The team of the international Survey on Social and Emotional Skills in Ukraine
Social and emotional skills are an important component of successes in school, career, and well-being in general. The research in this area helps understanding how these skills can be developed in different contexts…
About organization
Founded in 2015, the organization is now the area leader in non-formal education, with a community of 40,000 teachers representing every second school in the country.
year of foundation
people in the community
(Un)conferences and professional development
EdCamp Ukraine organizes annual national (un)conferences to support and develop Ukrainian educators and scales these efforts through waves of regional (un)conferences across Ukraine. The organization also conducts professional development programs for teachers and operates EdWay, the National Platform for Teachers’ Professional Development Opportunities.
During the war
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, EdCamp Ukraine has implemented a series of humanitarian initiatives aimed at anti-crisis support and increasing the capacity of Ukrainian educators, parents, and students. These include:
The information and fundraising campaign “My War. Lessons” to meet professional needs of affected teachers
EdCamp Academy for children and adults to support educational activities when educational process is disrupted due to the war, etc
Resilience support calls and Resiliency Tolokas for psychological support
Mine safety trainings
Educational policy
Areas
- the concept and standards of the NUS reform
- decisions in the field of document management
- teacher training
- gender equality
- integrity in education
SEE Learning
Initiative
Coverage
A total of 5,023 students and 425 teachers in 26 schools are testing the SEE Learning program and elective courses for grades 1–2, 3–4, 5–6, and 7–9, developed and approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
educational institutions
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teachers
Educational materials
To ensure SEE Learning teaching in Ukraine, methodology materials and textbooks, manuals for parents, teachers and pedagogues, an introductory online course for educators, and a professional learning community for discussion and exchange of experiences are available free of charge in Ukrainian.
EdCamp Ukraine’s activities have been acknowledged by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Bank, the Oxford Symposium in School-Based Family Counseling, and other prominent organizations.
TEAM
Oleksandr Elkin
Head of the Board of EdCamp Ukraine NGO, member of the Advisory Council for Promotion of General Secondary Education System Development under the President of Ukraine, PhD in Technical Sciences, doctoral student at the Institute of Current Challenges in Education at the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine
Tetiana Vakulenko
Director of the Ukrainian Center for Education Quality Assessment, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Lilia Hrynevych
Vice-rector of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Sergii Gorbachov
Educational Ombudsman of Ukraine
Oleg Marushchenko
Vice Head of the Board of EdCamp Ukraine NGO, PhD in Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor of Kharkiv National Medical University
Natalia Valevska
EdCamp Ukraine translator
Vasyl Tereshchenko
Head of the Department of Research and Analytics of the Ukrainian Center for Education Quality Assessment, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor
Andrii Lytvynchuk
First Deputy Director of the Institute of Educational Analytics, PhD in Economic Sciences
Liudmyla Kubatko
EdCamp Ukraine program manager
Tetiana Drozhzhyna
Фахівчиня з управління проєктами та програмами ГО «ЕдКемп Україна», кандидатка педагогічних наук
Nataliia Yur
Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Center for Education Quality Assessment
Oksana Dehtyarova
Project and program management expert at EdCamp Ukraine
Svitlana Roiz
Сhild and family psychologist, certified facilitator of the SEE Learning program
Olena Masalitina
Vice Head of the Board of EdCamp Ukraine NGO, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor
Olha Rasskazova
EdCamp Ukraine program manager of NGO, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor
Halyna Kovalchuk
EdCamp Ukraine methodologist
Thousands of educators are also involved in SSES:
survey coordinators in the regions
experts in quality monitoring and profession coding
test administrators in schools included in the sample
representatives of participating schools who help with the Survey
