Teach-UP (Teacher Upskilling policy experimentation) resources
It is widely recognised today that the role of schoolteachers is changing at a rapid pace. From classic top-down instructors, teachers are now becoming learning designers and facilitators. Pupils are changing too - from passive receivers of knowledge to active participants in the classroom.
Successfully adapting to these new roles requires the development of new skills and competences. Teachers must learn how to address diverse learning needs and preferences; how to provide meaningful feedback and support to help pupils achieve learning goals; and how to work in multidisciplinary teams to design active learning strategies. New, peer-based methods of assessment are also needed — methods that are feasible, reliable, and valued by learners.
The Teach-UP project outputs provide valuable insights for policymakers, teacher trainers, course providers, and anyone interested in scaling up online teacher training effectively and efficiently.
Teach-UP ("TEACHer Upskilling Policy experimentation") was a policy experimentation project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It aimed to support policymakers, teacher trainers, training providers, and other stakeholders in identifying effective ways to scale up online teacher training. The project ran from March 2017 to August 2020.
The final outputs of the project include a range of online educational resources and several key reports:
- The Course Resource Pack (DE, EL, EN, ES, EE, HU, LT, PT, SKand TR)
- The Personalised Support Pack offers a selection of resources that can be used to implement a personalised support offer as part of a scalable online course. The Pack is a supplement to the report "Implementing Personalised Support on Scalable Online Courses, which should be consulted first in order to understand the rationale for using personalised support and the results of testing personalised support on 4 online courses across 10 European countries as part of the TeachUP project.
- The report How to Improve Completion and Assessment in Scalable Online Courses for Teachers provides an overview of the findings arising from the TeachUP policy experimentation from a policy-making perspective. It is available in DE, EL, ES, ET, HU, LT, PT, SK and TR.
- The report on Peer versus Expert Assessmentlooks at peer assessment as a viable approach to assess learning achievements in online courses, and how it compares to expert assessment.
- The Evaluation Reportpresenting the full results from the field trials.
- The Evidence from the TeachUP Experimentationpaper
- The Cross-Country Dialogue Lab Reportbrings together and summarises the key discussions and conclusions which took place at each Country Dialogue Labs in each of the TeachUP partner countries.
