TPD@Scale

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Welcome to TPD@Scale and innovation in Teacher Professional Development

We are the TPD@Scale Coalition for the Global South, a collaborative effort of education ministries and other government agencies; international organizations; development agencies; non-governmental organizations; universities, education colleges, and training institutions; research and policy centers; and other education and technology stakeholders who are engaged in studying and implementing large-scale teacher professional development (TPD) programmes. We use the ‘@’ symbol because we believe that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play a key role in making TPD provision in the Global South equitable and efficient while maintaining learning quality.

The goal of the TPD@Scale Coalition is to promote quality education for all through empowered and effective teachers. It aims to contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 through equitable, high-quality, efficient and sustainable large-scale, ICT-mediated TPD.

We created these courses because we know that while designing and implementing TPD programmes is relatively straightforward – many of us around the world do this – it is much more challenging to create scalable TPD programmes that can positively impact large numbers of teachers and lead to improvements in children’s learning outcomes. This has become an urgent priority, especially in the post-COVID era.

TPD@Scale is about scaling TPD through adaptation rather than scaling through replication, adoption or re-invention. These courses are about the process of achieving scale through the widespread use of programmes that are modified according to the needs of different users.

TPD@Scale programmes are mediated by ICTs and engage large numbers of teachers. They draw on known characteristics of:

• effective TPD
• theoretical and practical knowledge on scaling
• emerging findings from the field of ‘learning at scale.’

‘Learning at scale’ refers to digital learning environments that enable resources and activities to be delivered to large numbers of learners who are not physically in the same place.

TPD@Scale programmes blend online and offline methods, systems, resources and activities in ways that meet the needs of teachers’ professional learning in diverse contexts.

This collection of four TPD@Scale courses will:

• introduce principles, components and models of TPD@Scale
• provide diverse evidence of TPD@Scale in practice in the Global South
• support stakeholders in using TPD@Scale models for analysis and action
• change perspectives and mind-sets about how to do quality TPD

Each course is approximately 4 hours of study, which you can do flexibly.

These courses are for you, if you are:

• a senior official in a ministry of education
• a policy maker
• a programme owner or designer
• a funder 
• a stakeholder partner, e.g., NGO, university, research institute, etc.
• a decision-maker who likes to think and act in innovative ways

You can work through the courses on your own, at your own pace, and return to any sections you want to review. You can study in your educational setting or workplace. 

If you plan to work through the courses with a colleague, or in a group, there are prompts for discussions. There is also an optional section for facilitators.

At the end of each course is a short quiz. When you pass each quiz, you achieve a digital badge and a certificate of completion for each course.