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Become an advocate for supporting the teachers well-being

Teachers are working in increasingly diverse classrooms which makes their profession complex, diverse, and dynamic. We have developed RSA video that elaborates why supporting teachers’ development of social and emotional competencies as well as their diversity awareness (SEDA) in the initial and in-service teacher education is important in order to address this challenge.

Central idea behind the HAND:ET project is supporting teachers’ development of social and emotional competencies as well as diversity awareness (SEDA) to empower them for the complexity of everyday working life with increasingly diverse classrooms and enable them to deal flexibly with new challenges. It also puts the teachers' well-being at the centre by highlighting how developing SEDA competencies simultaneously fosters self-care for teachers, giving a central role to the voices of teachers.

We believe that the answer to the challenge of increasingly diverse classrooms and to the complexity and dynamic of teachers’ professions may be found in the continuous professional development of teachers. We advocate for supporting teachers’ development of social and emotional competencies as well as their diversity awareness (SEDA) in the initial and in-service teacher education. For that purpose, we have developed a video material aiming to raise awareness about the importance of supporting and empowering teachers’ socio-emotional competencies for diverse classrooms sending the message that nourishing teachers’ well-being will help society flourish.

The video is also available on the HAND:ET YouTube channel, make sure to check it out and by sharing it with relevant stakeholders you can also become an advocate for supporting teachers’ well-being through professional development programs that integrate social and emotional competencies and diversity awareness into the continuous professional development of teachers and other school staff.

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vol 2
Oct. 7, 2024

Volume II: Policy Perspectives provides key insights into how EU and national policies currently support teachers' social and emotional competencies and diversity awareness (SEDA), offering recommendations to improve these frameworks. By focusing on evidence-based solutions, this volume aims to empower educators and create more inclusive, supportive educational systems across Europe.

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Feb. 27, 2024

In the sixth and final HAND:ET Newsletter we are sharing with you news and updates from the final stage of the HAND:ET project. Find out more in the article!

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Feb. 26, 2024

The HAND: Empowering Teachers (HAND:ET) initiative has developed comprehensive guidelines to upscale its program across the EU and beyond. Check them out!

Empowering Educators Across Europe – Experimentation Perspectives
Feb. 25, 2024

We present to you the key ideas and findings of a HAND:ET project, integrating the insights of a wide range of stakeholders. This book is our way of experimentally showing how the SEDA of teachers across Europe can be supported!

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Feb. 24, 2024

In this interview with Iva Perković from Network of Education Policy Centers (NEPC), HAND:ET partner responsible for wide dissemination of HAND: Empowering Teachers outcomes and findings and encouraging upscaling of the HAND: Empowering Teachers system, we will discuss the recognition of SEDA competencies in the NEPC region, on the policy level and within the membership as well as the sustainability of the HAND:ET core concepts.