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  • 28.01.2021

TTF Annual Meeting

This event is for TTF members only

The Annual meeting will bring together all TTF members to discuss and review the 2020 Annual Report, the revised and updated 2021 Work Plan (link only available to TTF members already logged into the member space) and other key activities of interest in 2021. Regional and constituency group representatives will also have the opportunity to report back on issues identified during their respective meetings. The new SC representatives will be communicated from each regional and constituency group and confirmed by the Annual Meeting. The Secretariat will present plans for the 2021 PDF to be held in December 2021.

AGENDA

  • Welcome and introductions
  • Reporting from the Regional and Constituency groups & Discussion
  • Conclusion and ways ahead – TTF activities in 2021 and PDF planning
  • AOB & close

REGISTER HERE.

Photo credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch 
A teacher with her students in class, Tanzania

Event
  • 28.01.2021

TTF Annual Meeting

This event is for TTF members only

The Annual meeting will bring together all TTF members to discuss and review the 2020 Annual Report, the revised and updated 2021 Work Plan (link only available to TTF members already logged into the member space) and other key activities of interest in 2021. Regional and constituency group representatives will also have the opportunity to report back on issues identified during their respective meetings. The new SC representatives will be communicated from each regional and constituency group and confirmed by the Annual Meeting. The Secretariat will present plans for the 2021 PDF to be held in December 2021.

AGENDA

  • Welcome and introductions
  • Reporting from the Regional and Constituency groups & Discussion
  • Conclusion and ways ahead – TTF activities in 2021 and PDF planning
  • AOB & close

REGISTER HERE.

Photo credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch 
A teacher with her students in class, Tanzania

Event
  • 28.01.2021

TTF Annual Meeting

This event is for TTF members only

The Annual meeting will bring together all TTF members to discuss and review the 2020 Annual Report, the revised and updated 2021 Work Plan (link only available to TTF members already logged into the member space) and other key activities of interest in 2021. Regional and constituency group representatives will also have the opportunity to report back on issues identified during their respective meetings. The new SC representatives will be communicated from each regional and constituency group and confirmed by the Annual Meeting. The Secretariat will present plans for the 2021 PDF to be held in December 2021.

AGENDA

  • Welcome and introductions
  • Reporting from the Regional and Constituency groups & Discussion
  • Conclusion and ways ahead – TTF activities in 2021 and PDF planning
  • AOB & close

REGISTER HERE.

Photo credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch 
A teacher with her students in class, Tanzania

Event
  • 28.01.2021

TTF Annual Meeting

This event is for TTF members only

The Annual meeting will bring together all TTF members to discuss and review the 2020 Annual Report, the revised and updated 2021 Work Plan (link only available to TTF members already logged into the member space) and other key activities of interest in 2021. Regional and constituency group representatives will also have the opportunity to report back on issues identified during their respective meetings. The new SC representatives will be communicated from each regional and constituency group and confirmed by the Annual Meeting. The Secretariat will present plans for the 2021 PDF to be held in December 2021.

AGENDA

  • Welcome and introductions
  • Reporting from the Regional and Constituency groups & Discussion
  • Conclusion and ways ahead – TTF activities in 2021 and PDF planning
  • AOB & close

REGISTER HERE.

Photo credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch 
A teacher with her students in class, Tanzania

Event
  • 28.01.2021

TTF Regional and Constituency Virtual Meetings February 2021

This event is for TTF Members only

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The International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF) will organise a series of virtual governance meetings with TTF members in early 2021. The aim of the meetings will be to provide TTF members with the opportunity to report back on activities carried out in their respective countries or organisations in 2020 and identify needs and potential new areas of collaboration in 2021. Members will also be able to discuss any new issues in relation to teachers and teaching arising from the COVID-19 crisis.


The meetings will also serve to fulfil any governance functions, notably to review the 2020 Annual Report and the 2021 Work Plan, and elect representatives to the TTF Steering Committee who are due for rotation or re-election.


The draft calendar is proposed as follows:

Calendar

Regional & constituency meetings (1-5 February)
The Regional and constituency meetings will aim to bring together TTF focal points and members only, and aim to:

  • Discuss and report on issues and activities in 2020 in relation to teacher and teaching developments in their country/regions or constituency group;
  • Review the TTF 2020 Annual Report and 2021 Work Plan, and identify any existing or potentially new activities of particular interest to their respective region or group;
  • Discuss the development of the new 2022-2025 Strategic Plan and identify any issues to prioritise. Communicate with members that a consultation process will take place later in the year, and identify any members interested in being involved in the reference group for its development;
  • Take note of new members, updates in focal points. In the regions where appropriate, nominations will be communicated and elections of new Steering Committee representatives will take place.
  • Identify any other issues to be brought to the attention of the TTF Secretariat or Steering Committee, or for discussion during the Annual Meeting.

For these meetings, invitations will be sent by the Secretariat, except for the CSO group with whom the Secretariat will liaise for organisation. Each Focal point will be invited to prepare in advance 2 slides to share with the group:


1) Slide 1 – main challenges and achievements for teachers in 2020
2) Slide 2– Suggestions for joint TTF activities in 2021 within the region, or globally (including documents that could be shared in the Knowledge Platform)

The working documents for these meetings are here

For more information on the TTF regional and constituency meetings go here, or contact ae.ruszkiewicz@unesco.org.

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Photo credit: ProFuturo
Caption: training session in Nigeria (Ekiti region), December 2020

Event
  • 28.01.2021

TTF Regional and Constituency Virtual Meetings February 2021

This event is for TTF Members only

*

The International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF) will organise a series of virtual governance meetings with TTF members in early 2021. The aim of the meetings will be to provide TTF members with the opportunity to report back on activities carried out in their respective countries or organisations in 2020 and identify needs and potential new areas of collaboration in 2021. Members will also be able to discuss any new issues in relation to teachers and teaching arising from the COVID-19 crisis.


The meetings will also serve to fulfil any governance functions, notably to review the 2020 Annual Report and the 2021 Work Plan, and elect representatives to the TTF Steering Committee who are due for rotation or re-election.


The draft calendar is proposed as follows:

Calendar

Regional & constituency meetings (1-5 February)
The Regional and constituency meetings will aim to bring together TTF focal points and members only, and aim to:

  • Discuss and report on issues and activities in 2020 in relation to teacher and teaching developments in their country/regions or constituency group;
  • Review the TTF 2020 Annual Report and 2021 Work Plan, and identify any existing or potentially new activities of particular interest to their respective region or group;
  • Discuss the development of the new 2022-2025 Strategic Plan and identify any issues to prioritise. Communicate with members that a consultation process will take place later in the year, and identify any members interested in being involved in the reference group for its development;
  • Take note of new members, updates in focal points. In the regions where appropriate, nominations will be communicated and elections of new Steering Committee representatives will take place.
  • Identify any other issues to be brought to the attention of the TTF Secretariat or Steering Committee, or for discussion during the Annual Meeting.

For these meetings, invitations will be sent by the Secretariat, except for the CSO group with whom the Secretariat will liaise for organisation. Each Focal point will be invited to prepare in advance 2 slides to share with the group:


1) Slide 1 – main challenges and achievements for teachers in 2020
2) Slide 2– Suggestions for joint TTF activities in 2021 within the region, or globally (including documents that could be shared in the Knowledge Platform)

The working documents for these meetings are here

For more information on the TTF regional and constituency meetings go here, or contact ae.ruszkiewicz@unesco.org.

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Photo credit: ProFuturo
Caption: training session in Nigeria (Ekiti region), December 2020

Event
  • 28.01.2021

TTF Regional and Constituency Virtual Meetings February 2021

This event is for TTF Members only

*

The International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF) will organise a series of virtual governance meetings with TTF members in early 2021. The aim of the meetings will be to provide TTF members with the opportunity to report back on activities carried out in their respective countries or organisations in 2020 and identify needs and potential new areas of collaboration in 2021. Members will also be able to discuss any new issues in relation to teachers and teaching arising from the COVID-19 crisis.


The meetings will also serve to fulfil any governance functions, notably to review the 2020 Annual Report and the 2021 Work Plan, and elect representatives to the TTF Steering Committee who are due for rotation or re-election.


The draft calendar is proposed as follows:

Calendar

Regional & constituency meetings (1-5 February)
The Regional and constituency meetings will aim to bring together TTF focal points and members only, and aim to:

  • Discuss and report on issues and activities in 2020 in relation to teacher and teaching developments in their country/regions or constituency group;
  • Review the TTF 2020 Annual Report and 2021 Work Plan, and identify any existing or potentially new activities of particular interest to their respective region or group;
  • Discuss the development of the new 2022-2025 Strategic Plan and identify any issues to prioritise. Communicate with members that a consultation process will take place later in the year, and identify any members interested in being involved in the reference group for its development;
  • Take note of new members, updates in focal points. In the regions where appropriate, nominations will be communicated and elections of new Steering Committee representatives will take place.
  • Identify any other issues to be brought to the attention of the TTF Secretariat or Steering Committee, or for discussion during the Annual Meeting.

For these meetings, invitations will be sent by the Secretariat, except for the CSO group with whom the Secretariat will liaise for organisation. Each Focal point will be invited to prepare in advance 2 slides to share with the group:


1) Slide 1 – main challenges and achievements for teachers in 2020
2) Slide 2– Suggestions for joint TTF activities in 2021 within the region, or globally (including documents that could be shared in the Knowledge Platform)

The working documents for these meetings are here

For more information on the TTF regional and constituency meetings go here, or contact ae.ruszkiewicz@unesco.org.

*

Photo credit: ProFuturo
Caption: training session in Nigeria (Ekiti region), December 2020

Event
  • 28.01.2021

TTF Regional and Constituency Virtual Meetings February 2021

This event is for TTF Members only

*

The International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF) will organise a series of virtual governance meetings with TTF members in early 2021. The aim of the meetings will be to provide TTF members with the opportunity to report back on activities carried out in their respective countries or organisations in 2020 and identify needs and potential new areas of collaboration in 2021. Members will also be able to discuss any new issues in relation to teachers and teaching arising from the COVID-19 crisis.


The meetings will also serve to fulfil any governance functions, notably to review the 2020 Annual Report and the 2021 Work Plan, and elect representatives to the TTF Steering Committee who are due for rotation or re-election.


The draft calendar is proposed as follows:

Calendar

Regional & constituency meetings (1-5 February)
The Regional and constituency meetings will aim to bring together TTF focal points and members only, and aim to:

  • Discuss and report on issues and activities in 2020 in relation to teacher and teaching developments in their country/regions or constituency group;
  • Review the TTF 2020 Annual Report and 2021 Work Plan, and identify any existing or potentially new activities of particular interest to their respective region or group;
  • Discuss the development of the new 2022-2025 Strategic Plan and identify any issues to prioritise. Communicate with members that a consultation process will take place later in the year, and identify any members interested in being involved in the reference group for its development;
  • Take note of new members, updates in focal points. In the regions where appropriate, nominations will be communicated and elections of new Steering Committee representatives will take place.
  • Identify any other issues to be brought to the attention of the TTF Secretariat or Steering Committee, or for discussion during the Annual Meeting.

For these meetings, invitations will be sent by the Secretariat, except for the CSO group with whom the Secretariat will liaise for organisation. Each Focal point will be invited to prepare in advance 2 slides to share with the group:


1) Slide 1 – main challenges and achievements for teachers in 2020
2) Slide 2– Suggestions for joint TTF activities in 2021 within the region, or globally (including documents that could be shared in the Knowledge Platform)

The working documents for these meetings are here

For more information on the TTF regional and constituency meetings go here, or contact ae.ruszkiewicz@unesco.org.

*

Photo credit: ProFuturo
Caption: training session in Nigeria (Ekiti region), December 2020

Event
  • 28.01.2021

TTF Regional and Constituency Virtual Meetings February 2021

This event is for TTF Members only

*

The International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF) will organise a series of virtual governance meetings with TTF members in early 2021. The aim of the meetings will be to provide TTF members with the opportunity to report back on activities carried out in their respective countries or organisations in 2020 and identify needs and potential new areas of collaboration in 2021. Members will also be able to discuss any new issues in relation to teachers and teaching arising from the COVID-19 crisis.


The meetings will also serve to fulfil any governance functions, notably to review the 2020 Annual Report and the 2021 Work Plan, and elect representatives to the TTF Steering Committee who are due for rotation or re-election.


The draft calendar is proposed as follows:

Calendar

Regional & constituency meetings (1-5 February)
The Regional and constituency meetings will aim to bring together TTF focal points and members only, and aim to:

  • Discuss and report on issues and activities in 2020 in relation to teacher and teaching developments in their country/regions or constituency group;
  • Review the TTF 2020 Annual Report and 2021 Work Plan, and identify any existing or potentially new activities of particular interest to their respective region or group;
  • Discuss the development of the new 2022-2025 Strategic Plan and identify any issues to prioritise. Communicate with members that a consultation process will take place later in the year, and identify any members interested in being involved in the reference group for its development;
  • Take note of new members, updates in focal points. In the regions where appropriate, nominations will be communicated and elections of new Steering Committee representatives will take place.
  • Identify any other issues to be brought to the attention of the TTF Secretariat or Steering Committee, or for discussion during the Annual Meeting.

For these meetings, invitations will be sent by the Secretariat, except for the CSO group with whom the Secretariat will liaise for organisation. Each Focal point will be invited to prepare in advance 2 slides to share with the group:


1) Slide 1 – main challenges and achievements for teachers in 2020
2) Slide 2– Suggestions for joint TTF activities in 2021 within the region, or globally (including documents that could be shared in the Knowledge Platform)

The working documents for these meetings are here

For more information on the TTF regional and constituency meetings go here, or contact ae.ruszkiewicz@unesco.org.

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Photo credit: ProFuturo
Caption: training session in Nigeria (Ekiti region), December 2020

Blog
  • 22.01.2021

This is how we're supporting teachers around the world in 2021

This International Day of Education, celebrated on Sunday 24 January, will recognise the inspiring collaborations around the world that have safeguarded education in times of crisis. To mark the occasion we are highlighting initiatives, partnerships and best practices to support teachers and learners.

We asked Teacher Task Force members to share their plans for 2021, a year in which it will be critical to join forces and combine resources to recover from the pandemic and move forward together in support of teachers.

At least a third of the world’s students have not been able to access remote learning during Covid-19 school closures. Students in low and lower-middle income countries lost an average of about four months of schooling, compared to six weeks in high-income countries. Recovering from this situation will present an unprecedented challenge.

However, school closures have also made people appreciate the importance of schools and the key role of teachers – not only for academic and economic reasons, but also for learners’ socio-emotional development. Covid has been a wake-up call to ensure education systems become more resilient, inclusive, flexible and sustainable. It has also shown the capacity of systems and teachers to innovate to ensure teaching and learning can continue despite challenging circumstances.

 

Out-of-the-box thinking

Teacher Task Force members have been sharing how initiatives demonstrated by teachers during 2020 school closures have inspired plans for 2021.

VVOB – education for development will focus in 2021 on managing further disruptions to education, remediating learning losses due to these disruptions, and building the socio-emotional wellbeing of youth. It will promote blended capacity development trajectories for teachers and school leaders that can help include those left behind, building on experiences in countries including Rwanda.

GPE’s response to the pandemic included support to distribute portable radio sets in Sierra Leone and launch of a regular educational broadcast within one week of school closures. In 2021, GPE will continue to fund training and management information systems, working with partner countries to identify challenges and find solutions.

Using radio to reach rural schools in Chile, TV in Nigeria and an enhanced online platform in Malaysia are among 50 stories in reports published by Teach For All’s global network on how teacher leadership, distance learning and the efforts of communities have helped keep children learning through the pandemic. In 2021, the network will continue its Learning Through the Crisis initiative to support the reopening of schools and creation of more resilient, sustainable education systems.

The Education Commission and the Education Development Trust, in partnership with WISE, are working with governments to fully understand the roles of school leaders and their support for teachers during school closures and reopenings of the past year. The research will be translated into a policy playbook highlighting important lessons learned and insights from several countries.

 

Technology for professional development

The pandemic not only shifted learning online for many students, it opened up new possibilities in using technology for teachers’ professional development. STiR Education used virtual meetings and radio to reach teachers in India and Uganda, and in 2021, they aim to embed technology more deeply into their work while ensuring that their activities are equitable for all teachers.

The Commonwealth of Learning will in 2021 develop tailored professional development courses in partnership with the UK’s Open University. It will offer courses on mobile learning and cybersecurity for teachers, as well as help teachers in various Commonwealth countries improve their skills in developing subject-specific digital resources.

The Inter-American Teacher Education Network, an initiative of the Organization of American States, creates teams of educational leaders who have worked on projects such as virtual professional development in Argentina, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay. Applications for 2021 project teams are open until February 1.

Global School Leaders created Upya, a curriculum to enable school leaders in marginalized communities to lead effectively through this pandemic.

OEI will continue its work to strengthen the capacities of teachers in the Ibero-American region, with a broad focus in 2021 on digital skills. There will be projects aimed at improving STEAM methodology, offer digital resources, and new scholarships in order to contribute to increase the doctoral formation in the region.

ProFuturo will keep offering online free training courses for teachers worldwide, while Enabel will continue teacher training in Burundi including use of information and communication technologies and rolling out online and hybrid courses in Uganda.

Meanwhile, the Center for Learning in Practice at the Carey Institute for Global Good is working virtually with stakeholders, including teachers, to co-develop teacher professional learning materials. As a result, they will provide quality holistic on-line learning in displacement contexts across the Middle East, East Africa, and Central/West Africa.

Whilst digital will be central to future education systems, hands-on face-to-face learning will still be important. The LEGO Foundation will continue to support partners in Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Vietnam who are providing play-based teacher professional development that will reach up to 65,000 teachers in 2021.

 

Supporting education systems in every setting

Many Teacher Task Force members work with governments to support strengthening and managing system efficiencies and the overall performance of the sector.

In Burkina Faso, UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) is supporting the government to improve its human resources management and related budgeting in education. IIEP, together with the Education Development Trust, is exploring the role of “instructional leaders”, who support teachers to develop their skills without a formal role in assessment and will publish research in 2021 including case studies from Wales, India, Shanghai, Jordan, Rwanda and Kenya.

The Institute’s first ever Hackathon in January 2021 will include addressing challenges to improve the deployment of teachers, reducing disparities between a country’s regions, and identifying ghost teachers – who can cost up to 20% of the education budget in some countries. Lastly, IIEP plans to publish research in 2021 on teacher management in refugee settings in Jordan and Kenya.

Priorities for Education International in 2021 include calling for teachers and education staff to be considered a priority group in global vaccination efforts, and promoting a Global Framework of Professional Teaching Standards developed with UNESCO.

Building on the fact that the best-performing countries in the pandemic were those that engaged in meaningful dialogue with education unions, Education International calls for the dialogue to continue on issues such as the use of technology in education, investment in the workforce, professional development, decent working conditions, and respect for teachers’ professional autonomy.

 

Working together for teachers

2020 was an unprecedented year across every sector. In education, it shone a light, not only on the systemic gaps and challenges witnessed across the world, but also on the mitigating responses developed organically by teachers. It also saw emergency measures developed and implemented by education stakeholders at different levels, governments and the international development community.

While 2020 accelerated innovation in education and the process to reimagine its future delivery, efforts in 2021 will build on this to reposition and strengthen teachers’ roles in building more resilient systems of education in a post-covid-19 context. The members of the Teacher Task Force aim to be a driving force in this work.

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Photo caption: A math teacher in Cambodia. Credit: VVOB – education for development