Carlos Vargas, Head of the Teacher Task Force Secretariat, will participate in the webinar "Amplifying Teachers' Voices," organized by the Jacobs Foundation on 18 November at 3:00 pm CET.
Hosted by Nina Alonso, an international educational researcher specializing in equal access to learning and culture, this teacher-led, global event will spotlight teachers' stories, elevate the teaching profession’s status, and foster dialogue between educators and key stakeholders in teacher development.
The event will also introduce the new Teachers' Voices online repository—a resource of teacher stories and educational research designed to support teachers and educational stakeholders worldwide.
For further information and to register, please click here.
A virtual discussion on Social Dialogues for Teachers: Amplifying the voice of the teacher to inform and achieve quality educational reforms in Africa will be to be held on Thursday, 22nd August 2024, from 3:00– 5:00 p.m. East Africa Time (UTC +3); see below for your calculated time zone.
The webinar is being jointly organized by the GPE KIX Africa 19 Hub, the Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA), and the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA).
This webinar is the third in a current series on teachers’ empowerment in Africa and follows the first webinar on The influence of school leadership and governance on teachers’ mental health and wellbeing in Africa (see recording here) and the second webinar on Quality assurance in teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa: Enhancing the quality of teacher training programs for a competent teaching workforce in Africa (see recording here).
The webinar is intended to be of interest to ministries of education, local education groups, teacher councils and unions, teacher colleagues, teaching communities of practices, AUC Teacher Cluster members, pre-service and in-service teachers, and all those who are interested in supporting teachers and strengthening the teaching profession in Africa.
For more information on the webinar please click here.
To register please click here. The passcode to join is 890045.
Image credit: UNESCO/Kilayé Bationo