THE 5 DAY PROGRAMME INVOLVES: INSTRUCTIONAL DAY 1 DAY 2 THE ART STUDENT-CENTRED LEADERSHIP OF TEACHING LEARNING TRAINING UGANDA Understanding Learners, Student-centred vs. teacher- Pedagogy, Lesson design. centred learning, How do we learn? DAY 3 DAY 4 POSITIVE STUDENT-CENTRED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ASSESSMENT · Low cost, high-impact teacher training 3 · Since 2013, we have trained The brain when we learn, Assessment, Learning objectives Classroom environment and success criteria, Peer and self- 2,313 School Leaders, who have trained factors that optimize learning. assessment, Effective feedback over 23,000 front-line teachers and DAY 5 impacted over 1,000,000 learners. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Professional learning communities, Lesson observations SUPPORTED BY MAKING · Ghana’s first interactive distance-learning project GHANAIAN · Uses cutting edge technology and multimedia content to GIRLS deliver quality teaching to students in 72 deprived schools GREAT! · 144 facilitators trained to support over 8000 primary school girl and boys SUPPORTED BY · Trains school leaders to become Instructional Leaders through TRAIN FOR face-to-face training, and a TOMORROW distance learning cascade · Made possible by a satellite link GHANA and solar-powered infrastructure · Instructional leaders cascade their training and impact up to 5000 front-line teachers over 2 years 4 DISTRICTS 40 880 HUB SCHOOLS / INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY LEADERS ENABLED SCHOOLS 000 UP TO UP TO 85 STUDENTS FUNDED BY UP TO UP TO 000 5 TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL · Establishing Education LEADERSHIP & Leadership and Innovation Centres in every province in CURRICULUM Argentina by end of 2017 INNOVATION · In partnership with Lego and Harvard Graduate School of ARGENTINA Education · Providing intensive 6-week Executive Leadership programme aimed at school principals · Providing professional development for school supervisors from the Ministry of Education · Organising international seminars on leadership, curriculum innovation and global education IN 2017 WE ASK: ‘How do we make ‘real’ Global Citizens?’ • Annual Forum referred to as the ‘Davos of Education’ • Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, • Partners including Unesco, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Inter-American Development Bank and Education International, • Past conferences have seen over 1,600 delegates, 20+ serving and former Heads of State and Prime Ministers and 60+ Ministers of Education • Senior representatives from the United Nations including UNESCO and UN Global Compact; as well as other public and social policy leaders • Hundreds of CEO’s & business leaders from organisations such as Huwei, Allen & Overy, PwC, Barclays, Lego, Microsoft, WPP plc. • Education leaders from the OECD; global children’s charities, world renowned universities and private schools, the International Baccalaureate Organisation; ‘and’ after ‘private schools’ • Thousands teachers and school leaders, including the Top Ten Finalists of the Global Teacher Prize • Media influencers from CNN, the BBC and The Economist, as well as hundreds of publications & media outlets worldwide including The Times, Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes Magazine, TES and the Huffington Post. Education | Equity | Employment Our 2017 forum will be held in partnership with: Education | Equity | Employment RECOGNISE & CELEBRATE AN EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER • Annual US $1 million award for an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession. • Over 8,000 applications in 2015, over 20,000 in 2016 • Judging Academy includes public officials, head teachers, academics, journalists, entrepreneurs, company directors, scientists and entertainment industry figures • The process is overseen by PwC • Endorsers include His Holiness Pope Francis, HRH Duke Of Cambridge, Professor Stephen Hawking, Joe Biden, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abduallah of Jordan, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Kevin Spacey Education | Equity | Employment #teachersmatter Just some of the incredibly influential voices who have joined us to recognise the value of teachers Education | Equity | Employment GOVERNANCE The Varkey Foundation is a registered charity, governed by an Advisory Board and Trustees who are responsible for the overall direction, supervision and accountability of the Varkey Foundation and its projects. GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD UK TRUSTEES ARGENTINA TRUSTEES US TRUSTEES Hon. Bertie Ahern Sunny Varkey Sunny Varkey Sunny Varkey Aliko Dangote Dino Varkey Desmond Bermingham Justin Cooper Oley Dibba Wadda Jay Varkey Juan Ignacio Crosta Steve Sussman Nizan Guanaes David Clifford Lucila Dios Saibaba Tata Fernando M Reimers Karen Giles Miguel Ángel Martínez Andreas Schleicher Amanda Jenkins V Shankar Sir Michael Lockett Sir Martin Sorrell Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton .