Aiming to contribute to a qualitative upgrade of the educational process in the context of digital transformation, the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation supported, in 2021, the “Tech Talent School for Educators” programme, an integrated digital training and empowerment programme for educators, implemented by Socialinnov NPO, in collaboration with a network of professionals from the fields of education, human resources and mental health. The Programme is designed to improve teaching and experiential learning experiences through tools provided by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and is exclusively targeted at primary and secondary school teachers and pedagogical science students.

In 2021, the Programme was implemented exclusively in the form of distance learning, enabling educators from all over Greece to become familiar with new interactive and dynamic learning methodologies, as well as pioneering and user-friendly tools for the design and presentation of educational materials. The participants also attended seminars on the enhancement of mental resilience and on professional empowerment, in order to be able to deal with potential signs of burnout in good time and to deliver on their educational duties more efficiently.

• In 2021, 23 training cycles of 345 hours were implemented, attended by more than 1,242 educators.
• Educators from all over Greece, as well as from Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Belgium and South Africa attended the Programme.
• 33 speakers and over 1,400 participants took part in the annual training activity “Education Evolution: Reimagining Human Connection”, which was organised in the context of the Programme.