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TRAINING UGANDAN
TEACHERS
The training of Ugandan
teachers is at the core of our work in Masindi. We have written and delivered
training in literacy and numeracy and our focus now is on developing good
practice in teaching and learning.
This was identified
as a need by the District Education Authority and is also a current focus
of the Ugandan government.
Our programme is designed
to train groups of teachers who are selected by the District.
The teachers receive the training and a copy of the training manual we
have written to accompany the course. The manual provides exemplar training
sessions and additional materials which can be used by the trainees for
dissemination in their own schools; in this way, they become ‘lead
teachers’ themselves.
The
whole programme lasts for one year:
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Selection
of next cohort of teachers by District |
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July
– Visits by REDEARTH to schools of previous year’s cohort
of trainees |
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Final
two days of the year’s training for previous cohort |
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Visits
to schools of new cohort |
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Intensive
one week of training for new cohort |
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Provision
of a manual for use in trainees’ schools |
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August
onwards |
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Trainees
deliver the training programme in their own schools over the year,
selecting their own priorities. |
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Trainees
keep in contact with REDEARTH trainers via internet, providing reports
and updates and using trainers as mentors. |
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Additional
sessions are provided by a Co-ordinating Centre Tutor (CCT, similar
to an Advisory Teacher in the UK). |
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October |
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Monitoring
visit by REDEARTH |
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February
or April |
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Monitoring
visit by REDEARTH |
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July |
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Programme
repeated |
The main principle
that underpins this programme is the establishment of a steadily growing
number of Ugandan teachers who will ultimately become lead-practitioners
and thereby make it sustainable.
We hope and expect
that such a group of teachers will deliver and support the training of
their colleagues.
In the future,
we also intend to provide additional CPD opportunities for these teachers
and others once the REDEARTH Resource Centre is built.
This will then link with CPD opportunities for UK teachers who will lead
training in areas of their expertise.
LEARNING FROM THEM, LEARNING
FROM US, LEARNING TOGETHER |
