Teachers without borders

About the project

Both Jämtland County and Trøndelag County have major problems recruiting and retaining qualified preschool teachers and teachers. Both regions are also struggling with a declining student base for these teacher training programs, which causes problems for municipalities, educational institutions and society at large. In addition, there is a problem with the narrow recruitment base, where, among other things, few men and people with minority backgrounds do not choose to train as preschool teachers/teachers. There is also currently no structured cooperation between different teacher training programs and between border municipalities in the education sector in NGB. We want to address these challenges by working across the NGB from various aspects of collaboration. 

Why is the project needed?

Within the framework of the project, we connect local and regional actors in preschool and school but also three universities with researchers, teachers and students. Through dialogue meetings, networks and workshops, we connect relevant actors such as teachers, principals, students and school principals across the national border and contribute to greater common knowledge, experience and learning and create relevant networks for different interest groups. The aim is that the networks and collaboration arenas that

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Publications 

Boström, L. , Vestheim, O. P. , Holm Hopperstad, M. , Ivarsson, L. , Svedin, G. , Leithe-Lajord, M. , Emilsen, K. & Selmer-Olsen, M. (2024). Lärare utan gränser : Attrahera, behålla och rekrytera lärare i Nordens Gröna Bälte. Mid Sweden University (Utbildningsvetenskapliga studier 2024:2)