The mission of the Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation is to promote the reforms in the system of education towards quality, inclusive education for children aged from birth till 8 years old, with active engagement of families and local communities. The special focus is put on the most vulnerable groups of children - children with disabilities, Roma children and others.

News

ISSA conducts "Embracing Diversity" training for early childhood professionals from Ukraine

ISSA conducts "Embracing Diversity" training for early childhood professionals from Ukraine  From the 19th to the 22nd of March 2024, the International Step by Step Association hosted an in-...

Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation highlights significant impacts of psychological first aid training

Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation highlights significant impacts of psychological first aid training  Since the onset of the war in Ukraine in 2022, the ISSA Network has advocated and mobili...

Psychological First Aid Training Guards Children’s Safety in Trostianets, Ukraine

Not a single kindergarten was open in the city of Trostianets that is in Sumy oblast in Ukraine in May of 2022. The community had suffered significant destruction of infrastructure, schools, kindergar...

ISSA Members Mobilized for Ukraine

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, ISSA Members in Ukraine and neighboring countries have mobilized, providing formal and non-formal services to children and families, supporting their physica...

Four additional ISSA Member organizations receive training on the Primokiz approach

Four additional ISSA Member organizations receive Primokiz training  Between February 20 – 24, 2023, ISSA Secretariat staff met with ISSA Members and invited guests in Bucharest, Romania, for ...

Resources to help Ukrainian children continue their education

A new online platform is supporting families and children affected by the war in Ukraine to easily access distance learning. The “Ukrainian Online Schedule” by the Ministry of Education in Ukraine in ...

NEWS - Ukraine Rockets away Teacher Training for Quality Education

Following a new Ukrainian Law on Education, a pilot project for (re-)certifying teachers has started in January 2019. The goal of the pilot: to make teacher’s certification a solid part of professiona...

NEWS - Early Childhood Workforce gains momentum amidst critical reforms

Today, the Early Childhood Workforce Initiative launches an insightful report, Supporting the Early childhood Workforce at Scale: Preschool Education in Ukraine.  It is released at a critical mom...

The Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation and UNICEF deliver training benefitting children in war zones

The Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation (USSF) and UNICEF present the results of their project “Kindergarten – environment friendly to a child”. Over 2500 pedagogues working with children in war zones w...

Ukrainian member organizes 'training-for-trainers' days

Ukraine is in the process of reforms, including education reform. One of the steps in this process is the development of new educational standards for primary schools. Ukrainian Step by Step Foundatio...

Resources

Teacher Assistant in the Inclusive Classroom

The publication Teacher Assistant in the Inclusive Classroom outlines the necessary information about the position of the Teacher Assistant (introduced in 2010 in Ukraine). It includes legislative doc...

Online Education for Children of Ukraine

Children’s education must go on! A new online platform is supporting families and children affected by the war in Ukraine to easily access distance learning. The “Ukrainian Online Schedule” by the Min...

Organizational-Methodological Grounds of Inclusive Resource Centers' Activities

The purpose of this manual is to equip members of Inclusive Resource Centers (IRC), parents of children with special needs, schools and other institutions dealing with the issues of inclusive educatio...

Inclusive Education

The manual “Inclusive Education” describes the conceptual principles of inclusive education, international and national legislation in a field of inclusive education, experience of inclusive education...