VSO Contribution to Education leadership and Management

Education Leadership support work is aimed at improving the quality of education for all children

VSO believes that a school well led supports improved teaching using learner centred methods and impacts on the learning of children

Is training alone enough to improve on school leadership and management?

ESSP prioritises the quality of education enriched with qualified teachers at all levels and more..........

Priority 10 of the ESSP 2013-2018 emphasises the importance of leadership and administration.

Field experience Field experience extra duties that are non education handled

by education leaders on a day to day basistime for monitoring school running, teaching

and learning is not sufficient limited support for teachers Effective monitoring of pupils’ attendance

and participationAll this affects learning outcomes

Existing framework of education leadership in the decentralized

structures Should delegation of authority in education leadership and management follow structured as below? And therefore should related capacity building follow suit?DEOs SEOsHead teachers (PTC)

VSO’s Contributionleadership and management through training for SEOs and HTs on ‘time management’ e.g.:•How to balance private life and work life.•Working effectively and efficiently •Delegation •Postponement •Staff mentoring and development

Quote from a head teacher“Yes, I remember we talked about leadership style in the training. I am a team builder! I talk to my teachers and we decide things together as much as possible. I delegate tasks to particular teachers as well.”

VSO’s ContributionPedagogical management:

Lesson Observation skills that are learner centered.planning (lesson plans, schemes of work) in line with the curriculumDiscipline and Behavior management (school and class)

VSO’s ContributionHTs are trained on pedagogical management:

Lesson Observation skills that are learner centered.planning (quality lesson plans, schemes of work) in line with the curriculumDiscipline and Behavior management (school and class)

Quote from a head teacher

“The training from VSO was good. It helped us to think about how to support our teachers, what to look for in a good lesson and how to help them to create a positive learning environment. It also helped me to think about planning ahead and how to delegate responsibilities”

Behavior management

HTs are supported by leadership Advisors on how to

use the Bridge model that requires input from the

PTC members and the wider community for proper

school planning based on:

Vision of the school.

Mission of the school.

Bridge Model

Girls and Boys participation

Should education leaders be concerned about the

participation of girls and boys?

How is the school environment enabling /

discouraging equal participation?

HTs are facilitated to:

-establish girls’ and boys’ clubs.

-Girls’ rooms.

-Separate girls’ and boys’ toilets

-Creating strong students council

Equipped girls’ room

Data analysis & InterpretationHTs are mentored and coached on interpreting

data (what it means for the sch) :

School level data (school attendance)

Linking the data with the indicators

Analysis & interpretation of national

Exam results.

setting targets for developing sch. improvement

plans and in staff development

Quote from a Head teacher“I analyse all the test results and use them to see which classes are getting better results. Then I have a meeting with all the teachers and we discuss how we can improve and who needs to do better. These tests are mainly used by me to judge the teachers performance. The P6 results at our school have consistently improved over the last three years I am looking for a further improvement this year.”

Are head teachers facing challenges in using English?

collaboration with SM and SBMs in training the school community on English language proficiency helps to address that.

Training on speaking skills:• Personalization• Story telling• Debate and grammar

English language as medium

of instruction

Co-facilitating with school based mentor (HTs and SEOs)

Are school plans inclusive? Why not?

HTs training on inclusion- are there

children missing on education for

all?

school planning

Awareness

classroom teaching

learning

Are HTs able to plan for all children to access schools and participate in learning?

Leadership intervention

Thank you!

MURAKOZE

Any questions???

THANK YOU