ScienceView | 2nd International Summit on the Teaching Profession

Preparing Teachers and Developing School Leaders

2nd International Summit on the Teaching Profession

March 14 -15, 2012
New York, United States
(with web briefing and webcasts)

Education ministers, national union leaders and accomplished teachers from 24 countries and regions with high performing and rapidly improving educational systems will meet in New York City to discuss strategies to develop school leaders and to prepare teachers for the delivery of 21st century skills, and to prepare teachers to work and succeed where they are most needed.

The OECD, U.S. Department of Education and Education International (EI) will host this second International Summit on the Teaching Profession together with the U.S. based National Education Association (NEA), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards(NBPTS), then Asia Society and WNET New York Public Media.

Confirmed participants include delegations from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the People’s Republic of China, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

An OECD report, Preparing Teachers and Developing School Leaders for the 21st Century, will be released at the event on Wednesday 14 March – details of the web briefing at 16.00 CET (15.00 GMT) with OECD Deputy Director for Education Andreas Schleicher follow below, together with details of other webcasts.

The conference is part of an ongoing dialogue among participating countries about best practices in both teaching and learning. In the weeks following the summit, Asia Society will lead host organizations in publishing a summary paper to publicly document insights shared and lessons learned.

The following events are open to the press:

EVENT ONE:

WHAT: Webinar on “Preparing Teachers and Developing School Leaders for the 21st Century, Lessons from Around the World,” an OECD Background Paper

WHO: Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary General, OECD

WHEN: 16.00 to 17.00 CET on Wednesday, March 14

WHERE: Web Briefing – follow this link for registration
https://oecdwash.webex.com/oecdwash/onstage/g.php?p=0&t=m

EVENT TWO:

WHAT: Opening and Framing Session

WHO: Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Yves Leterme, OECD Deputy Secretary General
Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary
Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary General, OECD

WHEN: 19.00 to 20.30 CET on Wednesday, March 14

WHERE: Live webcast at http://media.rampard.com/cotl/20120314/doe/

EVENT THREE:

WHAT: Call-in Press Conference with Question and Answer

WHO: Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education (speaker)
Yves Leterme, OECD Deputy Secretary General (speaker)
Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary (speaker)
Dennis Van Roekel, NEA President
Randi Weingarten, AFT President
Gene Wilhoit, CCSSO Executive Director
Ron Thorpe, CEO NBPTS
Anthony Jackson, Vice President, Asia Society
Jon Rubin, WNET’s Acting Director of Education

WHEN: 21.00 to 21.30 CET on Thursday, March 15

WHERE: Call-in details pending

EVENT FOUR:

WHAT: Closing Session: What have we learned, and where do we go from here?

WHO: Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Yves Leterme, OECD Deputy Secretary General
Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary
Fernando Reimers, Professor of International Education, Harvard University

Note: During the closing session, each participating country will give a brief closing statement. Before concluding the Summit, Netherlands’ State Secretary for Education of Culture and Science Halbe Zijlstra will give a short presentation to preview next year’s Summit scheduled to take place in Amsterdam.

WHEN: 21.30 to 23.00 CET on Thursday, March 15

WHERE: Hilton New York, Grand Ballroom (third floor), 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Live webcast at http://media.rampard.com/cotl/20120314/doe/

An agenda and additional information is available at: www.oecd.org/education/teachersummit