International Conference on Teacher Development and Management

23-25 February 2009
Programme

Reports
Day 1
Day 2

Outcomes and Recommendations
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6

Presentations
 
 

Building on the South Asia regional conference on Quality Education for All in New Delhi, India, from 24th to 26th October 2007, and in response to a request from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) the World Bank, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the European Commission, UNICEF and UNESCO have organized an International Conference on Teacher Development and Management with the technical support of MHRD, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) and the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE). This major event is being held at the Vidya Bhawan Society, Udaipur in Rajasthan from 23-25 February, 2009.

As the Conference of 2007 showed, there are many reasons why school quality may be deficient. But central to all efforts to improve quality are the roles that are played by teachers and head teachers in the education process: the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers; the only way to improve learning outcomes is to improve instruction. The Conference of 2007 revealed four teacher related ingredients of great education systems: effective recruitment of teachers; effective training of new teachers at the outset; ensuring teacher motivation through appreciation and resource support; and providing sound leadership through proper selection of school heads and giving them adequate opportunities for professional development. All of these ingredients can be useful starting points for reflection. To this end, the objective of the Teacher Development and Management Conference is to contribute to the knowledge base and dialogue on successful approaches to attract, develop and retain effective teachers and head teachers at all levels of school education, in particular for the hardest-to-reach areas and the most disadvantaged segments of the population. This Conference particularly aims to foster a better understanding of the interventions shown to work in:

  • professionally educating, developing and certifying teachers for pre-schools, elementary schools and secondary schools;

  • effectively recruiting and assigning elementary and secondary school teachers; and

  • enabling preschool, elementary and secondary school teachers to strengthen their classroom practice through effective in-service programmes and professional development

  • enabling effective teacher cadre and career management to facilitate and enhance teacher performance, motivation and accountability

The Conference will facilitate a dialogue between policy makers, planners, teacher educators and international experts on the replicability or scaling up of these interventions in India. In particular, the Conference will seek to provide context specific answers to some key teacher related questions, including:

  • What are the ingredients of a comprehensive framework for teacher development and management?

  • What are the key teacher development priorities?

  • How can key stakeholder groups be more closely involved in policy and programme development and implementation?

  • What are the major gaps in the research and information base, and priorities for future work?

  • What are some good practices that can be evaluated and scaled up?

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