The aim of the project “Teachers for future 2” is to further develop a professional development programme for high-school teachers with a focus on natural sciences in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Teachers for Future program implemented in the school year 2021-2022 focused on teachers of Mathematics, English language, and Arts.

The Teachers for Future 2 program focuses on teachers of Chemistry, Biology, and Physics throughout the 2024/2025 school year.

By expanding it and shifting the focus to STEM areas, we aim to promote STEM as essential knowledge for most needed professions today and in the coming years that can help reduce poverty levels and help boost the country’s economy.

45 teachers will be selected from local public schools across all regions and provinces of BiH to participate in this training program. They will learn new educational approaches and jointly develop pedagogical materials in their subjects.  Throughout the school year, they will be able to test new teaching and learning practices and assess the learning outcomes for their students.

We will seek to select a group of young teachers with gender parity, and multiethnicity and will also pay attention to selecting teachers from disadvantaged schools, particularly focusing on schools from smaller towns and rural areas. 

The Professional Development program includes three modules, each one consisting of 4 parts: an online introductory workshop, three-day in-person training in Mostar, an online wrap-up/evaluation workshop, and a dissemination webinar. All three modules will be dedicated to the three selected subjects respectfully. 

The modules are designed to be highly intensive and participatory, with the maximum opportunity for dialogue, debate, and analysis in seminar style to provide participants with concrete ideas to take back into the classroom.