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What we do

Support teachers’ professional development

National (un)Conferences
Regional (un)Conferences
Coordinators’ Summits
August (un)Conferences
Online Events

We want our kids to be
taught by the best

Our main goal

We motivate educators:

to achieve goals,
to motivate each other and seek inspiration together,
to be happy and efficient in both their teaching careers and in life as a whole.

To ensure this, we offer a wide range of tools: from the unique model of (un)conferences to already popular online Tolokas (gatherings). From our American peers’ experience, we know that EdCamp has become one of the most popular professional development models in some U.S. states. The same holds true for Ukraine. We are sure even more formats will be added in the future.

Each event follows the “law of two feet”

The participants themselves put together the program and schedule the sessions

National (un)conferences

National (un)conferences by EdCamp Ukraine are our prevalent format of professional development for schoolteachers. Each event follows the “law of two feet”: the participants themselves put together the program and schedule the sessions. After the event, they enjoy its “long tail effect”: follow-up discussions, joint projects, discovery of new ideas and formats for their own professional development.

Over the period of its existence, EdCamp Ukraine has held five national (un)conferences in Kharkiv, the anti-crisis online EdCamp and EdCamp for Joy in an online format, and EdCamp VOLYA and EdCamp POINT OF RESILIENCY in a hybrid format:

2015

First National (un)Conference for School Teachers

2016

Second National (un)Conference for School Teachers

2017

Third National (un)Conference for School Teachers

2018

Fourth National (un)Conference for School Teachers

2019

Fifth National (un)Conference for School Teachers

2020

Anti-Crisis National Online EdCamp

2021

National EdCamp Joy !-)

2023

Pre-victory EdCamp about post-victory plans

2024

National EdCamp POINT OF RESILIENCY 2024

Regional (un)conferences

Regional (un)conferences or mini-EdCamps have a similar format but are held locally and organized by local educators. EdCamp Ukraine develops and provides them with comprehensive support both in tangible form and otherwise, called EdCamp in a Box program. The biggest value of these events is that they spread knowledge among teachers in the provinces. This is where white crows meet and network.

Show Mini-EdCamps

Mini-EdCamps are held locally

This is where white crows meet and network

The total of 319 regional (un)conferences were held between 2015 and 2024.

2015—2016

EdCamp in a Box 1.0
2016—2017

EdCamp in a Box 2.0
2017—2018

EdCamp in a Box 3.0
2018—2019

EdCamp in a Box 4.0
2019—2020

EdCamp in a Box 5.0
2021

EdCamp in a Box 6.0
2022

EdCamp in a Box 7.0
2024

EdCamp in a Box 8.0

Coordinators’ Summits

EdCamp Ukraine’s regional events are coordinated by its most active members. Every two years we hold a special event for regional coordinators — the National Summit.

National Summits We Held

2018

A meeting in Odesa that took a summit / challenge format and gathered 140 coordinators of all regional events from all the years.
Underway

The second national coordinators’ summit is being envisioned and planned.

August (un)conferences

For many decades Ukrainian teachers have been gathering at large pedagogical conferences in August, just before the start of the school year. They are held on national, regional, district, and school levels. Since 2017, we have been involved in organizing the largest one and turned it into an (un)conference – and now anyone willing can use this format as well. Every year, before educators start the school, we reach out to them with the words of inspiration and support and share some useful tools with them.

Every year before the start school of the school year, teachers gather at pedagogical conferences:

national,
regional,
district,
school.

We hold online events and offer support

Circle of Mutual Support

The Circle of Mutual Support is a Facebook group where educators ask for assistance and help others. You can receive a piece of advice or practical help with both professional and personal issues; the key is to clearly articulate your request or query. Offering support to those who ask for it is also welcomed. New members can only join through a recommendation of other participants, so the atmosphere of support and trust always prevails in the group.
Join the Circle

How do you join the group?

Only by referral of group participants
Regularly

No competitive selection

Online Tolokas

Online Tolokas are online versions of (un)conferences that can be attended monthly from home and with no selection criteria. During Tolokas, we talk to celebrities, education experts, government officials, and education practitioners about the most urgent issues in education, share our experiences and doubts, support our colleagues and students, and develop hard and soft skills. Much of a Toloka meeting is discussions, i.e., Q&A sessions online.
Join the tolokas
EdCamp Marathon

EdCamp Marathon is very much like an online EdCamp but more intensive and gamified, based on teamwork rather than competition. Educators need it to receive support, get encouraged, and, of course, gain opportunities for professional development. Our EdCamp marathon "runners" diagnose their own needs, generate an individual learning path, communicate with mentors, with teaching practitioners, with each other, enjoying this communication and engaging in reflection.
EdCamp Marathon 2020

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Similar to an online EdCamp in format

Based on teamwork