ProFuturo is a digital education programme that aims to ensure inclusive equitable quality education for boys and girls in vulnerable environments through the promotion of lifelong learning opportunities and the development of 21st century skills and digital tools. To do this, ProFuturo supports teacher professional development through a catalogue of courses.

Within this framework, ProFuturo is currently launching an initiative that specifically targets primary school teachers based in Africa and Asia who have digital connectivity. The initiative proposes the following courses from ProFuturo’s catalogue:

• Mathematics for everyone: JUMP Math, which intends to improve the pedagogical capacity of primary school mathematics teachers, building on the methodology of JUMP Math.
• Innovation Route, which aims to develop teachers’ capacity to innovate in the classroom.

ProFuturo is willing to collaborate with public and private organisations to reach the target group (primary education teachers with connectivity in Africa and Asia). These partners could be:

• Ministries of Education or educational institutions that want to improve their teacher training programmes
• Public or private institutions or organisations with technological equipment and/or networks of connected teachers
• Any other type of organisation or project that contributes to achieving the initiative’s goals either in a specific country or at regional level

If you are interested please contact secretaria.profuturo@telefonica.com

ProFuturo is a digital education programme that aims to ensure inclusive equitable quality education for boys and girls in vulnerable environments through the promotion of lifelong learning opportunities and the development of 21st century skills and digital tools. To do this, ProFuturo supports teacher professional development through a catalogue of courses.

Within this framework, ProFuturo is currently launching an initiative that specifically targets primary school teachers based in Africa and Asia who have digital connectivity. The initiative proposes the following courses from ProFuturo’s catalogue:

• Mathematics for everyone: JUMP Math, which intends to improve the pedagogical capacity of primary school mathematics teachers, building on the methodology of JUMP Math.
• Innovation Route, which aims to develop teachers’ capacity to innovate in the classroom.

ProFuturo is willing to collaborate with public and private organisations to reach the target group (primary education teachers with connectivity in Africa and Asia). These partners could be:

• Ministries of Education or educational institutions that want to improve their teacher training programmes
• Public or private institutions or organisations with technological equipment and/or networks of connected teachers
• Any other type of organisation or project that contributes to achieving the initiative’s goals either in a specific country or at regional level

If you are interested please contact secretaria.profuturo@telefonica.com

As part of its new main line of action on national and regional policy learning, The Teacher Task Force is co-organising a series of workshops for the Asia Pacific Region with the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO), in cooperation with Philippines. The first workshop will be held on 1 July, followed by a second workshop in October/November. Between the two workshops, additional reflection by the TTF Secretariat and the regional Steering Committee members will take place to verify assumptions and refine regional policy learning needs for the second workshop.

In particular, the workshops aim to foster exchange and discussion in support of holistic and comprehensive teacher policy development as illustrated in the Teacher Policy Development Guide (TPDG) and its nine interconnected dimensions as a framework. This workshop will focus on common policy learning need related to teacher education and teacher standards including issues related to capacity building, teacher training, qualifications, licensing, and its relationship to the professionalisation of the teaching career framed in regional framework to establish teacher standards. In addition to this, countries demonstrated an interest in the ICT dimension of teacher education including ICT skills and pedagogies for remote and distance teaching. They also demonstrated learning needs related to social dialogue and school leadership.

Country focal points and deputies, including both country and organisational members, will be invited to the Asia Pacific regional workshop. Other key partners with regional remits will be consulted and invited to actively participate as they are familiar with regional policy learning needs.

For more information contact Thomas, Yael (y.thomas@unesco.org) or Algohani, Maram (m.algohani@unesco.org).

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You are invited to the 10th SEAMEO-University of Tsukuba Symposium, under the theme Teacher Education in the Past, Current and Challenges for Future - Reimagining Teacher Education in the New Normal Post-COVID-19.

Dr Carlos Tamez, Head of the Teacher Task Force will speak at the Roundtable Discussion on Reimagining Teacher Education and Training in Post COVID-19 on 10 Feb 2022 at 10.40-11.40 hrs Bangkok time.

The 10th SEAMEO-University of Tsukuba (UT) aims to:

1)    Provide a platform to showcase the best practices of teacher education and training in responding to the pandemic and school closures in the region;

2)    Identify opportunities and challenges faced by teacher education and training institutions in Southeast Asia during the pandemic period; and

3)    Consolidate the policy changes and ways forward for “New Normal” in teacher education and training institutions.

• REGISTER HERE 
• More information on the 10th SEAMEO-UT Symposium
• Check the programme
• Inquiries  webinar@seameo.org