BTC Strategic Progress

1. BTC Strategic Progress February 2011

2. Welcome back ! • OVERVIEW • Education Reform and the role of the college • BTC Strategic drivers • BTC 2011-2012 2

3. Discussions on student attainment are focused on exam scores TIMSS 2003 – Mathematics 8TH Grade TIMSS 2003 – Science 8TH Grade Countries Mean Countries Mean 1 2 3 4 5 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Singapore Korea, Rep. of Hong Kong, SAR Chinese Taipei Japan International Avg. Jordan Iran Indonesia Tunisia Egypt Bahrain Palestine Chile Morocco 605 589 586 585 570 467 424 411 411 410 406 401 390 387 387 1 2 3 4 5 6 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Singapore Chinese Taipei Korea, Rep. of Hong Kong, SAR Estonia Jordan International Avg. Cyprus Bahrain Palestine Egypt Indonesia Chile Tunisia Saudi Arabia Morocco 578 571 558 556 552 475 474 441 438 435 421 420 413 404 398 396 Source: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2003 3

4. The key is the professional culture..change the culture and it will improve student achievement … to From … Schools cultural shifts Performancelimitations* Examples Stakeholder Examples • I check if students have learned at the end of each lesson; if they didn’t I find a new way to teach it • I do my job and teach students. It’s not my fault if they are not smart enough to learn my lesson Teaching/leading for delivery Teaching/leading for learning Teachers, principals, and school staff • I prioritise spending time with teachers and changing my school’s culture • Administrative work is not the focus Administrative leadership only • I don’t have time to talk to teachers about their lesson plans. I am busy doing paperwork A balanced approach to leadership • I know that all students can learn regardless of their prior performance- I just need to find a way to engage them All • I heard about that boy from last year- he is not smart and it is impossible to get him to behave Doubt whether students can succeed Belief that all students can succeed • I like helping our class achieve the group goals we have agreed • Teachers ask me what things I like and uses these in class Passivity or disruptiveness • I hate coming to school … classes are boring and we don’t learn anything useful • No one listens to us or cares what we think Proactive learning Students and parents • I know how I can give feedback and I know they listened: the teacher told me what changes were made as a result Indifference or entitlement • It doesn’t seem like my children are learning a lot, but they are getting good grades so I shouldn’t complain Partnership * Further work planned to agree required cultural shifts in schools with project and school teams 4

5. Change the culture and students will get the education they deserve Our students deserve to… • Make tremendous academic achievement • Be safe and development fully as individuals • Be satisfied with their school experience Our students’ learning and development will be supported by: Excellent schools, with leadership and teaching sharply focused on student learning and development 1 Families and communities, who are partners in students’ learning 2 1 An excellent ministry that: • supports schools to deliver high performance, and • sets high performance standards for schools and holds them accountable 1 3 A Quality Assurance Authority (QAA) that creates transparency and high national standards with school reviews and national exams 4 4 5 Bahrain Teachers College that develops better teachers for schools through pre- and in-service training 5 2 3 5

6. BTC Strategic Objective 1:Build an effective BTC governance system for managing its the quality of its services operations and monitoring 6

7. BTC Strategic Objective 2: Provide teacher preparation programmes of international standards.

8. BTC Strategic Objective 2 (contd): Provide teacher preparation programmes of international standards.

9. BTC Strategic objective 3Provide best in-service programmes for existing teachers and school leaders. 9

10. BTC Strategic Objective 4Align BTC administrative support services to enable the BTC to achieve its mission and vision 10

11. BTC Strategic Objective 4 (contd)Align BTC administrative support services to enable the BTC to achieve its mission and vision 11 11 11

12. BTC Strategic Objective 5:Undertake research to contribute to educational policy and practice. 12

13. 2011-2012 Student projections 13

14. BTC Faculty and staff [1] Includes Associate Dean and two clerical plus 2 messenger boys 14

15. BTC 2011 Draft MOE BTC Council U o B Council MOE/BTC Strategy MOE/BTC Coordination Dean Quality Assurance Director Corporate and Financial Services Associate Dean Pre-service Programs Associate Dean Graduate Studies & Research Bachelor of Education Post Graduate Diploma in Education Education Leadership Program BTC/CPD Teaching Fellows Program Head Human Resources Head Marketing and Public Relations Bachelor of Education Teaching Practice Office Master of Education (MEd) Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Head Information Technology Student Academic & Extended Services Learning and Information Management Head Assets Management Leadership Research Centre Pedagogy Research Centre Math and Science & ICT English Group Arabic & Islamic Group Ed Psychology Group Ed Foundations Group 15