The below agenda is indicative only and subject to change. Times will be provided closer to the conference.

• Welcome to day two reflections

  Join the international IFTRA conference organising committee, who will share reflections on the conference

• Keynote: Dr Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills OECD

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• Breakout 1A Continuing Professional Development : Nurturing excellence, not ticking a box

  • Principals’ professional development and participation in the CPTD system, Ella Mokgalane, CEO, South African Council for Educators

  • Quality and quantity it’s not mutually exclusive! As regulators we need to listen, take on feedback, be adaptive and responsive to the pressures of the profession, Lyndall Read, CEO, Australian Capital Territory Teacher Quality Institute

  • Supporting teacher growth and quality teaching—a community of practice model for early childhood teachers in NSW, Merise Bickley, Lead, Early Childhood and Emmanuel Karayiannis, Senior Education Officer, NSW Education Standards Authority

  • Quality teachers for quality education, Sangeeta Singh, Chief Executive Officer Fiji Teacher Registration Authority

• Breakout 1B Celebrating excellence: using professional standards to guide achievement and teacher success

  • Recognising quality teaching in NSW through a streamlined approach to the accreditation of HALTs Deborah Wightley, A/Director, Teaching Standards and Accreditation, NSW Education Standards Authority

  • Rekindling the fire for mid-career teachers in the classroom, Jane Pamenter, Director Standards & Recognition, ACT Teacher Quality Institute

  • Impact of Professional Qualifying Examination on Nigeria Teachers’ Digital Competence and Enhanced Professionalism, Josiah Ajiboye, Registrar and CEO, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria and Dr Abah Mary Ogbene, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria

• Breakout 2A Country case studies: working in systems

  • Teacher workforce planning: The Irish experience, Dr Lynn Ramsey, Director, The Teaching Council, Ireland.

  • West Africa – Investing in teachers and school leaders: Professional standards, teacher education, and working conditions, Quentin Wodon, Director, UNESCO IICBA

  • PNG’s pathway to teacher registration, Uke Kombra Secretary Department of Education and Samson Wangihomie Chairman Teaching Services Commission

• Breakout 2B Country case studies: Working in systems

  • Teacher regulation looks different in Wales: Find out why, Hayden Llewellyn, Chief Executive, Education Workforce Council, Wales

  • Teacher licensure: Creating a pool of school leaders without borders for Africa, Professor Steve Nwokeocha, Executive Director (Academics), Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities

  • Building the evidence-base for achieving quality and quantity, Dr Tee Schofield, Principal, ATWD – Lead Data Scientist, AITSL

• Closing reflections

  Professor Steve Nwokeocha, Executive Director (Academics), Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities