Teachers as Everyday Change-Makers | Transform.Ed Briefing #134
Inside the Briefing: From empowering classrooms to transforming communities: exploring how teachers spark everyday change through innovation, equity, and collaboration.
Quick Updates 🔔
🌍✨ International Conference On Transformative Education (ICTE-2025)
Join the International Conference on Transformative Education 2025 (ICTE 2025) from November 11-13, 2025. As education faces a triple crisis of equity and inclusion, quality, and relevance, this is your chance to engage with thought leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and educators in shaping the future of education. Register now and be part of this transformative discourse. Don’t forget to invite friends and colleagues who share your passion for education.
✨30th Educational Leadership Forum: Rethinking Civics and Citizenship Education for K–12
Join us for the 30th Educational Leadership Forum on October 9, 15, and 24, 2025, a critical global gathering exploring strategies to reimagine assessments that truly capture student learning and growth. As a platform for Global North-South cooperation, the Forum equips leaders with intervention measures to redefine practices, focusing on moving beyond test scores. Explore alternative models like performance-based and portfolio assessments, and gain actionable strategies for developing just, inclusive, and adaptive systems that measure critical thinking and holistic development. Register now and secure your spot at the forefront of shaping the future of education.
Big Ideas 💡
High Impact Strategies to Mainstream Global Citizenship Education in Teacher Education
By Dr. Linyuan Guo-Brennan | .ed Magazine
Educators as Change-Makers: Leading with Purpose and Passion
By Insights Success Magazine
Poll of the Week 📊
Poll Results from Last Week
In response to the question “Which teacher-led strategy do you find most empowering for driving daily change in your classroom or school community?”, the breakdown of results is as follows:
The poll showed a clear preference for Integrating local issues. All respondents who participated selected this approach, underscoring its perceived importance in empowering teachers.
This strong signal highlights a collective belief that the most effective path to becoming an impactful change-maker involves making education relevant to the student’s immediate environment. By weaving local challenges (such as community sustainability, regional history, or environmental management) into the curriculum, teachers transform abstract concepts into tangible, solvable problems. This approach goes beyond mere relevance; it actively cultivates civic engagement and empowers students to practice change-making within their own communities. The results endorse a focus on context-driven education, where global concepts are powerfully informed by local realities.
Would you like to discuss these results or share your thoughts in the community?
Policy Pulse 🏛
WE ALL BELONG: The role of GCE in supporting democratic participation and addressing current global challenges
By Solidar Foundation
This policy paper highlights how Global Citizenship Education (GCE)—anchored in teacher-led, school-level initiatives fosters democratic values, critical thinking, and civic action. Teachers are positioned as primary enablers of student engagement and societal transformation.
Global Events for Your Calendar 🗓
Nov 11 - 13 | PAID ENTRY >> International Conference on Transformative Education 2025 ( ICTE 2025)
This is an Online Annual Event hosted by Global Citizenship Foundation.
Oct 14 | FREE ENTRY >> Celebrate the Genius and Joy of Every Student in Your Classroom
This is an Online Event hosted by edWeb.
Oct 15 | FREE ENTRY >> 30th Educational Leadership Forum: Rethinking Civics and Citizenship Education for K–12
This is an Online Event hosted by Global Citizenship Foundation.
Oct 23 | FREE ENTRY >> A Seat at the Table: How School Leaders and Teachers Can Learn From Each Other
This is an Online Event hosted by Education Week.
Lights, Camera, Education 🎬
Film » The Ron Clark Story
Based on a true story, this inspirational film is a powerful testament to the impact one dedicated, innovative educator can have on the most challenging of classrooms. It chronicles the journey of Ron Clark, a teacher who moves to a failing inner-city school in Harlem and is assigned its most difficult class. The film serves as an essential case study on educational innovation and equity, highlighting the necessity of setting high expectations and using creative, non-traditional strategies to engage marginalized students. It demonstrates that a teacher’s passionate refusal to accept low achievement, driven by determination and respect, is the key to transforming lives and achieving profound academic success.
Documentary » Teach
Follow four dedicated public school teachers over a school year as they tackle real-world challenges, experiment with new teaching methods, and strive to reach every learner. Teach isn’t about grand gestures, it’s about the quiet, daily acts of care and innovation that truly define change-making in classrooms.
Courses and Learning 🧑💻
Self-Paced Course » Transforming teacher learning for classroom change
By European School Education Platform
Books 📚
Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice at School
By Alex Shevrin Venet
Community Connect 💭
What’s one small shift you made in your teaching practice that created a big impact for a student, your classroom culture, or even your mindset?
Share your ideas on our community post.
New to the community? Join the Circles of Practice by the Global Citizenship Foundation! Get exclusive access to the latest updates, resources, and collaboration opportunities. Stay informed, connected, and equipped to shape the many futures of education.
Job Opportunities 📥
Academic and Research Positions (University Level)
🇦🇺 Education Focused Academics (Sydney Horizon Educators), University of Sydney, Sydney. (Deadline: 03 Nov 2025)
🇨🇳 Professorship – School of Education, City University of Macau, Macau. (Deadline: Open Until Filled)
🇱🇧 Open ranks faculty positions in Education, Lebanese American University, Beirut. (Deadline: 12 Oct 2025)
🇦🇺 Associate Professor/Professor of Marketing (Education Focused), University of Sydney, Sydney. (Deadline: 03 Nov 2025)
🇺🇸 Assistant Professor Higher Education Leadership, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro. (Deadline: 15 Oct 2025)
Leadership and Administrative Roles (University Level)
🇪🇬 Assistant Provost for Innovative Learning Experiences, The American University in Cairo, Cairo. (Deadline: Open Until Filled)
🇮🇹 Associate Campus Director, Sigonella, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Sicily. (Deadline: Open Until Filled)
🇦🇪 Dean, College of Education, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain. (Deadline: Open Until Filled)
🇸🇦 Training Quality Advisor, Colleges of Excellence, Riyadh. (Deadline: Open Until Filled)
🇦🇪 Manager, Academic Programs and Advising, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi. (Deadline: Open Until Filled)
School Leadership and Administrative Roles
🇰🇿 Head of Humanities, Haileybury Astana School, Astana. (Deadline: 06 Nov 2025)
🇬🇧 Deputy Head (Academic), Brighton College, Brighton. (Deadline: 27 Oct 2025)
🇬🇧 Head, Durlston Schooll, Hampshire. (Deadline: 15 Oct 2025)
🇲🇾 Head of School, St. Joseph’s Institution International School, Petaling Jaya. (Deadline: 19 Oct 2025)
K-12 Teaching Opportunities
🇹🇭 Learning Support Teacher, Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Riverside, Bangkok. (Deadline: 22 Oct 2025)
🇯🇵 Primary Classroom Teacher, The British School in Tokyo, Tokyo. (Deadline: 22 Oct 2025)
🇶🇦 KG Teacher, Private International School, Doha. (Deadline: 23 Oct 2025)
🇵🇱 Business and Economics Teacher, ASQ INTERNATIONAL, Kraków. (Deadline: 18 Oct 2025)
INGO & NGO (Global Organizations)
🇫🇷 Project Officer (Education Finance), UNESCO, Paris. (Deadline: 16 Oct 2025)
🇰🇭 National Consultant - ICT in Education, UNESCO, Phnom Penh. (Deadline: 13 Oct 2025)
🇲🇲 Individual Consultant - Coordination, Reporting and Knowledge Management, UNESCO, Yangon. (Deadline: 15 Oct 2025)
🇺🇿 International Individual Consultancy on Developing Training Programs on Pedagogical Integration of AI and ICT, UNICEF, Tashkent. (Deadline: 14 Oct 2025)
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The Global Citizenship Foundation is a leading specialist international organization based in South Asia (NCR Delhi, India) and the European Union (Tallinn, Estonia). Its principal mandate is to realize the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 4 and Target 4.7 (Education for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development). Since 2016, the GCF has impacted education in 70+ countries, striving to transform education for human and planetary flourishing.
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