Safe and Enabling LearningEnvironment

Homework Support, Basic Literacy & Numeracy andChildren Literacy Centers (including mobile classrooms)

Ana Aqra Association’s goal is to respond to the educational, social and culturalneeds of children in the early years of their learning under the auspices of MEHE

Alternative and sustainable solutions (Children’s Literacy Center, classroom in a bus)

Need for Intervention

40-60% repetition rate (ECRD Statistics 2007-2008)

Dropout prior to completion of grade 9 (ECRD Statistics 2007-2008)

Out of school 400,000 refugee children- ages 3-18 (RACE 2015)

Drop out rates among Syrian children as high as 70% (RACE 2015)

Program impact: higher student enrollment rates,improved students’ performance, and higherstudent retention rates

Program Implementation: support teachers withcapacity building and constructive feedback,classroom materials and leveled books,assessment based and differentiated instruction.

Program Design: for sustainable results, theprogram should also focus on school environment,parents engagement, and have clear expectationsfor all the members concerned.

Develop and Implement Evidence based program

Approach

Equipping the Classrooms/ Learning Spaces with needed materials resources

Building Teachers capacity- Active learning, classroom managementand assessment based, differentiated instruction

- Meet the child where he/she is (priorknowledge and child readiness)- Assessment based instruction (purposefuland flexible teaching)- Use “The Just Right Book” to practice learnedstrategies (leveled literacy through illustratedstories)- Set attainable goals with the child to improvereading level (learning outcomes)- Plan mini lessons with one teaching point(teacher model the use of reading strategieswhile reading and in real life situation)- Confer with a child or a group of children(differentiated teaching)- Apply independently while teacher is stillavailable (prompt, reinforce or reteach).

Columbia Teachers College- Balanced LiteracyApproach

1- Circle Time

• Safe Circle: learners meet with theirteacher on the carpet (teachinghappens here)

• Social Contract: Mutual agreementon class rules and routines (set thetone of the class)

• Greetings and attendance (socialand math skills)

• Share the schedule of the day (clearexpectations)

• Show and tell (practice speakingand listening skills by talking aboutspecial objects or moments)

• Learn to play and play to learn(reinforce phonemic awareness,vocabulary…)

2- Read Aloud• Modeled fluent reading by the teacher• Children enjoy listening to mentor books without

the worry of decoding• Improved comprehension, vocabulary and

listening skills• Activate prior knowledge and imagination• Solve conflicts and address behavioral challenges• Fun

3- Reading/writing workshop• Deliberate instructions based on the students

prior knowledge and readiness (assessmentbased)

• One teaching point (teaching reading and writingstrategies, critical thinking and solving problems)

• Differentiated instruction (conferencing/guidedgroups)

• Independent practice to transfer knowledge toreal life situations and across disciplines andcontent area

4- Independent practice or with a partner

5- Conferencing“the heart of the workshop” can only be done when children know what to doindependently

6- Closure

Strategies that were taught are placed on an Anchor charts supported withillustration for the beginner/novice readers to reinforce and transfer the use of thestrategy across content area

Independent learners who want to learn, feel happy and safe inschools or any learning space

PSS Program

Parents Involvement

Impact- Beneficiaries Reached 2015

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OutreachActivities

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Trainers Trained ClassesConducted (BLN

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ChildrenEnrolled

Parents Engaged Schools inReading

PromotionProgram

Success Rates

Target Achieved

Governorate Name of Public School Number ofparticipants

No. of studentsachieving positive

results

% ofImprovement

Beirut Shakeeb Erslen School 230 159 69%Beirut Sobhi Al Salih Al Mutuwassita Al Rasmiya School 90 63 70%Beirut Omar Fekhoury School 122 79 65%Beirut Wata Al Musaytbe School 80 72 90%Bekaa Taalabeya School 81Mt. Lebanon Shheem Al Rasmiya School 220 132 60%

Mt. Lebanon Ketermeya School 50 No % Most of themimproved 80%

Mt. Lebanon Al Amm Russiye Al Rasmiya Al taniya School 582 356 61%Mt. Lebanon Laylaki School 259 202 78%Mt. Lebanon Al Ghobeiry Al Oula Al Moukhtalata School 70%Mt. Lebanon Mazraait Al Shouf School 69%Mt. Lebanon Baasseer Al Rasmiya Schhol 75%North Al Nour Al Rasmiya School 127 85 67%North Bourj Al Arab School 296 235 79%North Wadi Al Jamouss School 354 255 72%

Impact- Homework Support Results 2015

Children learn best when they feel safe