Empowering Teachers to Deal with Social, Emotional and Diversity Related Career Challenges
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What is Hand in Hand program

Hand in Hand: Empowering Teachers Training program to develop teachers and other school staff SEDA competences was implemented in schools across six countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Portugal). We are sharing with you experiences and the perspective of the Hand in Hand Program co-author, educator and participant in the program.

While we often focus on the impact teachers have on students, it is equally important to recognize the significance of teachers' own well-being. The well-being of a teacher directly affects the quality of education and students' well-being.

In the Hand in Hand: Empowering teachers (HAND:ET) project we are focusing on teachers by supporting their development of social and emotional competencies as well as their diversity awareness (SEDA) to empower them for the complexity of everyday working life and enable them to deal flexibly with new challenges.

We have developed a program that puts the teachers' well-being at the centre and supports development of their SEDA competencies by fostering self-care for teachers and giving a central role to the voices of teachers. Hand in Hand: Empowering Teachers Training program was implemented in schools across six countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Portugal).

In the video below, we are sharing with you experiences and perspectives of the Hand in Hand Program co-author, educator and participant in the program. Check it out!

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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.