Prepared by Package C, TST 2, PEDP II

1. Presentation on Quality Improvement in Classrooms A Comprehensive Training Program for the Teachers Prepared by Package C, TST 2, PEDP II

2. Objectives • 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.

3. Contents and Activities • Child Learning:How children learn? • Competency and Learning Outcome • Conducting 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

4. 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

5. Skills & Practices to be Conditioned: 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

6. 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

7. Monthly 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

8. Training of Trainers (ToT) : One • Trainees: URC Instructors • Duration: (4+4+1) days • Venue: ? • Trainers: 3 members of Resource Team

9. ToT-Two • Trainees: AUEOs • Duration: 4-day • Venue: Regional Centers (PTIs) • Trainers: 2 members of Resource Team

10. ToT Strategy 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

11. Training Materials For Teacher Training • Training Manual • Primary Curriculum (Part) • Subject-wise Model Lesson Notes • Annual Scheme of Work • Guidelines for Assignment • `Self-learning Materials

12. MaterialsFor 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)

13. Mentoring and Monitoring

14. Resource Team Formation: • Assigned Institute 10 • NCTB 2 • DPE 4 • NAPE 2 • Specialists 6 • PTI 2 • Consultants 4 ------------------- Total = 30

15. Functions 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

16. 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

17. Implementation Preparatory Phase: • Development of the Program though Interactive Sessions of the Resource Team 2-Week • Development of the Training Materials by the Resource Team Members(individual) 8-Week • Review of the Training Materials by the Resource Team Members & Finalization by the Resource Team 2-Week Total= 12-Week

18. Implementation - Contd.... Piloting of the Program: (in 40 Upazilas) • Training of Trainers (URC Instructors) N=40, in Two Batches, 9-day duration 3-Week • Training of Trainers (AUEOs+Asstt. Instructors of URCs) N=180 in 6 Batches, 4-day duration 3 batches simultaneously 2-Week • 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

19. Implementation - Contd.... • Review & Reflection of the Training Program by the Resource Team 1-Week • Review & Finalization of the Training Program & Training Materials by the Resource Team 1-Week • 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

20. Uniqueness of the Program • Recurrent, not once off • Child-centred, interactive and participatory approach • Conditioning of selected 12 skills through intensive practice/ reinforcement • Emphasis on development of creativity/ reflective thinking • Follow-up activities, regular mentoring

21. 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

22. Uniqueness: Contd-3.... • Assignment • School-based Team Work under Head Teacher’s Leadership • Less system loss • Direct experience • Economy of time • Economy of resources

23. Challenges:

26. CLASSROOM CULTURE TEACHER’S PREPARATION ACADEMIC SUPERVISION ACADEMIC SUPERVISION ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK ACTIVITY BASED LESSON SMALL GROUP LEARNING LESSON PLANS Quality Improvement in Classrooms REINFORCEMENT AND DISPLAY OF LEARNING OUTCOMES REFLECTIVE LEARNING LEARNING AIDES LEARNING ACTIVITY REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION

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