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  • 16.05.2022

Transforming Education Summit – Call for best practices and innovations on teachers and teaching

The online submission form for the collection of good practices to support the work of the Transforming Education Action Tracks is now available. The deadline for the first round of submissions is 20 May 2022, however subsequent rounds of submissions will be available.

Please submit your best practice here.  Guidelines on how to do it can be consulted here. 

The Transforming Education Summit (TES) in September 2022 provides a unique platform and opportunity to reimagine education for the 21st century and to mobilize greater political ambition, actions, and solidarity towards achieving SDG 4. The TES Thematic Action Tracks, in particular, spotlight areas requiring greater stakeholder attention and actions and can accelerate progress towards the 2030 Agenda and/or transform education.

While the national consultations workstream supports the development of a shared vision of the futures of education, the good practices collected through the Action Tracks workstream will identify evidence-based examples of successful policy interventions and programmes, including those addressing COVID-19 pandemic-related educational disruption as well as pre-existing educational equalities learning crisis, with a view to drawing lessons learnt and key drivers for transformation. Their value lies in communicating elements of already transformed education landscapes to decision-makers. Practical solutions that work in different contexts will be brought into the spotlight, particularly programming and financing approaches with transformative results for marginalized groups, along with evidence on how these might be taken to scale. It is hoped that such efforts will inspire the reapplication of experiences across countries. 

This form is being used to seek good practices in the area of Teachers, teaching, and the teaching profession, which is the theme of Action Track 2 of the TES. The Action Track will explore the particular issues of teacher shortages, qualifications, and emerging professional development needs, status and working conditions of teachers and education personnel, educational leadership, and innovation.

For more information about the Transorming Education Summit, please see here.

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  • 24.06.2021

The best investment – Supporting teachers in COVID-19 recovery and beyond

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Ensuring qualified and motivated teachers in every classroom is the single-most important school-based determinant of quality education and learning outcomes. However, around the world, not only are there not enough teachers, but large numbers have not received sufficient training and lack minimum qualifications. The COVID-19 crisis also shone the light on the need for sustained and increased domestic and international financing and investment in teachers and teaching as the basis of education systems. Teachers must be better prepared to ensure that a generation of learners is not lost.

The side event will present new findings from research carried out by the Teacher Task Force addressing the following questions:

  • How can we identify and tackle the persistent and unresolved global teacher shortages which are jeopardising the future of millions of learners, in particular the most disadvantaged?
  • How much is needed to support teachers in the aftermath of the crisis, in particular in training in ICTs and blended learning, remedial learning as well as to support teachers’ safety and well-being?
  • How to create space in domestic budgets, as well as leverage international funds to support quality teaching, including addressing questions such as teacher motivation, career progression and retention?

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This event is organized on the sidelines of the Global Education Summit: Financing GPE 2021-2025 in the framework of the Teacher Task Force #InvestInTeachers campaign.

English, French and Spanish interpretation will be provided.

Register here: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kcuitrD4vGNNKdYt3tvuShdYXBW8hib1K

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  • 05.10.2020
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2020 World Teachers' Day fact sheet

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  • 26.06.2026

Members shape the future of the network as TTF launches its 2026–2029 Strategic Plan

As the education agenda braces for a future reshaped by artificial intelligence and a growing teacher shortage, one question grows more pressing: who will teach, and how do we need to support them? On 9 June, the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF) launched its new 2026-2029 Strategic Plan to strengthen the teaching profession. Members reflected on the achievements of the 2022-2025 phase, discussed priorities for the years ahead, and welcomed new members to the network. 

The 2026–2029 Strategic Plan 

Presented by Carlos Vargas, Head of the TTF Secretariat, the new 2026–2029 Strategic Plan places a greater focus on collaboration, member engagement and collective action across the network. Members are at the core of the Plan, and the impact of the network is understood to depend on the contributions and engagement of its entire membership rather than on the Secretariat alone. 

The Plan rests on three main lines of action, carried over from the previous cycle but with renewed focus on stronger interaction and mobilization of members, and on greater coherence across the network's activities:  

  • Knowledge Production and Future Thinking, exploring the role of teachers in light of technological change, climate change and the post-2030 agenda;  
  • Advocacy and Partnerships, mobilizing the network's full membership in support of better teacher conditions;  
  • and Policy Learning and Policy Change, translating knowledge and partnerships into concrete improvements in teachers' working conditions and professionalization. 

“With this new Strategic Plan, we deepen our collective action, anchored in the strength of our members across every region. Together with our partners, we remain committed to placing teachers at the center of the global education agenda and ensuring every learner has access to a qualified, motivated and well-supported teacher.” - Carlos Vargas, Head of the Teacher Task Force Secretariat and Chief of UNESCO's Section for Teacher Development. 

 

Thematic groups: priorities for 2026–2027 

Alongside the Plan's launch, the meeting also gave members an opportunity to take stock of the work already underway across the network and to discuss priorities for 2026–2027: 

  • School Leadership Network, exploring the competencies school leaders need to navigate AI; 
  • Inclusion and Equity in Teacher Policy and Practice, shifting its focus to teachers in remote areas; 
  • ECCE Teachers and Facilitators, undertaking a comparative analysis of early childhood teachers' qualifications, training and wellbeing; 
  • Digital Education and Artificial Intelligence, focused on strengthening teacher agency in resource-constrained settings; 
  • and Teachers in Emergencies and Crisis Contexts, whose work has been on hold in recent months, with the Secretariat currently exploring the appointment of new co-leads and inviting interested members to join. 

These discussions demonstrated how members are already translating the priorities of the new Strategic Plan into concrete collaborative activities at global, regional and national levels. 

Regional perspectives  

Members also met in regional breakout groups to discuss priorities for 2026–2027 and identify opportunities for collaboration. In the English-speaking Africa group, countries highlighted a shift toward competency-based teacher frameworks and reaffirmed plans for a dedicated Africa regional forum on teacher shortages in 2027. The francophone Africa group prioritized strengthening continuing professional development, teacher qualifications and accreditation pathways. The Arab States group agreed to prioritize emergency preparedness and capacity-building on artificial intelligence, while calling for greater regional visibility and engagement. The Europe and North America group identified teacher shortages, linked to career attractiveness and entry pathways, as a pressing challenge, alongside AI and the upcoming revision of the 1966 and 1997 recommendations on the status of teachers. In the Latin America and Caribbean group, teacher professionalization, including professional development responsive to AI, emerged as a central priority, alongside teacher agency and wellbeing. The Asia-Pacific group highlighted the integration of AI and digital pedagogy into teacher training, alongside a proposal led by the Teacher Education Centre in Shanghai for a regional policy learning event in 2027. 

Across the regions, two themes consistently emerged: the urgency of addressing teacher shortages and working conditions, and the need to prepare teachers and teacher policies for the growing influence of artificial intelligence. 

A growing network 

The Annual Meeting also reflected the TTF's continued expansion, welcoming new members since the 2025 Annual Meeting: seven new Member States - Bahrain, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Iraq, Italy, Latvia and Sudan - and thirteen new NGO members, including the Education Development Center, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Teaching at the Right Level Africa, Libraries without Borders, British Council, Humanity & Inclusion, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network's SDSN Global Schools Programme, Queen Rania Teacher Academy, Aga Khan Foundation, the Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE), the European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE), the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and the Reggio Children Foundation. 

Members also welcomed newly nominated Steering Committee representatives from Burundi, China, Mauritania, Oman and the World Bank, strengthening the network's regional and institutional reach as it begins implementing the new Plan. 

These additions further strengthen the diversity of expertise represented within the network, from teacher education and policy development to research, professional learning, and inclusive education. 

Looking ahead 

With the 2026–2029 Strategic Plan now launched, the TTF looks ahead to a busy period of engagement, including the Transforming Education Summit (TES+4) in July and the Teacher Policy Dialogue Forum (TPDF) in November, which will provide important opportunities to advance dialogue and collaboration on teacher policy and practice. 

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Hero photo: Moumouni Badini is a volunteer primary school teacher in Bourzanga, Burkina Faso, where he finds deep fulfillment in helping children succeed. Photo: UNESCO/Kilayé Bationo 

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  • 24.06.2026

Education House @ UNGA 81 - Education for Sustainable Development

Education House will convene during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly on 22 September 2026 at 25 Broadway, New York City, under the theme "Education for Sustainable Development."

About Education House

Founded in 2025 by HundrED, Salzburg Global and Teach For All, Education House is a collaborative hub advancing sustainable development through education. It brings together diverse actors across sectors and geographies to consider education as a core driver of progress on climate, health, economic resilience, and social cohesion.

Creating the conditions for collaboration, shared learning, and coordinated action across sectors, Education House aims to:

  • Position education within major sustainable development conversations and decision-making spaces;
  • Connect education to wider discussions on climate, health, technology and economic transformation;
  • Surface and spread education innovations emerging from research, practice and communities worldwide.

Thematic focus

As the global community begins to debate the post-2030 sustainable development agenda, Education House @ UNGA 81 offers a space to reflect on education's contribution to sustainable development and the changes needed to ensure every child is enabled to thrive. Discussions will explore two guiding questions:

  • What needs to shift in education to embrace the purpose of developing students holistically to meet the interconnected challenges of our time, and how do we accelerate these shifts?

  • What needs to shift for education to be treated as a core strategic priority across all sectors and as the foundation of human capability, economic resilience, and sustainable development, and how do we get there?

Format

Over one day, Education House will host around 15 sessions, each programmed as a collaboration between organizations and responding to the overall theme through a chosen focus area. The convening brings together civil society, intergovernmental and private sector stakeholders, with a particular emphasis on elevating voices that have been less present in previous editions, including students, policymakers, educators, government actors and multilaterals.


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