PC Job Assigment February 15, 2007

My job title is Primary Teacher Trainer.

As a primary teachre trainer, I will be posted to a rural primary school, which has been designated by the Ministry of Education to serve both as a Coordinating Center for teacher development and as a local “model school”. The Ministry of Education will assign me to work with a trained counterpart, a Coordinating Center Tutor, and together I will develope and implement plans focusing on key areas of school improvement and staff development for the 12 – 65 (or more) primary schools which surround the coordinating center.

The work plans I could develope with my counterpart may include:

1. Improving the technical skills of primary school teachers by introducing participatory learning activities, for young children aimed at developing basic skills in mathematics, literacy, and life skills.
2. Working with school administrators through onsite coaching and group training to improve their leadership skills and their ability to support their teachres’ ongoing proffetional development.
3. Strengthening home-school-community connections through joint school improvement activities and projects.
4. Along with these activities, almost all education volunteers work with their formal counterparts, other informal community counterparts, and teachers to train youth, educators, and communities in life skills that will help them lead more productive, positive, and disease-free lives. HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care activities are frequent areas of focus for our education volunteers as development of positive life skills withing the nation’s youth is a primary goal of the Ministry of Education.