Coalition for Scaled-Up Teacher Professional Development
It seeks to contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4, aimed at ensuring inclusive and quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for everybody.
What is it?
The Coalition was launched in 2018 as a global programme led by the Digital Learning for Development research network. The Coalition has identified several key issues regarding the status of the teaching profession, which it aims to overcome by promoting quality, equitable and sustainable large-scale ICT-mediated Professional Development with collaboration, research, and implementation support. The International Development Research Centre of Canada together with the UK Department for International Development are funding the initiative. The Information Technology Education and Development Foundation of the Philippines is the administrator.
Project objectives
To support governments and implementers across the Global South in the design, development and deployment of quality, equitable and sustainable [email protected] models.
To support research and knowledge sharing on innovative [email protected] models and adaptation in ways that are effective and appropriate for a wide range of contexts in the Global South.
To contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).
To ensure inclusive, quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for everybody.
Impact on society
To contribute to the professional development of teachers to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4.
To promote collaboration with various Latin American and global organizations.
To contribute to the generation of knowledge in the field of teacher training and the use of technologies.
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We work: Honduras and Ecuador.
Webinars on Teacher Professional Development.
Documented cases of Teacher Professional Development in LAC mediated by ICT.
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