Teacher Professional Development supported by Information and Communication Technologies: A Case Study of the “Teacher Training Program for Curricular Update 2016-2018 in Ecuador”
World Bank and UNESCO with TPD@Scale Coalition organized a symposium focused on teacher professional development in Central Asia
Jointly led by the World Bank and UNESCO and in partnership with the TPD@Scale Coalition, the Symposium entitled “Skilled Teachers-Skilled Nation” was held online on October 13, 2021, for senior education officials and policymakers from Central Asia. The symposium’s goal was to highlight the critical role of teachers in education quality and equity through knowledge […]
Discussion on Designing Teacher Capacity Strengthening @Scale for Equity in Education at the 9th ADB Skills Forum
During the 9th ADB Skills Forum held from August 23-27, 2021, Professor Freda Wolfenden of the Open University and Ms. Juliana of the Putera Sampoerna Foundation Schools Development Outreach, joined the panel discussion on Reimagining Teacher Professional Development for Scalable, Sustainable, and Equitable Outcomes using EdTech Research Evidence. In her presentation. Prof. Wolfenden talked about […]
Featured article: Who’s ready to change? Tracking adaptations during scaling in education – Brookings CUE
Read the Brookings Center for Universal Education’s new article, “Who’s ready to change? Tracking adaptations during scaling in education” by Jenny Perlman Robinson and TPD@Scale Coalition Secretariat Director, Victoria Tinio. The article discusses how education initiatives adapt to changing environments, and it features Brookings CUE’s recently-published Adaptation Tracker. This tracker has been designed to support […]
Teacher Professional Development at Scale in Indonesia: A Collective Case Study of Three Teacher Learning Centres
The Coalition co-organizes a 2-day policy dialogue to enable an Education Workforce that supports the learning of marginalized girls in Southeast Asia
The TPD@Scale Coalition for the Global South led a two-day policy dialogue (23 and 25 March 2021) for diplomats, ministers, and high-level officials from developing Southeast Asian nations, in partnership with the Education Commission. Co-hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), the event focused on how […]
Scaling teacher professional development in a time of crisis —TPD@Scale Coalition for the Global South
With the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has made it extremely challenging to scale teacher professional development in the Global South, as well as push for inclusive education, in general. According to UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report, many teachers still lack adequate training and quality global data on teacher training remains “patchy”. It also states that 40% […]
Teachers’ skills in Honduras in a year of transition and recovery: addressing the effects of the pandemic, natural disasters and social inequalities—Rosa María Moncada and Dante Castillo, SUMMA
At the beginning of the pandemic, Honduras launched its “We want you studying at home” campaign where teachers and students made an effort to continue with educational activities from home during heavy lockdown measures. Now at the end of the school year, the Ministry of Education proposed for November 2020 to February 2021 to be […]
Improvement Science as a way to build resilience—Dr. Paul Walley, The Open University
The Covid-19 crisis has given all educators worldwide a whole series of problems to solve. Given the real-time nature of the issues solutions have needed to be found quickly, so that continuity of education is maintained (where possible) and where pupils do not lose too much of their educational opportunities. In some cases the evidence base about […]
Freeze or Fight?—Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Ateneo Laboratory for the Learning Sciences
The South East Asia – Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) Programme is a UNICEF and SEAMEO partnership that aims “to improve the region’s capacity to measure learning outcomes, use data, and allow peer exchange on policies and practices.” Its flagship effort is the SEA-PLM Assessment. Formally launched in 2014, the study attempted to measure the outcomes […]