EUROCLIO Teacher Leave Campaign

Lifelong learning and professional developments are among the key objectives of the European policies and programmes this year. Education policies are forward thinking, however their implementation rarely trickles down to the teacher.

Less than 10% of European teachers are however able to participate in professional development or training events without suffering significant cost. 44% of educators feels that it is either very difficult or impossible to attend teacher training events due to costs or policies.

We call on policy makers on European and national levels to engage in a concentrated effort to lift the obstacles that prevent teachers from full professional development: unpaid leave or impossibility to take time off for training events, and insufficient or no financial support towards participation in such events, accompanied by lack of information about existing learning opportunities and support.