17 March 2026

Authors:

Jessica Mejía

Suggested bibliographic citation: Mejía, J. 2025. Try it on Monday: Practical solutions – and opportunities – to strengthen teacher professional development at scale. What Works Hub for Global Education. Synthesis paper. 2026/001. https://doi.org/10.35489/BSG-WhatWorksHubforGlobalEducation-RP_2026/001

Abstract

This guidance note provides practical recommendations for designing effective, scalable, and sustainable teacher professional development (TPD) programmes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It draws on structured pedagogy research, large-scale implementation experiences (including Kenya’s Tusome and Uganda’s LARA programmes), and the author’s direct experience implementing TPD programmes across multiple countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Asia. The central premise is that teacher professional development must be understood as a continuous cycle of learning, practice, reflection and support, not as a one-off training event.

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