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A Collaborative Project to Build Capacity Through Quality Teacher Preparation. Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative. Initiative to strengthen African higher education capacity in partnership with U.S. institutions of higher education Funded by USAID - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: A Collaborative Project to Build Capacity Through Quality Teacher Preparation

A Collaborative Project to A Collaborative Project to Build Capacity Through Build Capacity Through

Quality Teacher Quality Teacher PreparationPreparation

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Africa-U.S. Higher Education Africa-U.S. Higher Education InitiativeInitiativeInitiative to strengthen African

higher education capacity in partnership with U.S. institutions of higher education

Funded by USAIDAlmost 300 partnership proposals

submitted for planning grants in six areas—agriculture, health, science & technology, engineering, education & teacher education, business

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Africa-U.S. Higher Education Africa-U.S. Higher Education InitiativeInitiative33 six-month planning grants for

$50,000 each awarded in 200911 of the partnerships, and their

resulting strategic plans, funded in 2010 for two years by USAID

Possibility of being funded for years 3-5, and up to 10 years

Work with USAID mission in African country and other partners

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One of the 11 partnershipsOne of the 11 partnerships——

Kenyatta University and Kenyatta University and Syracuse University: Syracuse University:

Building Capacity Through Building Capacity Through Quality Teacher Quality Teacher

PreparationPreparation

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Building on strong traditions in teacher education and an existing institutional linkage, the Schools of Education at Kenyatta University and Syracuse University are united in their desire to be integrally involved in and at the cutting edge of preparing, inducting and supporting highly qualified teachers in their continued growth.

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KU-SU StrengthsKU-SU Strengths

Schools of Education have had an institutional linkage since 2000

KU has been leader in teacher education in East Africa since 1965

KU enrolls 30,000 students, of which 19,000 are in teacher education programs

SU’s SOE has pioneered the inclusion movement in the U.S.

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KU-SU StrengthsKU-SU Strengths14 Kenyan students have

completed or are completing Ph.D. (nine) or M.S. (five) degrees at SU in teacher education since 1999

KU and SU co-sponsored International Conference on Education held at KU in July 2009; 2nd conference in July 2011

Changes in capacity through KU-SU partnership will have wide-ranging impacts

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Issues Identified by KU Issues Identified by KU FacultyFaculty1. The teacher education curriculum

in Kenya is not systematically revised based on evidence of teacher knowledge and performance.

2. Teachers in Kenya are not adequately prepared or able to support all learners.

3. Teachers in Kenya have limited information technology skills.

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Issues Identified by KU Issues Identified by KU FacultyFaculty4. Teachers in Kenya lack deep and

developing content and pedagogical content knowledge, including adequate practical skills.

5. There is no link in Kenya between preservice teachers’ preparation and teachers’ work in schools allowing for coordinated monitoring of induction and professional development.

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Our Partnership ObjectivesOur Partnership Objectives

1. Strengthen the capacity of the KU TE faculty resulting in improved teacher preparation for the education sector in Kenya (building human capacity)

2. Strengthen the research capacity of the KU TE program resulting in improved knowledge that produces more effective education (building program capacity)

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Our Partnership ObjectivesOur Partnership Objectives

3. Enhance the KU TE program resulting in improved instructional capacity (building program capacity)

4. Provide quality service to education stakeholders resulting in improved instruction in secondary schools in Kenya (building national capacity)

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Objective #1 Key ActivitiesObjective #1 Key Activities Collect and analyze baseline and

yearly data on KU TE faculty members’ knowledge on content and pedagogical skills

Establish a Committee for Faculty Development to plan and carry out identified professional development activities

Implement KU-SU scholar exchanges

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Objective #1 Key ActivitiesObjective #1 Key Activities Recruit and enroll KU faculty

members to earn “sandwich” degrees

Recruit faculty members outside of KU to help supervise KU faculty members’ doctoral theses

Experienced researchers mentor KU researchers in research activities

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Objective #2 Key ActivitiesObjective #2 Key Activities Identify and carry out KU-SU

collaborative research projects Conduct field studies of teachers’

knowledge in areas of supporting all learners, IT skills, content and pedagogical content knowledge

Present and publish collaborative research findings

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Objective #3 Key ActivitiesObjective #3 Key Activities Develop a curriculum review protocol Collect and analyze baseline and yearly

data regarding course curricula review and revision

Collect and analyze data from KU graduates who are novice and practicing teachers and from principals

Use data to evaluate and improve TE curricula

Develop and pilot a mentoring program for teaching practice

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Objective #4 Key ActivitiesObjective #4 Key Activities Hold meetings with education

stakeholders to communicate partnership activities

Develop Teacher Performance Expectations and Assessments in collaboration with Ministry of Education officials

Improve Quality Assurance and Standards observation form

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Objective #4 Key ActivitiesObjective #4 Key Activities Engage Quality Assurance and

Standards Officer and Kenya Institute of Education staff members in process of revising, training with, and piloting the observation form

Develop policy briefs related to teacher education