We actively participate in the development and support of advanced educational policies, the New Ukrainian School reform; we promote the status of educators and the development of new professional standards. We have signed cooperation memoranda with The Ministry of Education and Science, the Ukrainian Institute for Education Development, the State Service of Education Quality and its territorial departments, the Office of the Education Ombudsman, the Institute of Education Content Modernization, and other agencies.
The concept of the New Ukrainian School (NUS) accumulated modern education ideas and approaches. In September 2017, a new law “On Education” was passed. Since September 2018, primary students across Ukraine have been joining the school system following new approaches.
The EdCamp Ukraine team was actively involved in drafting the concept and standards of NUS, as well as the new professional standards for teachers, thanks to cooperation of the Ministry of Education with its advisers, Oleksandr Elkin and Olena Masalitina (2016–2020).
NUS is a profound reform of the school system from the 1st through 12th grades.
Being child-centered.
In 2018, we conducted research together with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine titled “Teach and Learn: Professional Development of Ukrainian Teachers”, having polled 8,427 educators from across Ukraine about their jobs, professional development, needs, dreams, and plans.
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The research findings and “The Declaration of Efficient Professional Development in Pedagogy” signed by leading educational NGOs and other agencies from the sector fueled institutional changes in educators’ professional development.
The Ministry of Education and Science with expert participation of EdCamp Ukraine drafted clear guidelines for school that illustrate how teachers could use new opportunities. To institutionalize this process and make it sustainable, the Ministry created a designated workgroup on teacher professional development that has been patronizing the implementation and development of the changes (under Decree of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 223 dated Feb. 17, 2020), whose members are mostly educators from our community.
In November 2021, the platform for online learning Prometheus launched the course titled Professional Development of Teachers: New Challenges and Opportunities, in which we discuss all relevant documents and unclear details, explain everything with examples, and offer recommendations for all parties.
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The course is offered on the Prometheus platform and it:
The platform got its initial legal foundation after the Law of Ukraine “On Education” (Articles 54, 59) and the Law of Ukraine “On Complete General Secondary Education” (Articles 37, 38, 40, 51, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 65) were passed. In fact, EdWay is based on a number of legal documents, in particular the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 800 “Some issues of the professional development of pedagogical and research-pedagogical staff“.
Now teachers choose where, when, how and with whom they improve their professional skills.
At least 150 hours of professional development (for the 5-year period) is reimbursed by state and local budgets in the amount of not less than 2% of education subvention.
Annual professional development is mandatory.
Fields, types and forms of professional development are broadened up.
In addition to educational institutions (post-diploma studies institutes, universities) you can now go through professional development programs offered by other providers (subjects) of professional development without their mandatory licensing / program accreditation.
My educational start-up is an intensive, practice-oriented course, a learning sprint, a so called 2 in 1:
This course is a unique opportunity to present your professional development offer in any area on the national level in Ukraine based on transparency, openness, and meeting educators’ needs.
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EdCamp academy was created to form small communities of professional development service providers who offer interesting professional development programs that are useful for educators, but find it difficult to carry out their activity independently.
Our main mission is to provide broad opportunities for choosing directions of educators' professional growth, support the graduates of My Educational Startup course, expand the market of educational professional development services, and hold anti-crisis activities aimed at psychological and pedagogical support for students, teachers, and parents in wartime.
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In 2017, we initiated a research project titled “Kids and Docs” to find out how much paperwork must be filed by teachers and school administrators, as well as to find ways to reduce it. Now, as instructed by the Ministry of Education and Science, workplans and lesson plans are no longer obligatory, and course schedules can now be drafted in an arbitrary form. Obsolete requirements for filing documents have also been cancelled by the new regulation. Another significant outcome of the Kids and Docs research was abolishing the obsolete practice of keeping track of children within districts. Starting with mid-2021, the Ministry of Digital Transformation has been taking into account the data and recommendations from this report in developing the digitalizing of school documents.
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Launched in 2016, the antidiscrimination expertise of school textbook drafts continues. Since then, 89 persons have been certified in nondiscrimination approach in education — they now examine textbooks for the signs of discrimination. Experts provide authors of textbooks with recommendations on how to change or eliminate the discriminative content and how to avoid it in the future.
Most often it is indirect or covert discrimination against women, elderly people or children, stereotypes about those who live in villages and cities, about nations’ mentality, etc.
for textbook authors.
that publish school textbooks.
86% of examined publications involved bias or discrimination.
Only 1% of examined publications involved bias or discrimination.
In its daily activities, EdCamp Ukraine NGO does not support any form of direct, indirect, or hidden discrimination, harassment, or instigation to discrimination in line with our nondiscrimination policy.
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EdCamp Ukraine’s team has been developing and promoting anticorruption tools for Ukrainian schools in the form of games, quests, themed lessons, and scenarios. Through our integrity ambassadors and the training team for anticorruption in education, we teach others how to use these tools.
Educators learn how to talk with students about corruption prevention in an interesting and informal manner, and the practical implementation of these tools in schools has shown:
increase in the number of students who believe corruption is a negative factor.
increase in the number of students who believe there is no excuse for corruption.
Students have started recognizing corruption in daily practices, including those in school.
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The publication explains in lay terms what is corruption in school life and how to spot it.
DOWNLOADIt is about the pedagogy of partnership and integrity in Ukrainian educational institutions and their practical implementation by six school teams.
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Wow-site 30ua was created by a group of Ukrainian creative companies.
Then EdCamp Ukraine and its creative partners created a lesson toolkit to help educators hold the 30th first lesson in independent country in Ukrainian schools to strengthen children’s and adolescents’ pride in their country.
Not only did our team wish to tell the world about the achievements of Ukrainian athletes, artists, and designers, and to draw attention to the places worth visiting with your family, but it also strived to allow students to speak the truth – Ukraine is currently at war, defending its borders.
Educators also have an opportunity to share ideas on improving the content with site developers.
This handbook is a universal guide to the world of charity, leading you through all stages of understanding and becoming aware of good deeds. The central idea that permeates each page is: “The main thing is for you to feel happy when you help because charity means exchanging good!”
It is recommended for reading to all participants of the educational process, because the guide contains not only useful ideas and tips, but also strategies for forming a culture of charity in education.
We believe that if good deeds are done in focused, small steps and broken into manageable parts, while maintaining a systematic approach, we can raise a generation of children for whom helping others is as natural as breathing, and for whom charity and good deeds are ordinary actions that bring joy.
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The implementation of STEM education in elementary school is important for the development of student competencies, so we suggest that you start getting acquainted with the new possibilities of STEM education together with this book.
The book is intended for primary school teachers who want to familiarize themselves with the STEM concept and create a basic set of STEM lesson scenarios.
Here you will find materials that can be adapted to the needs of a specific classroom and curriculum in the context of STEM education. The book will help teachers develop the skills of observation, research and creative thinking in students. It offers practical tips and ideas for engaging in STEM lessons, taking into account classroom diversity and available resources.
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ENT is Education NGOs Together alliance of organizations from the education sector who signed the Memorandum on Cooperation of Civil Society Organizations in Support for Education Reform. During the Fifth National EdCamp Ukraine (un)Conference for Teachers 2019, the Memorandum was signed by eight NGOs operating in teachers’ professional development sector.
NUS reform must continue whatever the political scene.
Reform must be real, not declarative.
Reform must be informed by progressive and humanistic values.
Levels of violence and stress in education must be reduced
The alliance member organizations exchange their experience, expertise, opinions, ideas, and contacts with each other — anything that might assist in achieving their goal.
EdCamp Ukraine
Educational Era NGO
Batky SOS NGO
Charitable Organization International Charitable Fund Impact Hub Odessa
Osvitoria NGO
Smart Osvita NGO
Ukrainian Institute of the Future NGO
Pro.Svit Center of Innovational Education
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