We seek to train and develop the capacities of teachers to understand and plan instruction – content, resources, activities and outcomes- to ensure progress and achievement of all learners in the classroom and entire learning environment. Every child is unique, developing at his or her own rate. Diversity is at the heart of this as each child is coming from a different background, is a particular gender, has a preferred learning style and certain interests and operates at different levels of readiness in different learning areas. In the teaching-learning milieu in our country, with many teachers being inadequately trained for the job, and monitoring and evaluation of the teaching-learning process not well managed, it is very pertinent that our teachers need to be trained in diverse areas covering teaching and learning strategies for different levels of education and subject areas, Child psychology, Lesson Observation and Assessment for Progress, Differentiation and lots more. These topics have been listed in the documents on ‘Training Topics’. We are driven by the genuine desire to change the face of education in Nigeria; we therefore seek to train and empower teachers so that they are able to accelerate the progress and raise the achievement of all pupils thereby ensuring the realization of all the policy items and the holistic development of learners they have contact with. We also seek to train school administrators so that they can provide the necessary structures, framework and support for their teachers. The Teacher’s training is a regular and continuous exercise. TRAINING TOPICS 1. The Exceptional Teacher 2. The Differentiated Instruction in the classroom 3. Learning Styles 4. Classroom Management in the 21st Century 5. Lesson Planning (Developing Learning Objectives and Success Criteria) 6. Lesson Observation, reporting and feedback 7. Classroom Observation for Achievement 8. Quality Assurance- its place in the Classroom and School System 9. The Responsive classroom 10. Oral English Training for Teachers 11. Marking for higher attainment of students (feed-back system) 12. Phonemic Awareness and reading 13. Art and Creativity in Child Development 14. Developmentally Appropriate Programmes 15. Language and Literacy development in the Early Years/ Primary 16. Poetry- Role in Early Years/ Primary 17. Numeracy Development in the Early Years/ Primary 18. Proper use of display boards: classroom spaces 19. Learning centers: classroom spaces and places 20. Teaching Phonics in the Early Years and Primary 21. ‘Play-based Teaching and Learning in the Early Years’- Why, What, How and When 22. Teaching Science in the 21st Century 23. The Synergy of the Science Subjects 24. The Place of Projects in teaching Science 25. Science in everyday Life 26. Science and Technology’- What’s the connection? 27. Smart Boards- A sine qua non 28. How to use the Computer effectively to enhance learning 29. Delivering the British Curriculum 30. Emotional Intelligence 31. Child Protection and Safe-guarding 32. Deploying I.C.T. for Effective School Management 33. School Management for Effectiveness and Efficiency 34. Attracting, Recruiting and retaining quality staff Reducing staff turnover 35. Managing Difficult Staff 36. Monitoring and Evaluating the Teaching/ Learning Process and environment |
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