USAID Prepares Teacher Trainers for the Fast Track
From August 21-28, USAID’s Participation, Education, and Knowledge Strengthening (PEAKS) program provided training to instructors from In-Service Teacher Training Institutes to prepare them to deliver training on interactive teaching and learning methodologies. This course was especially timely as Tajikistan recently received $18.4 million from the Education for All Fast Track Initiative (FTI), and has committed to train nearly 3,000 teachers by the summer of 2008.
FTI is a global partnership between donor and developing countries to accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015. Since the institutes have not updated their programs for several years, these ready-made modules will ensure the best possible outcomes from the FTI investment.
The training modules and digital training materials for primary and secondary teachers and school directors were developed in Uzbekistan in 2005 by teachers and teacher trainers as part of the PEAKS program. The modules focus on the pedagogical theories underlying learner-centered education as well as practical exercises on how to integrate new methods into their everyday lessons. The demand created for skilled teacher trainers by the arrival of FTI funds in the region has resulted in greater sharing of skills between the countries: training was conducted by Uzbekistan-based Master Trainers whose skills are being applied in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to build capacity in the Institutes.
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Kulyab Oblast In-Service Institute staff learns how interactive teaching
methodologies can stimulate learning
Photo Credit: Mavjuda Nabieva, USAID |
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