More than a Meeting

Building effective teacher communities of practice in North Macedonia

Children playing in kindergarten
UNICEF North Macedonia / Georgiev / 2022

Highlights

Teachers across North Macedonia engage in communities of practice (CoPs) with strong interest in resource sharing and professional development. But participation varies by subject taught and teaching level, with structural barriers remaining as key participation constraints. Mixed-methods research involving national teacher surveys, and interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders including the Ministry of Education and Science and CoP leaders, highlights how teachers engage with CoPs, what challenges they face, and how CoPs can be better integrated in sustained professional development.

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UNICEF Office of Strategy and Evidence – Innocenti
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English, Macedonian, Albanian