EDUCA: RTIA session on How to Support Teacher Well-being

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Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (#RTIA) is happy to host a session “How can we support teacher well-being?” at the EDUCA fair. 

When: Friday, January 23, at 17:00–17:45 

Where: International Stage at Educa, Helsinki

The panel discussion explores teacher wellbeing in African contexts and brings together expertise from teachers, researchers and development partners:

• UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (UNESCO-IICBA): Opening remarks by Dr. Quentin Wodon, the Director of UNESCO-IICBA; teacher wellbeing surveys across Sub-Saharan Africa. 
• Häme University of Applied Sciences and Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) who are currently collaborating in a teacher wellbeing research project supported by the European Commission funded Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA). 
• Finn Church Aid / Teachers Without Borders: Teacher insights based on the Building Resilience, Inspiration and Growth Holistically for Teachers – BRIGHT project funded by the European Commission under the RTIA.
  
  Join us for insights on teacher wellbeing in African contexts, connecting research evidence, development practice and lived teaching experience! Follow the panel through online streaming here.
   

Opening remarks Quentin Wodon, Director of UNESCO IICBA 

Moderator Yohannes MEHARI, RTIA Facility

Panelists

Katja Vähäsantanen, Principal Research Scientist, Häme University of Applied Sciences 

Christina Raphael, Senior Lecturer, Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) 

Janice Antell, Education expert, Teachers Without Borders / Finn Church Aid & Language and philosophy teacher at Kuusamo Upper Secondary School 

Omolola Akinbobola, freelance educator