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education is future. Teachers4Teachers Educational Development Kenya-The Netherlands. Chain of Change. Dick de Groot senior education consultant b ased in The Netherlands i nternational projects in Tunesia , Zambia, South Africa , Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Palestine.
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education is future Teachers4Teachers Educational Development Kenya-The Netherlands
Chain of Change • Dick de Groot • senior education consultant • based in The Netherlands • internationalprojects in Tunesia, Zambia, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Palestine
Chain of Change • Experience • Film • Further details • Questionsandanswers; proposals
Chain of Change
Chain of Change • In groups of three, trytofindthree important differences in youreducationalconvictions • Five minutes foreach person • Trytofindtwootherthatseem different thanyou • 15 minutes
Chain of Change • Started in 2003 • Lessonsfromotherprojects • Concept: exchangingideas, experiences, knowledge, skills • Learning: stimulatecuriosityandencouragediscovery
Chain of Change • 1 • workshops (head) teachers of primaryeducation • 70 primary schools • 200 Kenyanteachers • 15 Dutch teachers • February-Marchteachers / September-Octoberheadteachers • 10 days • Boards of Dutch schools
Chain of Change • 2 • leadership training • 70 > 300 primary schools • 16 excellent headteachers • Co-operationwith TTC • Three modules: ICT, Finance, Leadership • Twoyears, 4 training sessions per module • Theoryand coaching on the job
Chain of Change • 3 • Zone educationofficers • Curiousaboutwhat is happening in the schools • 14 zeo • Training withemphasis on educationalleadership • Bridging the gap between district administrationand the headteachers • From curriculum control todevelopment of education • Role shift forheadteacherstoo
Chain of Change • 4 • Teachers of TTC • Curiousabout changes takingplace • 12 teachers; dean of education • Training on teaching practice • It is allaboutrelationship • Putting training intopractice in TTC • Thenitstopped
Chain of Change • 6 • Building capacityEarlyChildhood Development • Millennium goals • Educationforall • Shortageof teachers • ECD-teachers • Scholarship on 50-50 base • 300 certified ECD-teachers in 2014
Chain of Change • 7 • Building capacity coaches • Transfer of knowledgeand skills • 6 best certifiedheadteachers • New group of excellent headteachers • Kenyan coaches replace Dutch coaches • Twoyears of transfer • Second groupgraduated in 2013
Chain of Change • 8 • Adult classes • Pedagogicaltriangle school-parents-pupils • Parents are illiterate • Stimulatingtheirlearningprocess • Reinforcingrelationshipparent-school-community • Small fee forparentsattending • Promissingresults
Chain of Change • 9 • Workshops secondary school teachers • 10 secondaryschools • 100 Kenyanteachers • 16 Dutch teachers • February-March workshops teachers • 10 days • Boards of Dutch schools
Workshop Teachers4Teachers • 10 • Co-operation TTC • ECD- and teachers training • Resource Centre • Intertwining all programmes • Sponsoring 50 (Kenya) – 50 (Teachers4Teachers) • Philosophy of sustainability • An innovative building
Workshop Teachers4Teachers
Chain of Change • Teachers4Teachers focuses on long term development • We work on the basis of • equality • mutual respect and • concern for the future of ourchildren
Chain of Change Our mission: - the responsibilty for the development of education lies and remains in the hands of Kenyans educators - we enable Kenyan and Dutch colleagues to meet as devoted educators - every meeting is a promise of change
Chain of Change - We do notgive money - We do not give presents • We do not have preset programmes, because we • interact
Chain of Change • What we do is: • - We comeourselves • We share ourknowledge, skills andexperiences • withourKenyancolleaguesas they do with us • We inspireandmotivateeachotherandevoke • the best of ourabilities
Chain of Change • What we achieve is: • mutualunderstanding of differences • exchange of different learning approaches • life time lasting effect of the experienceforallparticipants • extremelyeffective tools for personal growth • extended awareness of the interculturaldimension • withourKenyancolleaguesas they do with us • important effects for participating of global interconnectedness
Chain of Change Procedure • In our workshops we collectively look for structural solutions for the bottleneck we encounter • We sustain the friendship with our Kenyan colleagues by promissing them that we will come back • Our co-operation is directed toward coaching and guidance being taken over by our Kenyan colleagues
Chain of Change • Allthis is beingdone • forthisuniquechild • a childcomingto school, full of expectationsand the willtolearn • andforteacherswho are devotedto his of her pupils • andfor the parentswho put their trust in the hands of the (head) teachers • tobuildtogether a betterworldforall
Chain of Change Confidenceandreliabilty
Chain of Change For a good result there should be a balance between attaching and detaching
Chain of Change When you change the way you look at things, things change Breaking down mental models
Chain of Change Breaking down mental models
Chain of Change There is always a new perspective Breaking down mental models
Chain of Change The most important precondition for life is to accept that it is unpredictable
Chain of Change best school of the district
Chain of Change Question: We like to share our life time experiences with you. How could we help you to establish a bilateral project?
we facilitate initiatives to achieve bilateralco-operationjust contact usdick de groot Teachers4Teachers Educational Development Kenya-The Netherlands
contact:www.teachers4teachers.nlinfo@teachers4teachers.nldick de groot Teachers4Teachers Educational Development Kenya-The Netherlands