Roles of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education for All (EFA)

forTeacher Motivation Working Group Workshop, CIES 2015

8 March 2015

Hiromichi KatayamaInternational Task Force on Teachers for EFAh.katayama@unesco.org

Brief overview of the Teacher Task Force• First voluntary international network of EFA partners combining their efforts to address

the teacher gap, created at the 8th meeting of the EFA High-Level Group held in Oslo (Norway) in December 2008.

• Including governments (all regions), inter-governmental organizations, NGOs, private sector and foundations

• Financially supported by Norway and European Commission

• Objectives: Coordination, advocacy and knowledge sharing to reduce:

• … around six themes:1. Teacher education and professional development2. Teachers’ status and working conditions3. Teacher management4. Financing teachers and teaching5. Monitoring and evaluation of teacher policies and practices6. Inclusion and equity in teacher policies and practices

Policy gap Capacity gap Finance gap

Teacher Task Force Members• 70 Countries: Africa (35), Europe and N.America (13), Asia (11),

Arab states (5), LAC (6)

• 31 Organizations: o Inter-governmental organizations (ADEA, European Commission,

Education International, GPE, ILO, Commonwealth Secretariat, OIF, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNRWA)

o NGOs (Save the Children, VSO International, Teach for All)o Private sector and foundations (Hamdan Award, Orange)

• Partnership with research institutions/researcherso Open University, Centre for International Teacher Education

(CITE)- Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa), Teacher Education Policy in Europe (TEPE) Network, Teacher Motivation Working Group (CIES)

Teacher Task Force Strategic Plan 2014-2016

3 main line of actions:

Examples of planned activities (2015)• Prepare International Thematic Report on Teachers 2015 focusing on

requirements for teaching profession (25 countries)• Launch Teacher Management Program in Fragile States• Organize the International Conference on Contractual Teachers in Africa• Organize the International Policy Dialogue Forum (LAC)• Publish the Teacher Policy Development Guide and prepare its training modules• Chair the Technical Reference Group (TRG) on Teacher Effectiveness of the Global

Partnership for Education (GPE)• Provide technical assistance for the articulation of post-2015 teacher target

and its monitoring

Advocacy and coordination with global initiatives

Knowledge creation and

dissemination

Facilitation for countries to access to

technical support

Engagement of teacher organizations in policymaking

Post-2015 Teacher-related Target

• Muscat Agreement, Global EFA Meeting (2014): Target 6: By 2030, all governments ensure that all learners are taught by qualified, professionally-trained, motivated and well-supported teachers

• Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals Target 4.c: By 2030, increase by x% the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially LDCs and SIDS

• Follow-up actions after the World Education Forum (May 2015): Strategic actions, Monitoring mechanism, Indicators

Policy Dialogue Forum 201415-19 December 2014, Rabat, Morocco

• Theme: Teachers in Post-2015 International Education Agenda: What policies, practices and tools for teacher-related target?

• 3 sub-themes: o Inclusion and equity in teacher policies and practiceso Innovation in teaching and teacher educationo Professional status of teachers

• Structure: o Presentation and review of 12 country caseso Questions discussed:

What key issues the country cases have sought to address? How are the policies developed and implemented?How is the policy implementation monitored and evaluated?

o Recommendations for the Framework for Action (for the teacher target of the post-2015 education agenda)

Thank you

For more information:

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Or write to: h.katayama@unesco.org