About the project
The presentation will explore the development of the PED Brasil Network, focusing on how it established itself as a community of learning and practice among university-based teacher educators. This collaboration has led to innovations within their own undergraduate programs (licenciaturas), to the development of a Professional Master's Network in Math and Science, and to the widespread offering of a specialization course for public school teachers across the country. The presentation will also discuss the key role played by partnerships with the nonprofit sector and public-sector funding agencies, including the pivotal support of BNDES to the project. Finally, we will discuss the ongoing efforts of Instituto Canoa and the Lemann Center to partner directly with state and municipal education departments, developing long-term, stable teacher-training capacity within their internal structure.
About César Simões
César Simões is the Executive Director of Instituto Canoa, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teacher initial education and professional development in Brazil. César is a former math teacher who has dedicated the past decade to promoting public, excellent, and equitable education in Brazil. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of São Paulo. Instituto Canoa is a longstanding partner of the Lemann Center at Stanford. Together, the two institutions have developed the PED Brazil Network. The network comprises 28 Brazilian universities that collaborate in providing ambitious initial teacher education and professional development programs to public school teachers in Brazil. To date, the PED Brazil networks have graduated 38 cohorts of teachers across all regions of the country, in 20 Brazilian states and the Federal District.
