A compendium of the 2021 European Innovative Teaching Award laureates

A lot of innovation takes place in schools across Europe driven by teachers and school communities. Teachers have developed new ways in integrating technologies in teaching and learning. They have found ways of maintaining a feeling of belonging to the school community and contacts with pupils' homes also in times of crisis. Together, through networking and engaging in Erasmus+ projects, they have kept their own competences up-to-date and made the European dimension an important part of their work. All this innovation deserves to become visible, celebrated and shared, so that we can all learn from it. This is what the European Innovative Teaching Award - launched in 2021 as a new action under the European Education Area - does. The European Innovative Teaching Award aims to recognise achievements within the Erasmus+ programme, showcasing projects that incorporate outstanding innovative teaching practices. The Award celebrates the achievements of teachers and schools and gives credit to their work. At the same time, the Award highlights the value of the Erasmus+ programme to European teacher collaboration and the establishment of the European Education Area. Erasmus+ is key for supporting mutual learning through learning mobility abroad, professional networking and communities of practices, and, finally, professional excellence.