About EmpowerAId

The EmpowerAId Academy is a collaborative European initiative aimed at transforming teacher education through the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). By uniting a diverse network of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) providers, the project co-creates inclusive, bottom-up training pathways. These pathways equip both pre-service and in-service teachers with the skills to use AI ethically and creatively in the classroom. The academy emphasises AI ethics, creative pedagogies, and digital competences, fostering future-ready teacher education systems across Europe through real-world testing, policy dialogue, and sustainable synergies

EmpowerAId’s Specific Objectives

• Objective 1: Conduct in-depth evidence-based research into the current state of integrating AI in Education (AIED) within the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programmes.
• Objective 2: Establish the EmpowerAId Interactive Knowledge Hub (IKH) of teacher trainers, student teachers, in-service teachers, and policymakers to promote networking, knowledge-sharing, and synergies creation.
• Objective 3: Develop a comprehensive and participatory “Train the Trainer” (TTT) programme for building teacher trainers’ capacity to effectively design and deliver teacher training programmes on integrating AI in Education.
• Objective 4: Co-create joint interdisciplinary, innovative and creative-based AI training courses for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) providers to pave the way for integrating AI training in teacher education across Europe.
• Objective 5: Develop innovative and interdisciplinary mobility schemes to foster the European dimension of the produced Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
• Objective 6: Test EmpowerAId Academy’s teacher training courses and mobility schemes and validate them to showcase their contribution to foster the integration of AI training programmes in teacher education across Europe.
• Objective 7: Set-up a Network of EU Alliances for upscaling the internalization and policy outreach of the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programmes, and develop evidence-based policy recommendations for informing EU and national policy makers to transfer the innovative, interdisciplinary and blended EmpowerAId training programmes in teacher education (ITE and CPD).
• Objective 8: Develop appropriate tools, motivation, and measures to foster EmpowerAId Academy’s dissemination, transferability and long-term sustainability

Target Group

• Higher Education Institution students (students and/or other departments)
• In-service primary and secondary teachers
• Higher education teacher trainers/educators
• Continuous Professional Development providers and trainers
• Training and practice schools
• Education policymakers (e.g., ministries, regional authorities)

Partners

The EmpowerAId Academy is supported by a diverse consortium of European partners, including:

• Vilnius University (Lithuania)
• Stimmuli for Social Change (Greece)
• Regional Directorate of Primary Education of Eastern Thessaloniki (Dpeath)
•  (Greece)
• University of Helsinki (Finland)
• Valencian International University (Spain)
• University of Maribor (Slovenia)
• University of Malta (Malta)
• Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth (Cyprus)
• Center for Social Innovation (Cyprus)
• Scoala Gimnaziala Nr 29 (Romania)

News & Contact

For more news and updates, visit the News section on the EmpowerAId Academy website.

For inquiries or more information about the EmpowerAId Academy, please visit the Contact page on the official website.

Funded by the European Union (Grant Agreement No.101196758). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or of the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.