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Discussant:
Scaling Up: Integrating Soft Skills Learning in Formal Education Systems
Speakers:
Boris Bulayev
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Educate!
Nancy Taggart
Senior Youth & Workforce Advisor
USAID
Annie Alcid
Deputy Chief of Party, Akazi Kanoze 2
Education Development Center
Donnalee Donaldson
Rwanda Country Director
Educate!
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HOW TO SCALE-UP FOR SUSTAINABILITYBest practices for scaling projects
December 5, 2017
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Source: Laterite Ltd. Akazi Kanoze 2 Scale & Sustainability: External evaluation of the integration of the work readiness curriculum and school to work transition program in to the Rwandan education system. October 2017.
Adapted from: Larry Cooley and Johannes Linn. Taking Innovations to Scale: Methods, Applications and Lessons. Results for Development Institute. September 2014.
Scaling Framework
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The scaling of Akazi Kanoze 2009 - 2017
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2009
USAID Akazi Kanoze 1
21,000 Out-of-school Youth
2014
Mastercard Foundation
Akazi Kanoze 2 Phase 1
• In-school pilot (Evidence)
• Work readiness curriculum (Innovation)
• Impact evaluation (Evidence)
• High level of advocacy (Political space)
10,000 In-school Youth
• National curriculum revised (External catalyst)
• EDC invited by MINEDUC (Political space)
• Clear targets for scaling (M&E)
• Embedded in MINEDUC system (Quality assurance)
2016
Mastercard Foundation
Akazi Kanoze 2 Phase 2
200,000 In-school Youth
• Curriculum embedded (Dimension of scaling)
• Work-based learning (Innovation)
• Training of MINEDUC trainers (Quality Assurance)
• Impact evaluation (Evidence)
2016
USAID Huguka Dukore
40,000 Out-of-school Youth
• Out-of-school youth in rural zone (Dimension of scaling)
• Capacity building of local NGO (Scaling & Quality assurance)
• Demand driven trainings (Innovation)
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Scaling in the Philippines 2007 - 2019
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USAID EQuALLS II
100,000 Out-of-school Youth
2013
USAID Mindanao Youth for Development (MYDev)
• Phase 1: pre-curriculum (Evidence)
• Testing of life skills model (Innovation)
• Partnered with Department of Education (DepED) and TESDA (Policy space)
20,000 Out-of-school Youth
• Developed Life Skills Curriculum with DepED(Innovation)
• Administered WRN! Credential Test (Innovation)
• Out of school youth development alliances (Partnership)
2014
JP Morgan AWARE 1 & 2
8,500 In-school Youth
• Adapted core WRN! for in-school youth in 2 countries (Horizontal scaling)
• Introduction of work-based learning (Innovation)
2017
USAID MYDev Extension
3,500 Out-of-school Youth
• Expansion of WRN! credential test (Evidence)
• Working through both MYDev & AWARE to institutionalize WRN! through DepED and TESDA (Capacity building & Quality assurance)
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Soft Skills Scale-up: A World of Impact
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Since 2007, EDC’s Work Ready Now! curriculum has been adapted and implemented in over 20
countries and translated into more than 15 languages. So far, the curriculum has been institutionalized
in Rwanda and Macedonia.
COMET
44,500
Akazi Kanoze
220,000
Mindanao Youth for
Development
20,000SKYE Guyana
3,000
APTE Senegal
30,500
YES Macedonia
34,000
IDEJEN Haiti
13,000METAS Honduras
4,000
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Lessons Learned
Innovation and experimentation are critical to successful scaling up.
Evidence is key to gaining buy-in needed at all levels.
Alignment with national & local policy and priorities are critical to allow for institutionalization.
There is no cookie cutter framework for scaling – be flexible.
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Evidence & Advocacy
- Learning products
- Impact evaluations
Innovative Curriculum
- Adaptive curriculum
- Responsive to policy and market demands
Long-Term Partnerships
- Flexible
- Aligned to country priorities and vision
Policy & Systems Strengthening- Both government & civil society- Central & decentralized levels
Vision for Scale & Sustainability
- Horizontal- Vertical
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EDC Best Practices for Scaling & Institutionalization
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Program Scale and Sustainability Assessment
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THANK YOU!
Annie Alcid
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Resources
IFAD Framework (Hartmann, Linn, and Cooley)
1. Larry Cooley and Johannes F Linn. Taking innovations to Scale: Methods, Applications and Lessons. Results for Development and Management Systems International. September 2014.
2. Arntraud Hartmann and Johannes F. Linn. Scaling Up: A Framework and Lessons for Development Effectiveness from Literature and Practice. Wolfensohn Center for Development: The Brookings Institution. Working Paper 5. October 2008.
3. Arntraud Hartmann, Homi Kharas, Richard Kohl, Johannes Linn, Barbara Massley, Cheikh Sourang. Scaling up Programs for the Rural Poor: IFAD’s Experience, Lessons and Prospects (Phase 2). The Brookings Institute. January 2013
ExpandNet & WHO Framework
4. World Health Organization and ExpandNet. Beginnings with the end in mind: Planning pilot projects and other programmatic research for successful scaling up. 2011.
5. World Health Organization and ExpandNet. Nine steps for developing a scaling-up strategy. 2010.
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Transforming education in Africa to develop young leaders and entrepreneurs.
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Education
Leadership Initiative
Small Business Creation
Jobs
Improved Livelihoods
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ALL STUDENTS GIRLS
$23
MAJOR Increase in Annual Income
2.5x1x
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Statistically Significant Soft Skills Increase- Small increase in youth scores in self-efficacy
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- Large increase on public speaking
- Small Increase on an index measuring grit
- Large increase leadership skills
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Piloting ScaleReaching more Students
25% Uganda
Secondary
Schools
>30,000
students
intensively,
> 100,000 in biz
club
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One of 14 Case Studies on Scaling Education Globally alongside BRAC, Pratham, Teach for All and Sesame Street.
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Goal by 2024Measurably Impact
1 Million Youth
Annually Across
Africa
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Tidal Wave of Demand
Ten+ African
Countries with
Reforms
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Making change
in policy
=
Change on the
ground
Over 9 years
experience changing
education to teach
youth the skills to
succeed
Biggest Reform
Challenge
Educate!’s Value
Add
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Literature Review
“Learner-centered, skills & competency
focused education reforms fail globally.
A lot of this failure is predictable! ”
- Seymour Sarason’s book from 1990 “The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform”
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Challenge #1Integration is even harder than implementation
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Challenge #1Integration is even harder than implementation
PrincipleFight for a few big wins
Source: Fullan, Michael (2016) Coherence: the right drivers in action for schools, districts, and systems. Evidence: Global research on educational change in Canada, Hong Kong, USA, England, Austria, Finland
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Skills Lab
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Fight for coherence
Throughout Uganda, Rwanda and
soon Kenya, over 500 teachers use
a simplified approach called Skills
Lab that takes less than 1 training
day to learn.
Reinforced through Business
Clubs
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Challenge #2
Little will and skill to change
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Challenge #2
Little will and skill to change
Principle
Teacher-powered reform
Source: Hargreaves, A. and Shirley, D. (2009). The fourth way: The inspiring future for educational changeEvidence: Three major reforms over the past 25 years in UK, USA, Canada
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Teachers front and
center
LEAD Strategy for Teachers:
• Learn
• Experiment
• Adjust
• Distribute
Encourages Innovation and
builds Teacher’s skills
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Challenge #3Complex systems solutions
required
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Challenge #3Complex systems solutions
required
Principle
Design from Implementation
Source: Tabulawa, R. (2013) Teaching and Learning in Context: Why Pedagogical Reforms Fail in Sub-Saharan AfricaEvidence: Major reforms in Botswana, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Gambia
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Real Students, Real
Communities
Kenya’s Community Service
Learning Curriculum will
engage teachers who are piloting
the subject directly into formal
curriculum development
workshops
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Challenge #4Scale and sustainability
challenging
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Challenge #4Scale and sustainability
challenging
PrincipleNetworks & Learning
Communities
Source: Crowther F. (2011). From school improvement to sustained success: The parallel leadership pathway.Evidence: Major reform success in Australia
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Sustainable Learning
Communities
Educate!’s support to Rwanda’s
reform includes innovative
“exchange visits”, where
teachers go to visit each other,
watch each other teach, and give
constructive feedback – peer
learning instead of powerpoints
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Teacher Exchange
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Results After 2 Terms
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Business Club Competitions
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4 Principles
1. Fight for a few big wins
2. Teacher-powered reform
3. Design from Implementation
4. Networks & Learning Communities
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The World has Changed,
So Should Education
Donnalee Donaldson
Boris Bulayev
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Discussant:
Scaling Up: Integrating Soft Skills Learning in Formal Education Systems
Speakers:
Boris Bulayev
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Educate!
Nancy Taggart
Senior Youth & Workforce Advisor
USAID
Annie Alcid
Deputy Chief of Party, Akazi Kanoze 2
Education Development Center
Donnalee Donaldson
Rwanda Country Director
Educate!
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