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NEST featured as a Network Breakthrough at Teach For All’s End of Year Convening
NEST was presented as a Network Breakthrough at the 11th annual End of Year Convening, organized by Teach For All. This is a vibrant gathering

NEST Presentation at the EARLI Conference in Oxford
In August, the NEST project was presented at the joint conference of the EARLI Special Interest Groups (SIG) 11 ‘Teaching and Teacher Education’ and SIG

“Good practices in focus” – gathered over 600 teachers, principals and educational experts in Bulgaria
The largest event for sharing positive examples in education, “Good Practices in Focus”, organized by the “Together in Class” foundation and the educational platform prepodavame.bg , took

Exploiting NEST for Change: Enhancing Teacher Support and Development in Austria
Teach For Austria and the Lower Austria University of Education hosted the final exploitation event of the NEST project titled, “Starting the Teaching Profession –

NEST featured during the Teach For Belgium’s 10-Year Celebration
In March 2024, Teach For Belgium celebrated 10 years of advancing educational equity with an event that brought together 250 partners, teachers, and education professionals.

NEST EU Policy Conference: An evidence-based approach to mentoring for novice teachers in disadvantaged schools
The Novice Educator Support and Training (NEST) Erasmus+ project recently hosted the EU Policy Conference aimed at transforming the support system for novice teachers in

Evaluation results reveal the positive impact of the NEST mentor training on mentors and novice teachers
The long-awaited final evaluation results of the NEST project have been released, highlighting its transformative impact on mentorship and novice teachers in disadvantaged schools. The

Join the NEST EU policy conference on March 21st in Brussels
NEST EU Policy Conference: An evidence-based approach to mentoring for novice teachers in disadvantaged schools Brussels, March 21st The Novice Educator Support and Training (NEST)

Romania Enacts New Education Law, Strengthening Teacher Support and Training
In a significant step towards improving education in Romania, the Ministry of Education, in collaboration with experts from Teach For Romania, has successfully co-designed and
NEST brings its mentor training model to the European Education Summit
In a remarkable achievement for global education initiatives, NEST recently took center stage at the European Education Summit, the flagship event in education organized by

NEST Takes Center Stage in Educational Research
As we surface the final year of the NEST project and focus on results exploitation and dissemination, the University of Duisburg Essen showcased the preliminary

NEST concludes the second cohort as it enters its next phase
The Novice Educator Support and Training (NEST) project, aimed at enhancing the professional development of novice educators, has successfully concluded its second pilot phase. This

NEST results show promise in Catalonia
Our partners from the Spanish pilot, Empieza Por Educar and the Department of Education of Catalonia, co-organized on June 8th an event to kick off

NEST partners meet in Bucharest to share the preliminary results of the project
The NEST consortium members, involving NGOs and public authorities from five different countries, as well as a teacher union, a schoool association and a university,

How to Become an Effective Teacher, insights from the Bulgarian pilot
A Teach For Bulgaria event brings together representatives of the education, government, and civic society sectors in a conversation about quality education and support for

Catalonia launches its novice teacher training and support pilot program informed by NEST project
During the academic year 2022-2023, which marks the second and final year of the implementation of the NEST project in Catalonia, the Department of Education

Supporting New Teachers: Insights from the Austrian pilot
On March 27, Teach For Austria hosted an expert meeting titled “Successfully Starting and Staying in the Teaching Profession.” Held at the City Campus in

Building bridges between language communities in Belgium through NEST
Teach for Belgium, in collaboration with Onderwijscentrum Brussels (OCB) on the Dutch-speaking side, and Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles on the French-speaking side, have been committed to training

NEST is presented at the Educational Research Day 2023
Organised by the Interdisciplinary centre for educational research (IZFB), the Educational Research Day took place in February 2023. As part of the NEST team, our

How to manage change and uncertainty in Policy Experimentation projects: an example from Austria
Planning an Erasmus+ project like NEST is a complex undertaking. Details such as tasks and deliverables, as well as necessary time investment, are often planned

NEST at the European Parliament and the European Education Summit
Teach For All was invited to bring its approach and collaboration with the European Union to both the European Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee (CULT) and the European

Town of Pleven hosts this academic year’s first NEST training session in Bulgaria
The first training session for participants in the second year of the international project NEST (Novice Educator Support and Training)in Bulgaria was held on the

The NEST mentorship model: a potential solution to teachers’ crisis in Romania
In Romania, disadvantaged communities face a significant lack of well-prepared teachers to successfully tackle the multiple challenges related to ethnic and discrimination segregation, basic and

Launch of the second year of the NEST training programme
Experienced teachers (mentors) across the EU continue developing mentoring skills to support novice teachers NEST is a two-year professional development programme for experienced teachers at

NEST at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference
The NEST project was be presented at the British Educational Research Association (BERA), the leading authority on educational research in the UK, that took place in

Marking the halfway point of the NEST project
Mentors, trainers and NEST project partners in each country have discussed project results to wrap up the first year of experiment implementation “Our common purpose

Deep dive into the NEST mentoring model: What does “adaptive mentoring” mean?
The overall purpose of NEST is to support novice teachers in disadvantaged schools through an underpinning adaptive mentoring model. However, what does adaptive mentoring really

The NEST consortium meets for the first time in Barcelona
As the COVID-10 restrictions relaxed in the EU, the NEST consortium could finally meet in person in Barcelona on May 11-12. This was a great

NEST at the World Education Research Association conference in San Diego (USA)
The NEST project was presented at the World Education Research Association conference, the world’s largest gathering of education researchers, that took place in San Diego,

“When Teachers Are Students: A New Look at Mentoring” event in Bulgaria
On March 14, over 300 educators, experts, and representatives from Bulgaria’s education system gathered online to discuss the critical need for effective mentoring for new

60 Experts from the Regional Inspectorates of Education Will Be Trained to Effectively Support Novice Teachers in Bulgaria
The training program is part of a major European project with three partners from Bulgaria – the Ministry of Education and Science, Education Trade Union,

Adaptive Mentoring: a solution for Novice Teachers in the EU
OECD data from 2018 demonstrates that “while novice teachers represent 22% of the teacher population on average across OECD countries, a higher share of them

Novice Educator Support and Training (NEST), a new opportunity for innovation in Europe
Co-funded by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) through the Erasmus+ Programme, NEST started on February 2021 and will last until February 2024.

