The role of school leaders across the globe in managing COVID 19 and tackling the learning crisis

Global School Leaders and the World Bank will host a South to South knowledge exchange webinar series on school leadership that will kick off on Wednesday July 21, 2021 at 12:00-1:30pm GMT. The theme of this series is “The role of school leaders across the globe in managing COVID 19 and tackling the learning crisis.”

The aim of the gathering is to facilitate  knowledge sharing across large-scale programs and initiatives in response to the growing learning crisis, exacerbated by COVID-19. It will bring together academic, government, NGO, and foundation representatives from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Participants will include government officials, academics and development partners, non-governmental organizations and students. More details can be found in the attached agenda.

Sessions will run for 1.5 hours and speakers will be a part of a moderated panel. A Q&A session will follow the panel discussion. The list of webinar topics are provided below:

• Session 1 (July 21) - How is the role of the school leader evolving to meet the needs of crisis management? Register here
• Session 2 (September 8) - What are we learning from recent evaluations of school leadership capacity building?
• Session 3 (October 6) – What are the enabling system conditions needed for strong school leaders to thrive?

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