Global Teacher Prize: 10 year Impact Report
Strategic Insights & Survey Results
Cohort
Highlights
✦ Global context: The segmentation of the finalists into three groups does not seek an arithmetic symmetry of years, but rather to capture evolutionary stages in the history of the award. Although the interruptions in 2022 and 2024 skew the number of calendar years in each group, the aim is to analyze the teachers according to the global context in which they were recognized.
✦ A clear trend is observed: as we progress through the stages, the average age of entry decreases (from 53 to 45 years), suggesting that the award identifies talent at increasingly dynamic stages of the teaching career.
Gender and teaching
Highlights
✦ Gender Balance and Representation: There is a remarkable balance in the gender distribution, with 46.1% women and 53.9% men. This parity speaks volumes about the transparency and lack of bias of the award, solidifying it as an inclusive platform that values talent regardless of gender.
✦ Teachers as Drivers of Family Change: A revealing statistic is that 55.4% of the finalists are the first in their families to pursue a teaching career. This tells us that the award is identifying “pioneers”: leaders who have broken the mold in their immediate surroundings to embrace the teaching vocation.
Linguistic Communities & Regional Distribution.
Highlights
✦ The network is predominantly English-speaking (49.3%), followed by a strong Ibero-American community (21.0%). The remaining participation is distributed across diverse linguistic blocks, including Continental Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, reflecting the GTPA’s multicultural reach
Educational transition: from home to finalist
Highlights
✦ The educational level of the household significantly influences educational trajectory. Of all the finalists who hold a master’s or doctoral degree, the vast majority (80%) come from households with a medium or high level of education, while the remaining 20% come from households with a low level of education, which in these cases demonstrates a marked social mobility.
Recognition level in diferent types of media
Highlights
✦ 6 out of 10 finalists believe they had high or very high visibility in local media.
✦ 5 out of 10 finalists believe they had high or very high visibility in national media.
✦ 2 out of 10 finalists believe they had high or very high visibility in internacional media.
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🗣 Voices 1
🚪VISIBILITY AND RECOGNITION
"Being in the Top 50 gives you international visibility as an outstanding educator. This recognition strengthens your professional credibility, opens doors to global platforms, speaking opportunities, collaborations, and allows your ideas to influence education beyond your school or country."
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GTP OPEN DOOR
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🌍EXCHANGE & LEARNING
"Being able to share my innovations with teachers globally: Being a Finalist has made it easier to share my ideas and classroom innovations with teachers around the world while continuously learning from their practice. These exchanges have strengthened my work and helped me improve my ideas further."
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WORLD CLASS
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🌐Global Citizenship & Empathy
"Opportunities for collaboration with educators worldwide, professional growth, sharing experiences, learning from peers, contributing to policies that support all learners, and inspiring others to implement inclusive practices."
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GLOBAL CITIZEN
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🏅Global Recognition & National Reward
"The opportunity to make an impact globally, not just locally. My confidence is now even stronger, and the ability to help children across the country has multiplied. What the world recognized in me as a TOP 50 finalist was later realized by the country in which I live and work, which is the greatest reward."
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BEYOND LOCAL
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🗣 Voices 2
🤲Global Citizenship & Empathy
"Being in the Top 50 gives you international visibility as an outstanding educator. This recognition strengthens your professional credibility, opens doors to global platforms, speaking opportunities, collaborations, and allows your ideas to influence education beyond your school or country."
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GLOBAL CITIZEN
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🌱Planting Hope & Motivation
"Being able to share my innovations with teachers globally: Being a Finalist has made it easier to share my ideas and classroom innovations with teachers around the world while continuously learning from their practice. These exchanges have strengthened my work and helped me improve my ideas further."
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FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
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🏛️️Leadership & Public Policy Advocacy
"Opportunities for collaboration with educators worldwide, professional growth, sharing experiences, learning from peers, contributing to policies that support all learners, and inspiring others to implement inclusive practices."
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PUBLIC POLICY
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🌐Tech Ambassador & Global Visibility
"The opportunity to make an impact globally, not just locally. My confidence is now even stronger, and the ability to help children across the country has multiplied. What the world recognized in me as a TOP 50 finalist was later realized by the country in which I live and work, which is the greatest reward."
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GLOBAL STAGE
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🗣 Voices 3
🔍DIGITAL IDENTITY & PROFESSIONAL VALUE
"Being in the Top 50 gives you international visibility as an outstanding educator. This recognition strengthens your professional credibility, opens doors to global platforms, speaking opportunities, collaborations, and allows your ideas to influence education beyond your school or country."
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AWARD WINNER
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✨EXCELLENCE & STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
"Being able to share my innovations with teachers globally: Being a Finalist has made it easier to share my ideas and classroom innovations with teachers around the world while continuously learning from their practice. These exchanges have strengthened my work and helped me improve my ideas further."
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EF WINNER
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📣Global Platform & Commitment to Equity
"Opportunities for collaboration with educators worldwide, professional growth, sharing experiences, learning from peers, contributing to policies that support all learners, and inspiring others to implement inclusive practices."
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GLOBAL VOICE
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🏅National Recognition & Leadership
"The opportunity to make an impact globally, not just locally. My confidence is now even stronger, and the ability to help children across the country has multiplied. What the world recognized in me as a TOP 50 finalist was later realized by the country in which I live and work, which is the greatest reward."
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GLOCAL IMPACT
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Social media visibilty: follower increase and recognition as an leading voice
Highlights
✦ The growth of Followers on social media is higher than the average in Latin America (55.2%), Africa (53.8%), and Asia (50.6%).
✦ The recognition that comes with GTP and its influence in becoming an influencer capable of impacting teaching practice is considerably higher than the average in Africa (66.2%).
This impact varies across cohorts. The growth in the use of platforms that increase the credibility of their educational practice is greater among ¨pioneers (51.9%) and recent adopters (48.1%) than among the consolidated group (40.5%), where it is considerably lower.
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