A New Teacher Training Program

In 2022 we are taking huge strides in deepening our impact in education to better serve more students in our community. In addition to expanding our school partnerships, we have kicked off our Teacher Training Program. The Teacher Training Program strives to improve the English language ability of students by focusing on capacity building of English teachers.

In Tanzania, primary school is taught entirely in Swahili and secondary school is taught entirely in English. TCF continues to empower students to succeed through this language adjustment.

In order to better understand how well students are currently learning, English testing was conducted at our partner schools. Over the course of four days, a sample of 40 students from each school was collected. Rift Valley Children’s Village’s (RVCV) Form 4 graduates, CP Awaki and Janey Inyasi, spent their days assisting with the testing to help with data collection. 

“Testing students’ English skills is important because a lot of times when students don’t understand, they won’t tell the teacher, they’ll just stay quiet. By doing the testing, you know what the students’ reading and listening levels really are,” CP explained.

Now that initial testing is complete, TCF’s ESL Program Coordinator will be meeting with teachers to create professional growth plans and establish individual goals for the year. Over the course of 2022, teachers will participate in four training sessions with school follow up visits happening in between. At the end of the school year, the same English testing will be conducted to give a quantitative measure of what students learned over the course of the year.

By working closely with local teachers to build capacity and utilizing monitoring and evaluation efforts, TCF’s Teacher Training Program is one piece of the puzzle in revolutionizing education standards and student outcomes for the Oldeani community.