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What we do

Support teachers’ professional development

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We want our kids to be
taught by the best

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Our main goal

We motivate educators:
  • to achieve goals,
  • to motivate each other and seek inspiration together,
  • to be happy and efficient in both their teaching careers and in life as a whole.

To ensure this, we offer a wide range of tools: from the unique model of (un)conferences to already popular online Tolokas (gatherings). From our American peers’ experience, we know that EdCamp has become one of the most popular professional development models in some U.S. states. The same holds true for Ukraine. We are sure even more formats will be added in the future.

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Each event follows the “law of two feet”
The participants themselves put together the program and schedule the sessions
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National (un)conferences

National (un)conferences by EdCamp Ukraine are our prevalent format of professional development for schoolteachers. Each event follows the “law of two feet”: the participants themselves put together the program and schedule the sessions. After the event, they enjoy its “long tail effect”: follow-up discussions, joint projects, discovery of new ideas and formats for their own professional development.

Regional (un)conferences

Regional (un)conferences or mini-EdCamps have a similar format but are held locally and organized by local educators. EdCamp Ukraine develops and provides them with comprehensive support both in tangible form and otherwise, called EdCamp in a Box program. The biggest value of these events is that they spread knowledge among teachers in the provinces. This is where white crows meet and network.

Show Mini-EdCamps
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Mini-EdCamps are held locally
This is where white crows meet and network

The total of 377 regional (un)conferences were held between 2015 and 2025.

  • 2015—2016

    EdCamp in a Box 1.0

  • 2016—2017

    EdCamp in a Box 2.0

  • 2017—2018

    EdCamp in a Box 3.0

  • 2018—2019

    EdCamp in a Box 4.0

  • 2019—2020

    EdCamp in a Box 5.0

  • 2021

    EdCamp in a Box 6.0

  • 2022

    EdCamp in a Box 7.0

  • 2024

    EdCamp in a Box 8.0

  • 2025

    EdCamp in a Box 9.0

  • 2026

    EdCamp in a Box 10.0

Coordinators’ Summits

EdCamp Ukraine’s regional events are coordinated by its most active members. Every two years we hold a special event for regional coordinators — the National Summit.

National Summits We Held
  • 2018

    A meeting in Odesa that took a summit / challenge format and gathered 140 coordinators of all regional events from all the years.

  • Underway

    The second national coordinators’ summit is being envisioned and planned.

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August (un)conferences

For many decades Ukrainian teachers have been gathering at large pedagogical conferences in August, just before the start of the school year. They are held on national, regional, district, and school levels. Since 2017, we have been involved in organizing the largest one and turned it into an (un)conference – and now anyone willing can use this format as well. Every year, before educators start the school, we reach out to them with the words of inspiration and support and share some useful tools with them.

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Every year before the start school of the school year, teachers gather at pedagogical conferences:
  • national,
  • regional,
  • district,
  • school.