The New Professionalism and the Future of Teaching team at the OECD thanks the many colleagues who have contributed to the development of this publication at various stages.
The authors of the report are Jan Maarse, Jason McGrath and Claire Shewbridge. Thomas Baijot was a fully fledged member of the analytical team until February 2024 and made a significant contribution to the development of the Flemish teacher personas and the first preferred scenario for the future of teaching in Flanders and also working with stakeholders to develop the set of scenarios. We are grateful for his rigorous research, creative thinking and exemplary collegiality.
The OECD team owes a great deal to our colleagues at the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training, who have taken the initiative for this study. The authors of this report would therefore like to thank the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training, in particular Jeroen Backs, Katrijn Ballet, Ann Dejaeghere, Laurens Van de Voorde and Katrien Vercruyssen. We would also like thank the Flemish Steering group of this project for their guidance and valuable feedback on this paper (see Annex C).
Thanks to all the participating Flemish teachers, school leaders, policy makers, researchers, academics, and other stakeholders who contributed to the realisation of this study. A special thank you to Ingrid van den Branden, who contributed a textbox.
Thank you to Daniel Nilsson Brodén (the father of the teacher personas!), Jose Manuel Torres, Haewoon Bae, Charlotte Kohlloffel and Daniela van den Brink for reading earlier versions of this paper and providing constructive feedback. Thanks also to Lydia Vosberg for analytical support and work on teacher persona comments and reactions. Leonora Lynch-Stein supported the team in preparing the study, including the research seminar and materials for the in-person workshops. The authors would like to thank Tia Loukkola, Head of the Implementation and Measuring Progress division, and Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate for Education and Skills, for their careful review of this publication and strategic guidance. The team is grateful to Jessica Bouton for work on travel arrangements and layout for the publication and to Sabrina Bouldi for helping us finalise the publication.