school staff on home assignment and graduates make the best recruiters

Two TIS Board members who have each spent 40 years working with various aspects of MK education

One TIS Board member who has had discussions with MK schools on 4 continents

Several YouTube testimonies from MK parents, Teachers, and administrators about the value of and need for MK teachers

Availability of online help with marketing and advertising

A grant of $250 K for mouse clicks for advertising

Some anticipated new leaders (Board members? or directors? or staff?) who will have had experience in marketing or advertising.

Some anticipated new leaders (Board members? or directors? or staff?) who will have had experience in working remotely with staff for the recruitment of MK teachers

An anticipated new executive director that will have had experience in pulling pieces together

Develop a revitalized Board of Directors with 5 members with complementary experience and skills.

Improve the TIS website and social media - update, modernize, eye-catching , motivational, informative.

Make the TIS website more “findable” and include more intuitive links to schools, programs, Christian sending agencies, orientations, etc.

Better define the TIS organizational profile including foundational documents based on biblical principles, handbook, and data lists to improve productivity.

Find a new Executive Director who can build upon TIS existing foundation and extend the organization's reach.

Transition TIS into a network advocating for teachers at mission schools, actively engaging with mobilizers and recruiters, and serving as a virtual bridge between schools and mission mobilizers.

Explore merging with an established mobilizing organization, allowing it to become a specialized segment within an organization like Mission Next, leveraging existing resources and expertise.

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