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The Professional Teacher: New CERTIFIED Workshop Course
All too often, initiatives that begin with the best intentions fail because a team doesn’t spend enough time talking to and learning from the community that they are trying to support. We won’t make the same mistake! We are continually looking for opportunities to connect with teachers working in all settings, to know and understand …
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Helga Todd Foundation Partnership with the Commonwealth Education Trust: Upskilling Teachers of Calcutta Rescue
Over the past 2 years, the Helga Todd Foundation has been partnering with us, the Commonwealth Education Trust, to provide teachers in Calcutta Rescue relevant, contextualised professional development through our digital platform, Teach2030. Ananya Chatterjee, School Administrator for the Calcutta Rescue Education Projects, explains the context of Calcutta Rescue in her final, comprehensive report: ‘CR …
Being a Professional Teacher: Our New Teach2030 Course
Every day, at Teach2030, as an education team, we are fortunate to work alongside you, our fantastic Teach2030 community – and we are always looking for new ways to provide support and further TPD. We are therefore proud to announce the launch of our new course, ‘Being a Professional Teacher’ – a course written based …
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Introducing The Year of the Youth Competition!
Welcome to Teach2030’s brand new competition! We are incredibly excited to be participating as an activity in the Commonwealth’s Year of the Youth . All around the world, in classrooms, teachers can sometimes lead too much from the front. As teachers, we know exactly what knowledge we want our learners to have. This can sometimes …
TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH TEACH2030
My name is Alice Ogunleye, an enthusiastic, creative and resilient teacher from Nigeria. Currently a certified Cambridge teacher in a teaching subject at Loveworld International College, volunteering as a Teach2030 ambassador. Becoming a member of the Teach2030 community has greatly improved my teaching practice and professionalism in the classroom. Through Teach2030, I have been able …
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How to Learn From Each Other: The Benefits of a Learning Partner
To be a teacher is to take on a very privileged, rewarding and challenging career. Working in the classroom on a daily basis with young people as our regular audience can lead us to question whether we are doing things right. We wonder could we have delivered a certain task in a better style? Could …
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Challenges of Teacher Training: How Teach2030 is Making a Difference
In the 21st century, teacher training is facing a number of challenges. These challenges stem from the changing nature of classrooms, the diversity of cultures, and the ever-evolving technology. Teachers are also having to adapt to new regulations and standards as they strive to ensure the highest quality of education for their students. One of …
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How Teach2030 Has Improved My Teaching
The main challenge I faced in my school was that, since I started teaching, I have never taught in an inclusive school. It was very difficult at the beginning meeting the needs of every learner in my classroom. I had to learn about inclusion and how to implement it. One year, I was given an …
The Importance of Being a Teach2030 Ambassador: Improving Teaching Practice in My Community
I was introduced to Teach2030 in 2022 through the Gordon’s-Dewey mentorship programme in which I was exposed to the Teach2030 online courses. When I did the first course ‘Growth Mindset for Teachers and Learners’, I became motivated and super excited, which made me take over 8 courses, then I used the other weeks to try …
How to informally observe another teacher effectively
It is sometimes hard to know how effectively we are teaching. We can often tell from our students’ responses and reflecting on our lessons/lessons plans is useful. But, a key activity for monitoring how well we are embedding new teaching strategies that we have learnt from Teach2030 courses is through lesson observations. These can be …
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Focus on Differentiation and Inclusion: How to adapt lessons to suit the needs of all my learners.
by James Carbah, Training Coordinator for UNIDO and Teach2030 Ambassador In modern classrooms, differentiation and inclusivity are promoted through teaching methods that provide equal learning opportunities for all students, regardless of their background. This doesn’t mean tailoring individual lessons for each student but instead offering a range of materials, activities, and assessments that cater to …
Head Teachers’ Initiative is Vital for Teacher Development
The willingness of teachers to engage in teacher development activities is crucial to ensure successful teaching and learning. Teachers can gain the knowledge and skills necessary for effective teaching by participating in professional development. As a Teach2030 Ambassador, I have had the opportunity to visit different schools and daycares in my country and interact with …
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Teach2030: Inspiring through Teacher Professional Development (TPD)
As an educator, Subject Advisor and a life-long learner, to me Teacher Professional Development is a well-structured professional guide that is used to improve teaching skills, strategies and the enhancement of curriculum delivery. Through Teacher Professional Development, teachers are given various strategies to improve their teaching and learning skills. In the drastically changing world, continuous …
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International Women’s Day 2023: Celebrating Teach2030 Women Educators Worldwide
Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality. Collectively we can all #EmbraceEquity. International Women’s Day, 2023. Available at: International Women’s Day 2023 (internationalwomensday.com) International Women’s Day is today, 9th March 2023! …
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Teach2030 courses are mandatory for teachers’ professional development at Baby Steps School in Republic of Congo!
Baby Steps is a school located in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo. Our school uses the English National Curriculum but diverts in some aspects of History and Geography, to consider the continent of Africa. Considering that our school is in a French speaking country, the language barrier prevents our teachers from participating in professional development seminars …
How to plan for inclusion and differentiation: A Teach2030 workshop series
Have you ever felt left out of a situation? I certainly have. It is when you are excluded and separated from others around you. Unfortunately, these feelings can occur in the classroom too. As teachers, we need to aim to be including all of our learners and making them feel a sense of belonging. That’s …
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Growth mindset through Teach2030: A way forward for everyone in education
Your mind is a thought factory: it produces based on the raw materials you feed it, so fill your mind with growth mindset words, so your thoughts will create the reality that you want to see in your learners. At Dewey International School of Applied Sciences, I hold the post of the Head of Science …
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The Importance of Teacher Professional Development (TPD)
Do you want to grow and be relevant in the teaching profession? Continuous Teacher Professional Development is the answer! We live in a time when relevance in the teaching profession is dependent on continuous skill development. The need for standard teacher qualification cannot be over emphasized. However, the absence of continuous professional development is one …
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How to Set Teacher Professional Development Objectives for 2023
As teachers, lesson objectives are a vital part of daily teaching but how often have you considered the importance of objectives in your own teacher professional development? For many of us, January is the start of a new term. For others, January represents the beginning of a new school year. So, what you want to …
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How to use ‘No Hands Up’ to engage your students and as a formative assessment strategy
Sometimes, as a teacher we ask questions to our classes and, quite often, we have all our students put their hands straight up to answer it. In my electric class, I asked, ‘what is the relationship between voltage, current and resistance?’ The keen, able and confident students in the class always put their hands up …
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