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Meeting document
Report of the Joint ILO–UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel. Final Report: Fifteenth Session
This report summarizes the discussions and conclusions concerning major issues affecting the status of teaching personnel by the 15th Session of the Joint ILO–UNESCO Committee of Experts on the...
Policy document
Global framework of professional teaching standards
This document outlines a Professional Teaching Standards Framework for teachers. The framework focuses on clarifying and specifying teaching standards aimed at enhancing equitable and quality...
Policy document
Recommendations of the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession
The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was established by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres following the Transforming Education Summit held in 2022. It was tasked with...
Policy brief
Rethinking teacher training to support a lifelong learning journey
This policy brief advocates a shift from traditional professional development to lifelong learning, aligning with UNESCO's 2021 social contract for education. Emphasizing collaboration, it addresses...
Policy brief
Effective approaches to attract and retain teachers and ensure equitable deployment: A contribution from the Teacher Task Force to the discussions of the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession
A global teacher shortage phenomenon is highly spreading threatening the aim of equitable and quality education for all students. This brief highlights the global impact of teacher shortages on...
Manual / Handbook / Guidelines
Teach primary. Observer manual
Teach Primary is a free classroom observation tool that provides a window into one of the less explored and more important aspects of a child’s education: what goes on in the classroom. The tool is...
Report
A flying Start - Improving Initial Teacher Preparation Systems
Addressing teacher education in all its complexity is fundamental to ensuring that all students reach their potential in today’s increasingly diverse classrooms and rapidly changing environment. This...
Article
International Cooperation in Teacher Training and the Supply of Qualified Teachers: Lessons from the United States Peace Corps
For the first time in the history of global education goals, the United Nations Sustainable Development Target 4c specified the increase of qualified teachers as a means to achieve important...
Manual / Handbook / Guidelines
Technical guidance on pre-primary workforce development in low- and middle-income countries
This guidance aims to support countries in developing or strengthening a comprehensive, systematic ECE workforce strategy. It is organized around three pillars that are essential to supporting a...
Meeting document
Teachers indicators meeting report
REPORT INDICATORS FOR TEACHERS AND TEACHING EXPERT GROUP MEETING - 2012 International Task force on Teachers for EFA, UNESCO Teachers and Higher Education, UNESCO Institute for Statistics This report...
Meeting document
Expert meeting in Dakar December 2011
Rapport de l’atelier d’experts de Dakar sur le thème : Remédier à la pénurie d’enseignants pour réaliser l’EPT : comment rendre les politiques et les pratiques efficaces ? - Décembre 2011...
Meeting document
3rd International Policy Dialogue Forum - Final Report
Final Report of the Third Policy Dialogue Forum: Ensuring Equity in Country Policies and Practices for Providing Quality Teachers: Toward Achieving the EFA Goals by 2015