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International Summit on the Teaching Profession

International Summit on the Teaching Profession

Each spring, education ministers, master teachers, national union leaders, and education organization leaders convene from countries with high performing and rapidly improving educational systems. The purpose of the gatherings is to identify best practices worldwide that strengthen the teaching profession and raise student achievement. Summit organizers, in collaboration with Asia Society, produce a publication each year on key lessons.

The first two summits in 2011 and 2012, held in the United States and hosted by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, developed a consensus that achieving a high-quality teaching profession is critical to education systems as they face the increasingly ambitious demands of the 21st century. Moreover, the highest performing countries are successful because they take a comprehensive approach to recruiting, preparing, supporting, and retaining talented teachers and school leaders. The 2013 Summit, which was hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Education, OECD, and Education International (the global federation of teachers' unions), took on the complicated issue of teacher evaluation. The 2014 International Summit on the Teaching Profession took place in Wellington, New Zealand. Building on the results of previous Summits, it focused on the issue of how education systems can achieve both excellence and equity.

In 2015, the Summit was held in Banff, Canada, and focused on leadership, recognition, and efficacy. Participants were looking for practical policies informed by evidence that would develop collaborative leadership and improved student achievement in their schools. In 2016, the Summit was held in Berlin, Germany, and focused on teachers' professional learning and growth. In 2017, the Summit was held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and focused on empowering educators to help improve equity and outcomes for all students. The 2018 Summit, held in Lisbon, Portugal, focused on new challenges and opportunities for educators around the world. In 2019, the Summit convened in Helsinki, Finland and focused on three interrelated issues within the theme "The Future of Teaching and Learning" — leading together, building strong foundations through innovative pedagogies and practices, and towards sustainable schools.

Read the Summit reports below.

Summit Reports

Future of Teaching and Learning 2019
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The Future of Teaching and Learning

Read the report from the 2019 International Summit on the Teaching Profession, which focused on the future of teaching and learning.
Cover of the 2018 International Summit of the Teaching Profession report
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New Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Teaching Profession in Public Education

Read the report from the 2018 International Summit on the Teaching Profession, which focused on new challenges and opportunities for educators in public education.
Edinburgh with the ISTP 2017 logo
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 /  Education

Empowering and Enabling Teachers to Improve Equity and Outcomes for All

The 2017 International Summit on the Teaching Profession focused on sustainable excellence and equity in learning.
2016 International Summit on the Teaching Profession
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 /  Education

Creating the Conditions to Achieve Quality Teaching for Excellent Learning Outcomes

How can we create the conditions to achieve quality teaching for excellent and equitable learning outcomes? The 2016 International Summit on the Teaching Profession looked to answer this question.
International Summit on the Teaching Profession: 2015 Summit
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 /  Education

Implementing Highly Effective Teacher Policy and Practice

How does education move from dialogue to action in the context of complex systems and multiple political, economic, and social imperatives? A new report offers recommendations.
Education officials at the 2014 International Summit on the Teaching Profession.
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Excellence, Equity, and Inclusiveness: High Quality Teaching for All

How can education systems achieve both excellence and equity? A new report offers recommendations.
Education officials at the 2013 International Summit on the Teaching Profession
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 /  Education

Teacher Evaluation: An International Perspective

Teachers are nation builders. How do we know they are effective—and how can we support them?
2012 International Summit on the Teaching Profession
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 /  Education

Teaching and Leadership for the 21st Century

US Department of Education hosts a meeting on how the world's best school systems prepare and elevate teachers.
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 /  Education

Improving Teacher Quality Around the World

A groundbreaking report summarizes international summit discussions and emerging lessons.

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