Education Workforce Initiative

Through the Education Workforce Initiative (EWI), the Commission is working with partners to rethink the education workforce. This new research program is identifying innovative ways teachers, support staff, district leaders, and others can equip students with adaptable skills for the 21st century. Drawing on concrete examples of how successful education workforce reform and innovation have been implemented across the globe, EWI is bringing fresh thinking to the education workforce to ensure the right teams and roles at school and district level – teachers, support personnel, school and district leaders – are in place for inclusive, quality education. EWI’s flagship report, Transforming the Education Workforce: Learning Teams for a Learning Generation draws on research and evidence to propose new ways to approach workforce design and implementation, including the use of technology. A High-level Steering Group of international experts, chaired by Commissioner and former South Korean Minister of Education Ju Ho Lee, oversees this initiative. With their guidance, the Commission published an Education Workforce Report with concrete policy recommendations in 2020. The report will focus on the following areas in primary and secondary education: re-envisioning the education workforce to ensure the right roles are in place for inclusive and quality education, generating relevant skills for the 21st Century, exploring how teachers, support staff, district leaders, and others an ensure that students, especially those in marginalized groups are prepared for the modern workforce, strengthening the current and future education workforce to improve recruitment, retention, and professional development, and supporting educators so they can fully realize the potential of technology to enable open, adaptive personalizes and distance learning.