The Teacher Education Centre (TEC) under the auspices of UNESCO is convening the 5th Global Forum for Teacher Professional Development. Under the theme "Teaching in Transformation: Demands and Expectations," the forum aims to bring together policymakers, researchers, education administrators, and frontline teachers from around the world to discuss new paradigms for teacher professional development.

A central highlight of the forum will be the official launch of the World Report on Teacher Development Trends 2015. This report, grounded in extensive international data and in-depth analysis, offers invaluable insights into the current status, challenges, and future trends of teacher development globally. 

Objectives

This forum aims to achieve the following key objectives:

• Launch and deliberate: To officially launch the World Report on Teacher Development Trends and facilitate expert discussions on its key findings to inform global teacher policy.
• Foster global dialogue: To provide a high-level platform for education stakeholders from diverse national and regional contexts to share experiences, strategies, and best practices in navigating educational transformation.
• Strengthen collaborative networks: To consolidate and expand professional networks in the field of teacher education, promoting cross-border and interdisciplinary research collaboration and project implementation.
• Focus on key thematic areas: To delve intro critical domains shaping the future of teaching.
  • The application of AI in teaching and corresponding teacher capacity building.
  • Strengthening the preparation and professional development of STEM teachers.
  • Enhancing teachers' social-emotional competencies and their capacity to support students' well-being.
  • Leveraging data from international assessments like TALIS to gain insights and improve teacher working conditions and teaching practices.

The Africa Teachers Webinar Series is a monthly learning event that aims to provide education stakeholders with insights, best practices, and innovative approaches to strengthening Teacher Professional Development (TPD) across the continent. It highlights effective models, policy recommendations, and practical strategies for making TPD more accessible, relevant, and sustainable.

The third set of the Africa Teachers Webinar Series will concentrate on education for health and well-being, with three sessions planned as follows:

• October 9, 3pm (GMT+3): Promoting Learners’ Health, Well-being, and Life Skills: Practical Approaches for Pre-service Training for Teachers
• November 20, 2pm (GMT+3): Launch of “planning for Healthy and Thriving Learners”: Global Innovations
• December 11, 3pm (GMT+3): Supporting Teachers for Inclusive Education: School Eye Health and Other Programs for Children with Disabilities

Register now to follow the webinar series. Simultaneous interpretation is available in French and Portuguese.

Attend all three sessions in the third set to earn a digital certificate participation!

The series is co-sponsored by the Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities, the African Union, the European Union’s Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa, and the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX), a joint endeavour with the International Development Research Centre, Canada. The third set is also supported by the UNESCO flagship programme - Our rights, Our lives, Our future (03), UNESCO's section of Health and Education and Inter-Agency Group on School Health and Nutrition. The webinar series is organized by UNESCO’s International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa, which leads the GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub and is a partner in the European Union’s Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa.