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A Comprehensive Training Program for the TeachersA Comprehensive Training Program for the Teachers

ObjectivesObjectives

To help the teachers understand children’s learning processes;

To help the teachers acquire and apply selected skills and practices which facilitate children’s learning;

To help the teachers conduct learning outcome based teaching learning activities, and

To help the teachers assess children’s learning achievement in respect of the pre-specified learning outcomes.

Contents and Activities

Child Learning:How children learn?Competency and Learning OutcomeConducting Learning Outcome based

Teaching Learning Activities (Preparation of lessen notes, teaching in

classroom including use of teaching aids and assessment of learning achievement)

Practices for Conditioning of 12 Skills

Completion of Monthly Assignments

Skills & Practices to be Conditioned

• Display of ‘Children’s Products’ in the classroom/school

• Relating lesson with the life experience /giving life oriented example

• Children’s involvement in the learning process/active learning

• Questioning Techniques/elicitation of responses from the children

• Thought provoking questions and activities/creative learning

• Improving Hand writing

Skills & Practices to be Conditioned: Skills & Practices to be Conditioned: Contd….Contd…. Use of writing board Use of teaching aids Conducting group work where applicable Checking children’s class task and giving feed-back during class period (in big class) Making rapport with the children/ appreciation and encouragement Creating environment for joyful learning

Training Schedule Participants:

All teachers of a sub-cluster including Head Teachers (25 to 30) in a batch

Trainers:

Initial: URC Instructor & respective AUEO (Co-trainer) Monthly: Respective AUEO

Duration: 4+ (1+1+1+1+1+1) = 10 days URC Schools at sub-cluster

Venue: URCs

Monthly Sub-cluster TrainingMonthly Sub-cluster Training One day in a month for 6 months

First Half: follow-up (Review & Reflection on previous month’s activities)

Second Half: follow-on (Guidelines for next month’s activities)

Monthly sub-cluster training at school on rotation basis

Training of Trainers (ToT) : OneTraining of Trainers (ToT) : One

Trainees: URC Instructors

Duration: (4+4+1) days

Venue: ?

Trainers: 3 members of Resource Team

ToT-TwoToT-Two

Trainees: AUEOs

Duration: 4-day

Venue: Regional Centers (PTIs)

Trainers: 2 members of Resource Team

Duration of ToT= 9-day (for URC Instructors)

First 4-day = Training of URC Instructors by Resource Team Members

Second 4-day = Training of Classroom Teachers by the same Resource Team

Members in presence of URC

Instructors (Hands on training for

the URC Instructors) Last 1-day = Reflection on Classroom

Teachers’ Training

ToT StrategyToT Strategy

Training MaterialsTraining Materials

For Teacher TrainingTraining ManualPrimary Curriculum (Part)Subject-wise Model Lesson Notes Annual Scheme of WorkGuidelines for Assignment`Self-learning Materials

Materials For Trainers’ TrainingFor Trainers’ Training

Manuals for Trainers’ Training: one for

Instructors’ Training and one for AUEOs’

Training

Manual for Supervisors and Mentors

Manual for Recurrent Training (for AUEOs)

Mentoring and MonitoringMentoring and Monitoring

Activities Mentor /Monitor

School based assignment AUEO and URC Instructors

Training of teachers Members, Resource Team

Training of trainers Members, Resource Team

Development of training materials

Members, Resource Team

Resource TeamResource TeamFormation:

Assigned Institute 10NCTB 2

DPE 4NAPE 2

Specialists 6PTI 2

Consultants 4-------------------

Total = 30

Functions of Resource TeamFunctions of Resource Team

Development of Training Program Development of Training Materials Imparting ToT to URC Instructors &

AUEOs separately Review & Revision of the Program & the

Training Materials Mentoring and Supervision of Training at

URCs and Schools

Capacity Building of Resource Team Capacity Building of Resource Team

Strategy:

On-line search by the professionals

Document analyses by the professionals

Interactive in-house discussions and review

Sessions

Workshops

Individual Assignments

ImplementationImplementation

Preparatory Phase:

1. Development of the Program though Interactive Sessions of the Resource Team 2-Week

2. Development of the Training Materials by the Resource Team Members(individual) 8-Week

3. Review of the Training Materials by the Resource Team Members & Finalization by the Resource Team

2-Week

Total= 12-Week

Implementation - Contd....Implementation - Contd....

Piloting of the Program: (in 40 Upazilas)

4. Training of Trainers (URC Instructors) N=40, in Two Batches, 9-day duration 3-Week

5. Training of Trainers (AUEOs+Asstt. Instructors of URCs)

N=180 in 6 Batches, 4-day duration 3 batches simultaneously 2-Week6. Basic Training of Teachers at URC, Simultaneity in 40 Upazilas, Average Sub-Cluster in each Upazila = 16

In each upazila Initial 4-day Training, for each of 16 batches 12-Week

Total= 17-Week

Implementation - Contd....Implementation - Contd....

7. Review & Reflection of the Training Program by the Resource Team 1-Week

8. Review & Finalization of the Training Program & Training Materials by the Resource Team

1-Week

9. Monthly Follow-up & Follows-on Session of Teachers at Sub-cluster

Total Time for Development & Piloting = 32-Week

( back-up time: one week)

10. Nation-wide Replication of the Program

Uniqueness of the ProgramUniqueness of the Program

Recurrent, not once offChild-centred, interactive and

participatory approachConditioning of selected 12 skills

through intensive practice/ reinforcement

Emphasis on development of creativity/ reflective thinking

Follow-up activities, regular mentoring

Uniqueness: Contd-2...Uniqueness: Contd-2...

Comprehensive Tasks for the Resource Team

(Development of the program and the materials,

imparting ToT and mentoring and follow-up)

Hands on training for trainers

Instead of one teacher from a school, all teachers

participate in initial training together and

accomplish assignment in team in each school

Reduced stages of cascade approach

Uniqueness: Contd-3....Uniqueness: Contd-3....

Assignment

School-based Team Work under Head Teacher’s

Leadership

Less system loss

Direct experience

Economy of time

Economy of resources

1

Area

Development of appropriate training materials

Cause

1. Paucity of competent professionals having required knowledge experience and insight.

Solution

1.1 Frequent interactive meetings of the professionals, experts and consultants

1.2 Use of internet extensively by the professionals.

1.3 Attractive incentive package for the professionals.

1.4 More in-country and overseas training for the professionals for capacity building.

Challenges:

2

Area

Imparting needs based training to huge number of trainees

Cause

2. Highly centralized system of planning and management of training programs

Solution

2. Capacity building of the local level trainers

3

Area

Making change sustainable

Cause

3. Absence of follow-up and monitoring mechanism

Solution

3.In-built follow-up and monitoring mechanism

CLASSROOM CULTURE

ACTIVITY BASEDLESSON

SMALL GROUP LEARNING

Quality Improvement in Classrooms

LESSON PLANS

LEARNING AIDES

ASSESSMENT

AND FEEDBACK

REINFORCEMENT AND DISPLAYOF LEARNING OUTCOMES

ACADEMIC SUPERVISION

ACADEMIC SUPERVISION

LEARNING

ACTIVITY

TEACHER’S PREPARATION

REMEDIAL

INSTRUCTION

REFLECTIVE LEARNING

Interactive Sessions

URC INSTRUC-

TORS

SUB-CLUSTER

Quality Improvemen

t in Classrooms

Produce Learning Packets

Assemble Materials

Distribute,Support & Monitor

Observe

Observe

Manage & Monitoring

Support AUEOs

Provide Curriculum Leadership

Utilize Monitoring

4-Day Initial Training

One day Follow-on and Follow up training

Development of All Training Materials

Needs Based Regular Training

Headteachers’ Training SM

AUEO’s’ Training ACS

One day Follow-on and Follow up training

One day Follow-on and Follow up training

One day Follow-on and Follow up training

SLIP Interventions

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