Professional development for teachers through global collaboration

You can learn from another teacher without starting a large project. Choose one teaching question, compare approaches with a colleague and try a small change in class. Then look at the student work together and decide what to keep.

Make a simple teacher-learning plan

1. Choose one question about your teaching, such as helping students compare sources or include quieter classmates.
2. Find a colleague with a relevant subject, age group or project interest. Agree what each of you can try.
3. Plan one task connected to the curriculum and collect a small example of student work.
4. Compare what happened, what surprised you and what you would change. Keep a brief note for your own professional learning.

Class2Class connects teachers and offers project ideas. The teacher-training hub explains how to use the platform; it is different from an accredited professional-development course. Start with the resources that answer your immediate teaching question.

Seven areas to explore with a partner teacher

1. Understand another classroom context

Ask your partner how students learn and communicate in their setting. Compare routines, expectations and resources before designing the exchange. A teacher's account offers one perspective; it does not describe every school or person in their country.

For example, you could compare an environmental lesson, discuss different readings of a historical event or ask how families take part in school life. Bring a question rather than assuming that another education system has a single approach.

2. Compare a teaching strategy

In mathematics, compare real-world data from each community. In literature, discuss how two classes interpret a story. In science, agree a simple observation both classes can make. Ask your partner what support students need and adapt one idea for your lessons.

3. Plan a global citizenship task

• Compare more than one source on a global issue.
• Ask students to explain a different perspective fairly.
• Connect a world event with a question in the local community.
• Give partner classes a shared task that needs contributions from both.
• Use a relevant Sustainable Development Goal to discuss responsibility and possible action.

4. Build a useful peer relationship

• Share a lesson approach and ask what would work differently in the other classroom.
• Plan a small joint task before taking on a longer project.
• Offer specific support when the timeline, language or student needs change.
• Reflect together after the exchange rather than only sharing a finished presentation.

5. Connect local learning with the SDGs

Start with a local issue students can investigate and a relevant subject goal. Then compare how a partner class sees the same question. The SDGs can provide a wider context; they do not replace your curriculum or assessment plan.

• Choose an SDG that genuinely fits the task.
• Name one or two competencies students can practise.
• Agree what work or explanation would show understanding.
• Use feedback to improve the next activity.

The Class2Class educational framework explains its current competencies and teaching principles. Use it to discuss your learning focus with a partner.

6. Learn through a small shared project

• Agree a topic and a partner-class connection.
• Plan a task linked to the curriculum and, where relevant, an SDG.
• Support students as they investigate, create and respond to the other class.
• Compare their work with the learning goal and discuss one change for next time.

7. Record what you tried and learned

Keep the plan, a sample of work and your reflections in a teaching portfolio. Class2Class publishes a project-review process and verified collaboration certificates. Keep the certificate alongside your own notes about the teaching you tried and what you learned.