The conference "Recruiting Teachers - What Works?" is initiated by the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University.
International speakers
Project manager Charlotta Langejan informs that Dr. Jordan Naidoo, Director, UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, is one of the speakers. He will speak on "Solving the Teacher Shortage in the World: The Way Forward".
Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills in the OECD will speak on "Teacher Recruitment in OECD" and Secretary General of the European Network of Education Councils, Leen Van Heurck, will talk about teacher recruitment in Europe. Read more about the program here: Keynote Speakers – Recruiting Teachers: What Works?
– "Lack of qualified teachers is a major global challenge. We are now putting the spotlight on measures and initiatives that have worked in various countries and hope to reverse the trend in that way. This is a hot topic.” says Langejan.
Measures and initiatives that work
The conference aims at answering the following questions:
- What initiatives and measures taken have resulted in more qualified teachers?
- What strategies have resulted in that more young people have chosen to become a teacher?
Nord University Rector Hanne Solheim Hansen looks forward to the issue being raised at the conference. Nord University systematically works for recruiting students to the teacher training programmes through the LæreriNord-initiative, which aims at increasing the recruitment to and reputation of the teacher profession in the counties of Nordland and Trøndelag.
Politicians and decision makers are invited
Politicians on national level in Norway and internationally have recently received information about and an invitation to the conference. So has also members of the SEA-EU alliance of which Nord University also is a member of. A selection of international universities has also been invited.
Click here to read more about the conference.
