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Building a global evidence Leadership and global learning

ecosystem for teaching. for community impact

Around the world, teachers are striving to improve the learning outcomes of Teach For All is working to ensure all children are able to thrive and fulfill their
their students. Through this project, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) potential by harnessing the power of community leadership. This project aims
is equipping teachers with the knowledge they need to enhance and accelerate to create locally rooted, globally informed leaders who can support their
learning outcomes for the most disadvantaged children and young people. communities as they seek to improve educational equality and opportunity.

Providing teachers with reliable • set up a Global Trials Fund to support Sustainable change requires Progress and achievements
“ Using evidence to inform information about what’s worked to the commissioning of high-quality “ Our first year has been leadership grounded in the realities Since commencing in 2018, the
teacher practice is not an easy improve students’ learning in similar trials of education interventions in wonderful, fascinating, and of the local context, reflecting the project has:
task. The evidence produced situations elsewhere enables them their six partner jurisdictions and very productive. We’ve had perspectives, needs and opportunities
needs to speak to the key to make informed decisions that lead granted provisional approval for the chance to identify great of the communities, and the • completed an initial network-wide
challenges that teachers face; to quality learning for every child. This funding of randomized controlled examples of community knowledge of successful ideas diagnosis of community impact;
it needs to be summarized in project aims to transform teaching and trials in Chile and Peru; impact, share lessons with and practices beyond its borders. • established innovation partnerships
an accessible yet accurate learning to leave a legacy of enhanced • agreed to the first set of EEF our partners, and inspire Through Teach For All’s Global with 11 communities across our
way; and it requires ongoing capability and professional expertise Fellowships which will support the more partners to build Learning Lab for Community Impact, global network; six have established
professional support to help in participating countries. creation of evidence-based tools, lasting change within their community leaders, teachers, and draft indicators for progress at
practitioners translate the Generating and using evidence to and the development of expertise communities. We’ve seen other key partners share practices the community-level (Ancash,
evidence into their day-to-day improve teaching and learning is on synthesizing, generating and vivid examples of how and lessons which leads to improved Northamptonshire, Feltham,
work. The more organizations internationally relevant. This project mobilizing research evidence leadership, diversity, and quality learning outcomes for Estonia, Armenia, and Delhi) and
working on this endeavour will get more countries involved in in partner education systems; working together can create young people. four have begun to map the strength
and learning from each other, this endeavor to increase the pace • established new partnerships community change. Perhaps of leadership across the ecosystem
the quicker we should be able of progress, expanding the evidence with “la Caixa” Foundation in most importantly, we’ve With a focus on the role of community (Ancash, Northamptonshire,
to find effective strategies base for the benefit of all teachers Spain and the Queen Rania recognized that building participation and leadership, the Tulsipur and Delhi);
to improve outcomes for the and students. Foundation in Jordan; and strong relationships project is developing evidence- • launched an innovation fund
most disadvantaged students.” throughout a community is based hypotheses about the enabling for partner organizations to apply
Progress and achievements • hosted the second annual Global crucial to community impact. characteristics of communities with annually and secure small-scale
Since launching in 2018, the project has: Partners Workshop attracting This has reinforced our belief the fastest learning outcomes and grants to fund time-bound
delegates from over 30 organizations
• screened over 6,000 education and six continents. that communities are the identifying the differentiating factors projects; and
that contribute to that progress.
key lever for creating
research studies from across sustained improvements • reviewed global insights, research,
the globe for inclusion in the for children in communities stories, tools and resources around
EEF’s Education Database; over around the world.” the topic of community impact
1,300 met our inclusion criteria; to serve as the foundation for an
action-oriented knowledge base
and provide the first selection
Stephen Fraser Kaya Henderson of resources to be posted to the
Deputy CEO, Education Director, Global Learning Lab Global Learning Lab website.
Endowment Foundation for Community Impact

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