Constructing Scenarios for the Future of Teaching in Flanders

The New Professionalism and the Future of Teaching project has devised a theoretical framework that allows stakeholders in education to construct a shared vision on what the teaching profession could look like in the future. This study in Flanders seeks to anticipate and increase deeper, structured thinking about medium- and long-term scenarios for teacher professionalism and empowerment. Potential benefits for the system include long-term strategic thinking regarding the Flemish teacher workforce and finding solutions to issues that transcend the short-term. The results of the study point to a focus on community, families, empowering students, an explicit definition for teaching and learning, links with higher education and teacher collective learning, teacher autonomy, well-being, and (more) diversity of roles within the teacher workforce as elements of specific importance in thinking about the possible future of the teaching profession in Flanders.