Update: June 2018

Update: June 2018

by Betty Ogange -
Number of replies: 6

Hi,

We have come to the end of the financial year and now planning for activities in the 2018-2019 financial year. As consultants, project contact persons and resource persons, you have provided the expertise and administrative support that we needed to accomplish this year's work plan. On behalf of COL, I thank you for your contribution to the gains made in teacher education projects in various countries in 2017-2018.

As we move to the next phase, we hope to retain the services of and engagement with as many of you as possible depending on the tasks at hand. We will keep the Project Team Space open to those who will have on-going or new contracts with COL as at August 30, 2018. Just as we have done in 2017 - 2018, we will add participants as we get new contracts signed.

Please let us know if you feel 'swamped' with e-mail notifications on activities where you have no direct involvement.

My colleague May and I will be sharing some insights on progress made as well as priority areas in the coming months. Also, on a separate post, I will share links to COL’s web stories reporting on some the activities conducted under the Teacher Education initiative in the past year as well as reports to be published on COL's OAsis.

Best regards,

Betty

In reply to Betty Ogange

Re: Update: June 2018

by Prof. Muhammad Junaid -

Hello Betty, Many thanks for the update. It was a great pleasure working with you over the last financial year.

Best regards,

Junaid.

In reply to Prof. Muhammad Junaid

Re: Update: June 2018

by Betty Ogange -

Dear Prof. Junaid,

Thank you for your post. It was a great pleasure working with you too. We have another busy year ahead and we look forward to further engagement.

Best regards,

Betty

 

In reply to Betty Ogange

Re: Update: June 2018

by Prof. Muhammad Junaid -

Thanks very much, Betty. I look forward to that. Thanks, too for sharing reports from other programmes. Have a great week ahead.

Best regards,

Junaid.

In reply to Betty Ogange

Re: Update: June 2018

by Betty Ogange -

Hi Team,

Here are links to some of your work around the first 4 initiative strategies that made it to the headlines as web stories on COL's website and social media spaces:

1) Project strategy development

Project design, liaison with the Ministry of Education and initiation

Sierra Leone: COL strengthens teacher training in Sierra Leone

Nigeria: National Teachers’ Institute, Nigeria, to adopt the Green Teacher programme    

Kiribati: COL commences ‘Teacher Futures’ programme in Kiribati

Sri Lanka: COL supports professional teacher development forum in Sri Lanka

The Gambia: COL supports stakeholder forum in The Gambia

2) Baseline survey

Study on teacher readiness for technology-based SBTD / Baseline data on teaching and learning outcomes

Sierra Leone: Teachers ready for COL’s ‘Teacher Futures’ programme in Sierra Leone

3) Sensitisation & stakeholder mobilisation

In-school sensitisation, mobilisation of various stakeholders and community linkage

Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone & Tanzania: Strengthening the capacity of teacher educators and education practitioners in the Commonwealth

Sierra Leone: Teachers in Sierra Leone sensitised on INSET project

4) Community of Practice (CoP) nurturing and management

eFacilitation workshops for cross-national CoPs / Training of school leads and mentors / Mentorship / Facilitation of teacher learning

Nigeria: Workshop for Green Teacher programme in Nigeria

Best regards

Betty

In reply to Betty Ogange

Re: Update: June 2018

by Betty Ogange -

Hi,

More links!

5) Learning Design

Development of modules / microlearning resources / versioning of SBTD Blueprint and Toolkit / versioning of guidelines for microlearning integration

Kiribati, Nigeria & Sierra Leone: Learning design workshop for teacher educators in Kiribati, Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Kiribati: Online training for teacher educators in Kiribati

6) Policy

Policy and implementation guidelines, toolkits, standards (and web spaces). To be uploaded / linked to OAsis

 7) Programme accreditation

Programme accreditation and roll-out

8) Monitoring and Evaluation

M&E of project activities, teacher learning and self-monitoring data, learning outcomes

Sierra Leone: Implementing Teacher Futures in Sierra Leone

All countries: Select project and activity reports. To be uploaded to OAsis

 9) Research

Study and review reports on pedagogy, OERs, CoPs, learning for sustainable development and other components of the SBTD programme. To be uploaded to OAsis    

I wish everyone a great weekend!

Best regards,

Betty                                    

In reply to Betty Ogange

Re: Update: June 2018

by Anouk Janssens-Bevernage -

Thanks heaps Betty for listing all the links here. It's great to see what others in this programme are working on.

Best wishes,

Anouk