Pillar 02

Teacher Training

Research-based professional development that builds teacher capacity across learning science, pedagogical practice and teacher leadership.

ELE Finland Oy · 11 courses · ~50 hrs each · Prof. Kirsti Lonka

Three Strands

How teacher capacity is built

Learning science foundation

The psychology of effective learning and motivation, social-emotional learning and future-ready pedagogy — directly applicable to classroom practice.

Teacher as leader of change

Teachers design and lead development projects, mentor peers and act as change agents. Five roles: Change Agent, Collaborator, Researcher, Mentor, Advocate.

Collaborative practice (PLCs)

Professional Learning Communities give teachers a structured cycle for shared inquiry, experimentation, peer feedback and continuous refinement.

The PLC Cycle

Structured, repeating, teacher-owned

Shared inquiry

Teams identify a real question from their own classrooms.

Research & evidence

The question is tested against learning science and existing evidence.

Experiment

A concrete change is trialled in practice and observed.

Reflect & refine

Peer feedback closes the loop and the practice is refined or adopted.

Curriculum

The eleven courses

Each course is approximately 50 hours. Sequencing is set with the school during the design phase.

01 — Foundations of learning and teaching

02 — How to motivate your students

03 — Supporting learning in groups and classrooms

04 — Neuroscience of learning

05 — Future skills & 21st century instruction

06 — Phenomenal learning

07 — How to write a thesis

08 — Collaborative knowledge creation

09 — Teachers as leaders of educational change

10 — Teachers as researchers

11 — Motivating assessment

Next Step

Training only sticks if the community holds it

The third pillar makes new practice permanent.

Pillar 03 — School Community