Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has commenced training for a Fidelity of Implementation (FoI) exercise. GTEC and 5 universities will conduct this exercise across Ghana’s 46 Colleges of Education to assess the extent to which the B.Ed. in Initial Teacher Education is being implemented as planned.
All you need to know about FOI
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๐จ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ:
– Provide a better understanding of the extent to which the B.Ed. programmes are working as intended and producing high-performing, inspirational new teachers.
– Identify areas of strength and areas requiring improvement and adjustment both nationally and for specific Colleges of Education affiliated to mentoring universities.
– Provide a basis for strengthening Quality Assurance across Ghana’s teacher education sector.
Assessment teams will visit every College of Education to examine 7 key components:
๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐: Are the B.Ed. programmes being implemented in the CoEs as intended? How far do training and assessment adhere to the principles and practices of the B.Ed.?
๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐: Do student teachers receive the required teaching, STS, and assessment to enable them to demonstrate achievement of yearly outcomes and progress towards meeting the NTS?
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Are the three B.Ed. programmes differentiated to enable effective preparation of good early years, primary/upper primary and junior high school teachers?
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ: Are the inputs and activities of participants, namely the mentoring universities, CoE leadership, tutors and mentors sufficient to deliver the B.Ed. programmes effectively? This includes QA, GESI, assessment, STS, interactive teaching and learning.
๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ: Are participants, including student teachers, responding to, and engaged with, the B.Ed. in the way intended? What are participantsโ judgements about the impact, outcomes and relevance of the B.Ed.?
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๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฌ: Are manuals, guidelines, handbooks, professional development sessions and other training, QA โ evaluation, monitoring and feedback, capacity building and incentives provided sufficient to support effective delivery of the B.Ed.?
๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: What are the barriers to implementation and delivery? How can these be addressed?
credit:Inform Teachers Network
