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  • 21.09.2020

Rebuild Education Summit - A virtual summit giving teachers a voice on how their leadership can rebuild education

COVID-19 has changed education systems forever. Please join us this 9 October at 12:00 BST for the “Rebuild” Summit, a global conversation on how teacher leadership can rebuild education.

 

Hosted by the Varkey Foundation, “Rebuild” will bring together different voices to collectively reimagine the future of education. The event will hear from some of the world’s best teachers on how they have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

It will convene discussion groups for hundreds of participants to think about education in a post-COVID world. And it will attempt to answer three critical questions about the future of education:

 

  • How do we reopen schools? Identifying innovative models of teacher leadership and best practice from reopened classrooms and schools;
  • How do we rebuild educationLearning from teachers around the world about what’s worked and what hasn’t worked for their students during global school closures;
  • How do we reimagine learning? Reimagining education systems to put quality and equity at the heart of the learning process post COVID-19.

We look forward to seeing you at the summit! Please follow this link to register and be part of the conversation and, if you can, invite others to join the conversation.

Event
  • 11.09.2020

Regional Virtual Meeting for Asia-Pacific - Teachers Leading in crisis, reimagining the future

The International Task force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF) in collaboration with UNESCO Bangkok will host a Regional Virtual Meeting for Asia-Pacific on 7 October at 9:00h-11:00 (Paris time GTM +2).

Following from the Regional Meetings initiated in May/June of 2020 on distance teaching and the return to school, the TTF, with member organizations and partners is organizing a new series of discussions to coincide with the WTD celebration.  These will build on the initial dialogue while also exploring the topic of teacher leadership and its key role in developing effective solutions to address challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and building back resilient education systems.

In particular, the regional meetings will provide a forum to:

  • Share examples of leadership that emerged, were implemented or are planned during different phases of the pandemic including the transition to remote teaching and the return to school;
  • Identify the different systemic or policy level enabling factors that were conducive to foster effective leadership amongst school leaders and teachers at the classroom-, school- and community-levels;
  • Identify challenges that need to be addressed to ensure leadership can be enhanced and teachers can take the lead on different dimensions of teaching and learning;
  • Discuss different tools available to support teacher leadership, including the new TTF Toolkit for Reopening Schools, and TTF Knowledge Platform.

Some of the main questions to be covered will include:

  • What government interventions were implemented or are planned to strengthen leadership capacity of school leaders and teachers to ensure the continuity of learning in the use of distance education and the return to school (if applicable) at the classroom-, school-, and community-levels?
  • Given the lack of time to prepare for school closures in most countries, what examples of leadership decisions and actions emerged to ensure the continuity of learning at the micro-(classroom), meso-(school) and macro- (community) levels?
  • What forms of social dialogue were conducted or are planned within a strong teacher leadership orientation to ensure the voices of teachers are included in planning?
  • What enabling factors and challenges currently exist to foster a leadership mindset?

The meeting is open to TTF member countries and organizations as well as non-members. TTF focal points, representatives of Ministries of Education, and other relevant education stakeholders working on teachers’ issues in the region are invited to join the meeting.

Event
  • 22.06.2020

Strengthening School Leadership and Governance amidst and post the Covid19 Crisis in Africa

With the advent of the COVID19 pandemic there has been a lot of school disruption. As the COVID-19 crisis deepens and spreads, a strong response by school leaders is urgently needed to mitigate against the disruption faced by children who may be out of school for the foreseeable future. School leaders are uniquely positioned to have the respect and personal relationships to guide families on how to support their children at home during this unprecedented, fast-moving challenge.

This webinar, organized by UNESCO IICBA, seeks to create  an opportunity for education experts to collectively reflect on how school leadership and governance can be enhanced to address the current unpredictable education sector challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and during the school re-opening process.The webinar seeks to create  an opportunity for education experts to collectively reflect on how school leadership and governance can be enhanced to address the current unpredictable education sector challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and during the school re-opening process.

The objectives of the webinar include the following:

  1. Provide a platform to reflect on the role of school leadership and management in ensuring continuity of teaching and learning amidst the COVID19 pandemic;
  2. Discuss the current challenges school leaders have faced in creating linkages with the learners, the teachers, their communities amidst the COVID19 pandemic;
  3. Discuss the key ingredients and innovative strategies needed to build resilient school leaders and managers that can ably support those mostly in need; and
  4. Deliberate on the various strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of School Leadership and Governance at the national level, to better respond to the emerging education needs and challenges in the region amidst the current Covid19, during school reopening and post the pandemic.

Follow the link below to join: 

Microsoft Teams: https://tinyurl.com/ydytt7f2

Brochure / Flyer
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  • 08.04.2020

Are teachers valued?

Teaching in Focus: What helps teachers feel valued and satisfied with their jobs? THALIS -OECD (2014/05) Teaching in Focus policy briefs use data from the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International...
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  • 08.04.2020

Teacher self-efficacy, voice and leadership

Teacher Self-Efficacy, Voice and Leadership: Towards a Policy Framework for Educational International - February 2012 Bangs, J., and Frost, D., (2012) University of Cambridge Faculty of Education and...