Events

Supporting Teachers in the Age of the Pandemic: The World Bank Global Platform for Successful Teachers

March 23, 2021

Virtual

MULTIMEDIA

If you want to hear from teachers about their current challenges, watch this two-minute clip of the video. If you want to look at the slides, click here.

If you want to learn about the 5 Principles, watch this five-minute clip of the video and read this paper.

If you want to learn about the Global Platform for Successful Teachers and how it is helping improve teacher policies, watch this five-minute clip of the video. Learn more about the World Bank’s Global Platform for Successful Teachers, please see the launch of the platform here and a recent blog by our Director Jaime Saavedra here.

If you want to learn how to improve the measurement of what happens in the classroom, watch this five-minute clip of the video. Learn more about Teach, our classroom observation tool, please visit the Teach website, the newly launched Teach ECE website, and our new video on Teach and its implementation to date.

If you want to learn how to improve teacher professional development, watch this five-minute clip of the video. To learn more about Coach, please visit the Coach website. Please note some of the Coach tools and resources have already been published for consultation – please access those tools and resources here. We’ve also published some recent blogs on the Coach initiative:

If you want to learn how to use technology wisely, watch this five-minute video. To learn more about our work on Technology for Education, please visit the website here, and please see here for a joint initiative between HundrED and the World Bank to identify and share scalable solutions for teacher professional development.

If you want to follow the discussion of experts on the best ways to support teachers during and after the pandemic, listen to a panel discussion here with Karthik Muralidharan, Tata Chancellor's Professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, Ranjit Disale, the winner of the 2020 Global Teacher Prize, Janeli Kotze, South Africa Department of Basic Education, and Modupe (Mo) Adefeso-Olateju, Managing Director of The Education Partnership Centre, moderated by David Evans, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development.

To learn more about the World Bank’s work with teachers around the world, please visit the Teachers website here.

To subscribe to our monthly Teachers Newsletter, please visit this link
Please also see our recent podcast with Ranjit Disale, Teacher Prize Winner for 2020 and panelist in yesterday’s event
Please see here for the video screened during the event: “From Teachers Around the World".

EVENT DETAILS

Teachers are the single most important driver of how much students learn. They have the responsibility to ensure that all children—each with their own challenges and potential—can learn effectively and have an enriching experience in school. The World Bank is working with countries to ensure that every child is taught by a competent, empowered and motivated teacher. Join us for the unveiling of new resources to help countries build a cadre of effective teachers developed under The World Bank Global Platform for Successful Teachers, and a discussion on the best ways to support teachers during and after the pandemic.
BACKGROUND

The event will include short presentations on the progress towards ensuring every child is taught by an effective teacher followed by a panel discussion with Jaime Saavedra, Global Director of the Education Global Practice, Karthik Muralidharan, Tata Chancellor's Professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, Ranjit Disale, the winner of the 2020 Global Teacher Prize, Janeli Kotze, South Africa Department of Basic Education, and Modupe (Mo) Adefeso-Olateju, Managing Director of The Education Partnership Centre, on the best ways to support teachers during and after the pandemic. The discussion will be moderated by David Evans, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development.

Join the event to get answers to these 3 questions:
●      What do governments need to do so every child is taught by an effective teacher?
●      What is the World Bank doing to help countries build cadres of effective teachers?
●      How to best support teachers during and after the pandemic?
Follow the Conversation on Twitter at: #WBTeachers

DETAILS

Date: March 23, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST