Improving the Quality of Teachers
Secondary School in Tuvalu (c) UNESCO Apia
One of the most effective ways of achieving a better quality of education for all is through improving the quality of teachers. UNESCO is meeting this challenge through the development and implementation of teacher training workshops in the Pacific region, designed to increase teacher competency and teaching effectiveness.
The workshops, developed collaboratively by UNESCO, Secretariat of the Pacific Board for Educational Assessment (SPBEA) and UNICEF, cover many aspects of teacher education and professional development programmes. A key feature of the 14 teacher training modules developed is the ability to adapt each one to specifically meet the needs of each country.
Eight countries (FSM, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, RMI, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) have participated in the programme for the last five years and more than 300 teachers and teacher trainers in the Pacific have benefitted from the workshops and it is expected that they in turn will have a positive impact on student achievement.
In conjunction with these training modules, work has been done towards developing regional professional standards for teachers and principals for effective teaching.
Professional standards for school principals on trial in Vanuatu
Competency Frameworks for teachers and principals in Fiji
In-service Teacher Workshops at the National University of Samoa
Kiribati: Trial of TSS-PA data analysis software
In-service Teacher Training in Yap State, FSM
Japanese Funds-in-Trust (JFIT) project in five PICs
Japanese Funds-in-Trust (JFIT) project in Papua New Guinea
Capacity Development for Education for All (CapEFA) programme in Tuvalu (9-16 May 2013)
Capacity Development for Education for All (CapEFA) programme in five PICs
Professional standards for school principals in the Pacific
World Teachers’ Day (5 October 2012)