Strengthening Teacher Leadership and Communities of Practice in Lebanon’s Education in Emergencies Context

Building on work begun in 2025, Childhood Education International (CE International) is now putting co-created professional learning resources into practice with educators in Lebanon. The project supports teachers working in a context shaped by displacement, economic crisis, regional instability, and disrupted schooling – conditions that make sustained professional learning and peer support especially important.

In 2025, CE International worked alongside Lebanese educators and Education in Emergencies (EiE) practitioners to co-create multilingual, open educational resources focused on Communities of Practice (CoPs) and teacher leadership. Designed around educators’ lived experiences, these courses and micro-credentials provide practical tools for strengthening collaboration, leadership, and professional learning in crisis-affected settings.

In 2026, this work has moved into a new phase. In collaboration with World Learning, CE International is implementing a pilot that connects CE International consultants with 15 coaches, who are leading Communities of Practice with 60 teachers across northern Lebanon. Coaches are completing a five-module course on leading and sustaining CoPs in displacement and emergency settings while participating in biweekly coaching sessions that help them apply their learning directly with teachers.

Through these teacher-led communities, educators have dedicated spaces to reflect together, exchange knowledge, address challenges from their classrooms, and strengthen their collective practice. CE International continues to coach the coaches, listen to participants, and adapt the approach as the work unfolds – with the goal of cultivating sustainable, teacher-owned communities that can continue supporting educators through crisis, recovery, and beyond.

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