Supporting educators in developing practices, programs, and structures to help improve student outcomes in the region.
Founded in 2017 within Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Middle East Professional Learning Initiative provides opportunities for educators to enhance their practice and expand their impact with their networks across the Middle East.
The MEPLI Fellowship
The MEPLI Fellowship is a year-long, job- embedded program that provides teacher educators from Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine with scholarships to attend programs offered by Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education while building a community of practice to implement change initiatives in their context.
“MEPLI taught me to change my mindset – to think in a more strategic way with a professional community that shares knowledge from around the world.”
Nabila Bashir
MEPLI Fellow 2021
Our Fellows at Work
Based on their expertise, MEPLI Fellows offer research and practice-based resources to support educators in the region to enhance their teaching practice. These resources include videos, articles, and interviews about their work and experience.
Education Resources
Usable Knowledge Translations
Usable Knowledge is a digital publication based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education that connects research to practice by publishing content that responds to educators’ pressing challenges. Our Fellows and community members work to translate these articles into Arabic.
Casebook
The MEPLI program co-published Dilemmas in Schools: A Casebook for Educators with the Queen Rania Teacher Academy in February, 2021, edited by Dr. Katherine Merseth. The volume of 17 cases written by teachers in Jordans outline challenges that new and experienced teachers face in the classroom.
Videos
Watch our Fellows connect theory to practice through instructional videos from within their areas of expertise.