The Art of Teaching with Andria Zafirakou

"The thing that I don't feel we do enough is say 'thank you' to our teachers. And because of that, I don't think they really appreciate how significant they are, and what their worth is. They are gold dust. They are priceless.“

Join North London-based 2018 Global Teacher of the Year Andria Zafirakou as she speaks about the value of relational teaching on a global scale. Andria is a powerful voice in the field of art teaching. Learn from her wisdom and find yourself hope-filled about the youngest generation…and their teachers.

Andria Zafirakou, a teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent, UK, won the 2018 Global Teacher Prize. She is passionate about education and changing the lives of young people and underserved communities through creativity. Andria used the $1 million prize money to found a charity called Artists in Residence (AiR) with an aim to improve arts education in schools. Andria has also been named in the Top Ten of The Evening Standard’s "1000 Londoners List", a list of the most influential people in London. She also sits on the World Economic Forum's Global Future Leaders Council.