World Teachers’ Day 2025: Collaboration is key to making teachers thrive

The new fact sheet shows that while teachers are leaders in promoting inclusion and innovation in schools and societies, they often carry out their work without collaborative structures to support and strengthen their pedagogy, agency, professionalism, and well-being.

It underscores that collaboration is vital at every stage of a teacher's career: through co-teaching, joint reflection, and integrated partnerships with schools, teachers new to the profession can build a foundation supported by cooperation rather than isolation .

As they progress in their careers, teachers must build collective inquiry and shared problem-solving skills through communities of practice, study circles, or other forms of collegial learning.