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How can we improve performances?
Catharina Foundation13 july 2010Tanei KayieMaartje Reitsma
Stakeholders outside
Community
Ecological approach
FamilySchool
Child Class
Child
What works?
• Research Evidence based
• Different levels for the capacity building:1. Child / family
2. Class
3. School
4. Community / stake holders
Child / family level
• Support of the family• Self-esteem / self-efficacy of the child• Feeling good: child likes school• Parents have high, realistic expectations Motivation / working hard
• And also characteristics of the child, but we can not change that
Class (teacher) level
• Self-efficacy of the teacher• High, realistic expectations of the teacher
for the child• Good child-teacher relationship
(supportive)• Good class management (individual
approach, instruction time, learning time, day / week tasks, peer support)
• Education of the teacher
Class (teacher) level (continued)
• Data-driven teaching: goal activity test evaluation / feedback to the child (new)goal
Plan
DoCheck
Act
School (head-teacher) level
• Good leadership• Supervision• Learning from each other / visiting classes• Analysis school performances• School development plan• Vision / mission / motto:
talking about and practices• Education of the head-teacher
Community / stake holders level
• Parent participation
• Shared responsibility of all participants(including the child itself)
• Working together with stakeholders
Observations(at school visits)
• Positive observations
Observations(at school visits)
• Challenges
ideas – how we made them
• What works principles: evidence based• Observations• Possibillities
IdeasDiscussionPrioritiesNeeds working out
Capacity building plans: Child level
• idea 1– What: better enrolment and transition of girls– How:
• Empowering girls through peer groups• Peer support• Building self-efficacy• Role models
Capacity building plans: Child level
• idea 2– What: better performance through support
from parents and teacher– How: School and
teacher
ParentsChild
Dialogue
aims of parents participation
aim what
Parenting / educational
Working together on the child development on the family and the school level. Fine tuning the raising.
Organizational Parents are working in the class and in the school; helping and supporting the teachers
Democratic The parents and the community co-decide how the school is developing
Capacity building plans:Class (teacher) level
• idea 3– What: more individual attention in co-
curricular activities– How: working in small groups through
assistents and parent participation in the class– Example:
- cooking,
- music,
- dance in ECD
• idea 4– What: improve the performance of teachers
and head-teachers– How: exchange program of the NGO
• within schools• between schools
Capacity building plans:Class and school level
• idea 5– What: improve the performance of teachers
and head-teachers– How: exchange program with
The Netherlands• communication / school bridging• visiting
Capacity building plans:Class and school level
• idea 6– What: building strong informal ties between
children, parents, (head-)teachers, community members
– How:
organizing happy days
Capacity building plans:Community level
• idea 7– What: improving performances PTA– How: workshops about themes
• Example: children rights, what works
Capacity building plans:Community level
discussion