INEE Teacher Compensation Initiative
Co-Sponsored by: INEE, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, International Rescue Committee, International Save the Children Alliance, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF
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Teacher Compensation in Fragile States, Situations of Displacement and Post-Conflict Recovery
To address the challenges of teacher compensation in fragile states, situations of displacement and post-conflict recovery, the International Rescue Committee, International Save the Children Alliance and Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, on behalf of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), organized a roundtable seminar on teacher compensation on 11 October 2006. The Roundtable on Teacher Compensation in Fragile States, Situations of Displacement and Post-Conflict Return brought diverse stakeholders together to discuss the challenges of adequately compensating teachers in various settings, share good practices and lessons learned, and identify a common vision and agenda for future work in this area.
The roundtable culminated in a set of findings and recommendations, which highlighted the need for more research on existing experiences and good practices on teacher compensation as well as the need to develop a clear set of guidance notes in a collaborative manner.
Guidance Notes on Teacher Compensation: Piloting Phase Launched
With this launch for piloting, all actors are invited to use the INEE Guidance Notes within their context and provide feedback. Piloting the INEE Guidance Notes will encompass not only using them but also giving feedback on their relevance and applicability in order to inform the final printed version. See the Initial Feedback Form on the back of the Piloting Letter, which can be downloaded along with the Guidance Notes at: www. Ineesite.org/teacher comp. [WEBLINK HERE} Please provide feedback by
We ask all INEE members to distribute the INEE Guidance Notes and piloting letter/feedback form to colleagues and partners around the world, encouraging those who are working on this issue to use them as appropriate to their context. Please note that translations in French and Arabic, and possibly Spanish, are forthcoming.
Several organisations have already expressed interest in using the INEE Guidance Notes in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Chad,
It is critical that discussions on teacher compensation be carried out in consultation with a wide variety of partners from the government as well as the humanitarian, education and development communities, including representatives from UN agencies and NGOs, donors, teachers unions and community education committees. Effective piloting of the INEE Guidance Notes on Teacher Compensation will therefore require working with multiple actors at education sector meetings, such as IASC Education Cluster meetings and education sector coordination and planning meetings, in order to introduce, disseminate and utilize them in a collaborative manner. Given the differences in teacher compensation issues and in potential solutions in different contexts, it is expected that there will be discussions about how to contextualize the guidelines in order to address context-specific issues in the piloting process.
Download the INEE Guidance Notes on Teacher Compensation here.
Download the Piolting Letter and Feedback Form here.
Guidance Notes on Teacher Compensation: The Process
INEE, IRC, Save the Children, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF and the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children are leading the next phase of this initiative to build upon the 2006 roundtable findings to develop a set of Guidance Notes for compensating teachers in fragile states, refugee, IDP and returnee contexts.
INEE members contributed case studies that are being used to inform and enhance the good practices and lessons learned that will be codified within the Guidance Notes. Once drafted, the Guidance Notes will be shared with a group of Resource Experts and refined through their input as well as through a series of Consultative Workshops which will cull diverse experiences and expertise from across the globe in the Spring of 2008.
| Teacher Compensation Case Studies INEE members from all over the world submitted case studies based on their experience with issues related to Teacher Compensation. These case studies were used to inform the Guidance Notes. Please click here to read the submitted case studies. |
The finalized Guidance Notes will be widely disseminated through multiple channels, including the INEE listserv and website. The co-sponsors of this initiative will encourage the use of the Guidance Notes as standard practice as well as share lessons learned and other feedback to strengthen the Guidance Notes in the future. INEE will disseminate the Guidance Notes at the 2008 INEE Regional Capacity-Building Workshops and the 2009 INEE Global Consultation.
Consultative Workshops
A series of Consultative Workshops are being planned across the globe for the Spring of 2008, co-sponsored by INEE, the International Rescue Committee, Save the Children Alliance, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, UNESCO, UNHCR and UNICEF. These workshops aim to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders and partners to obtain feedback on the draft set of Guidance Notes.
A few examples of workshops are as follows:
Niamey, Niger. March 7, 2008. Hosted by UNICEF.
New York City, USA. March 19, 2008. Hosted by Teachers College at Columbia University.
Washington, DC. May 6, 2008. Hosted by the World Bank.
Paris, France. June 16, 2008. Hosted by UNESCO-IIEP.
London, UK. July 11, 2008. Hosted by ActionAid and Save the Children.
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