T4 Education & Our World
The New Normal
Education post COVID-19
A free online global conference
Led by teachers, for teachers
12.30 - 13.00 BST (GMT
+1) Livestream opens
The New Normal for Teachers
- Shaped by Teachers
T1: Teacher Well-being
Health, Happiness and
Prosperity: how do we make this a priority in the new normal?
Teacher well-being is a
foundational need for any school or system. Without healthy teachers, we will
not have healthy students, parents or communities. Addressing the trauma and
stress from these school closures, as well as re-imagining, designing and
developing our education systems to put teacher and student well-being at the
center is key. This session will look into how you address your well-being as a
teacher? How do you help your students, parents and communities?
Importantly we ask how we could redesign the systems and our schools to place
well-being at their centre.
Moderator: Elisa Guerra,
Member, UNESCO International Commission on Futures of Education, Mexico
Speaker: Vijita Patel,
Principal, Swiss Cottage School Development & Research Centre, UK
Speaker: Hiba Ballout,
Head of Secondary cycle, Science Coordinator and Biology Teacher, Saint
George’s School, Lebanon
Keynote: Education
Disrupted - Education Rebuilt
Moderator: Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor, Financial Times, UK
Fighting for Teachers
Remarks by David Edwards, General Secretary of Education International,
Belgium
T2: Teacher Leadership
A professional calling to
teacher agency and teacher advocacy in times of uncertainty
Outraged that half the world won’t have access to what this
conference will deliver, determined that we will learn the lessons from this
moment in history and purposeful in leading our students, schools and
communities through these uncertain times to truly put the student at the
center teaching to the whole child. This session will explore the need for this
new normal for teachers.
Giving girls a voice
Speaker: Zainuddin Yousufzai, Teacher, Malala's father and a
peace, women's rights and education activist, UK
Making up for the learning
loss
Remarks by Jaime Saavedra,
Global Director of Education, World Bank, USA
Teacher showcases
Teacher showcases will highlight some of the best practices in T4
topics at this time demonstrating “How To” do it and the resulting projects or
outcomes.
T3: Teacher Technology
What actually works?
A need to embrace
technology to reach students has pushed teachers to search for the best
software and hardware to deliver a true education. Designing to enhance the
learning process by choosing the right technological tools to fit the pedagogy,
curricula and student context, specific professional development needs,
technology vetting service and digital literacy are at the forefront of
teachers thinking at the moment and will be explored in this session.
Speaker: Jaipriya Balaji,
High School Math and Physics teacher in National Public School, India
Speaker: Professor AnnMarie Thomas, Director, Playful Learning Lab,
University of St. Thomas, USA
The Futures of Education -
they are in our hands!
Remarks from Stefania Giannini,
Assistant Director General of Education, UNESCO, France
Why teachers matter...
T4: Teacher Collaboration
- Collaborative communities with collective teacher efficacy
During this period of
school closures, teachers have shown how collaboration will play a major part
in this new normal. From the grassroots to the systemic, teachers have been
collaborating to find solutions for students, parents, communities and themselves.
Teachers trust teachers, but we need a collective trust within our communities
to truly collaborate between every educational stakeholder to develop the whole
student. A real need is presenting itself for teachers to leverage the
technological tools in a truly collaborative way. How to collaborate is key
professional development that will help build the relationships that can help
teachers, their students and their communities grow.
Moderator: Ross McGill,
Founder & CEO, Teacher Toolkit, UK
Speaker: Danielle van Eck,
Physics Teacher, Protea Heights Academy, South Africa
1750 - 1800 BST Conclusion
T4 Teachers Voice Survey - Education During The Pandemic
