By umesh | Co ordinator - Training and Teacher Support
Report : June – August 2016
The Teacher Impact Project
We had two challenges in terms of launching the Teacher Impact Project as proposed. One, we found it difficult to identify a viable technology platform to deliver training. Most of the platforms we identified were hardware intense and therefore required huge investment. Two, when we identified a platform, we did not get the required permission from the government to go ahead with the same. However, we have got permission from the government to do the project face to face at two locations. We have identified Yadgiri and Haveri in North Karnataka to deliver the programme. Hence, this programme aims to build capacity of selected primary teachers in the area of Inclusive Education through 5-days of inclusive Education training and the 3 rounds of in-school Support. These trainings will enable teachers to become more inclusive in nature, which provides opportunity to all children to participate in the learning process.
The Teacher Foundation will train 120 teachers of Government primary schools in Haveri & Yadgir region of Karnataka state, India. Our 5 days of training modules on 1) Understanding Inclusion 2) Curriculum Adaptations 3) Dealing with Multiple Disabilities 4) Evaluation Procedures & 5) Disability Specific Inclusive Classroom settings with three rounds of classroom observation and feedback will enable teachers to think and practice inclusive approach in their school and classrooms which address the issues of being left out the children with special needs in these two districts.
We commenced the project with a baseline observation of 30% teachers. We observe the teachers using a checklist - Classroom Observation Checklist which focuses 4 main domains - Teacher Student Interaction; Physical Environment; Teaching Learning Methodology and Assessment. Out of 120, 90 teachers have been trained from the two districts on all the 5 modules while the remaining teachers are yet to commence training. We have completed the baseline observation and the first round of School Support (in-school support) for 90 teachers. This will help us understand the impact of the project.
Remaining deliverables will be scheduled in the months of September / November 2016.
By Sojo Varughese | Sr. Coordinator
By Sojo | Sr. Coordinator
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