TEACHer Upskilling Policy Experimentation (TEACH UP)

Abstract

TEACH-UP (TEACHer Upskilling Policy experimentation) builds on the ET2020 Working Group on Schools’ work highlighting the need for quality teacher education on the new role and competences of teachers throughout their career. To meet this need, TEACH-UP aims to design, implement, evaluate and disseminate a policy experimentation by: Developing online courses for teachers in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) on topics related to their new role: Teacher collaboration, Personalising learning, Formative peer assessment and Creativity. Testing and comparing two different instructional designs and delivery modes in a randomised controlled trial. Running multi stakeholder national and European Dialogue Labs. With 17 partners (ministries of education, teacher education and research organisations) in 13 countries coordinated by European Schoolnet, TEACH-UP informs policy action in teacher education by providing institutional, local, regional, central and EU policy makers with concrete evidence from field trials on the: Comparative efficacy and cost-effectiveness of different modes of online courses, for ITE or CPD. Optimal conditions for securing high retention rates in online courses for teachers, including the role of self-regulated learning. Conditions under which peer assessment can be reliably used in online teacher education, building and recognising teachers’ capacities as reflective and networked practitioners.