jhs transitions 2014

Chanleas Dai Junior High School Transitions

June 2014

Time for transition

PEPY’s new goal – increase the percentage of Kralanh High School graduates accessing skilled employment.

Community needs – more opportunities to access further education and connection to jobs.

As a result, several of our Junior High School programs will transition in July 2014 to enable PEPY to expand and solidify programs that help us work towards our goal.

Creative Learning Class

Creative Learning Class

Objective – improve students communication, critical thinking, problems solving skills, and confidence through access to technologies, active, and creative learning.

Classes provided - social studies, science, mathematics and XO lessons.

Beneficiaries – approximately 160 students, grades 7, 8, and 9 at Chanleas Dai Junior High School. (Per year)

Computer skills

Building confidence & presenting skills

LEGO Robotics

Art & creativity

Possibilities we explored

We have established valuable resources and where possible we’d like to keep the program alive.

a) handover classes and materials to the school if they are willing to take over,

b) handover it to Volunteer for Community Development (youth led voluntary community action group),

c) talk to PEPY ex-staff who may be willing to run that project, or

d) donate all our stuff to other NGOs who have similar vision, mission, core value and activities similar to ours.

Approach to transition

After a discussion with the school principal, the school decided they wanted to take ownership of this work.

A formal meeting was established with the school support committee, and members assigned roles and responsibilities to ensure their ownership would be a success!

To support this, PEPY provided:

PEPY provides support

• 5 half day training sessions to government teachers –understanding how XOs work, how to maintain them, and implement beneficial programs.

• Model classes:1. Opportunities to attend observation classes with follow up

discussions on a monthly basis.

2. Team teaching with CLC teacher and government school teacher.

3. Government school teachers would then teach alone with the observation of the CLC teacher.

Unfortunately, despite these efforts, we faced some major challenges…

Challenges

Name Present in Class Excuse Absent

Teacher 1 36% 14% 50%

Teacher 2 36% 14% 50%

Teacher 3 69% 8% 23%

Teacher 4 90% 10% 0%

AVERAGE 58% 12% 31%

• Attendance was very poor (see above), and when present, teachers were about 30 minutes late each time.

• Activity plans and class preparations were not delivered by government school teachers.

• Overall lack of engagement to participate; teachers said they didn’t have time to teach the class, had problems with the XOs, and were unwilling to prepare lesson plans.

Final decision of transition

As a result, the JHS and PEPY decided that the school would not take over the CLC project.

PEPY wants to be confident that resources are maximized and create genuine benefits to their users. Therefore, all resources are either being distributed within PEPY programs where they can have a greater impact in lessons facilitated by passionate teachers, gifted to another NGO who originally supplied the XO laptops and will make excellent use of them, or donated to the JHS itself, and other PEPY programs (e.g. Learning Center ICT class).

English Class

English Class

Objective – improve students English language capacity through student centered teaching technique, with a focus on understanding the world around you.

Classes provided – reading, writing, listening, speaking, global citizenship, and building confidence.

Beneficiaries – approximately 120 students, grades 7, 8, and 9 at Chanleas Dai Junior High School. (Per year)

Speaking English

Global citizenship

Writing

Presenting skills

Approach to transition

Through PEPY English class and our Traveling Teacher Support programs, some government school English teachers have improved their ability to deliver classes more effectively.

Irregularities still exist in effectiveness of teaching, and attendance of teachers and students in government school English classes. PEPY has made strategic recommendations to improve these classes when PEPY’s classes are no longer available.

Dream Class

Dream Class

Objective – expose students to exciting future career opportunities and increase access to further education, by connecting students to scholarships.

Classes provided – presentation skills, event planning, CV and cover letter writing workshops, interview techniques, creative writing, and leadership skills.

Beneficiaries – approximately 15 students at Chanleas Dai Junior High School (Grade 9). (Per year)

Group work

Inspirational speakers

Skills fair

Applying for scholarships

Approach to transition

At Junior High School, Dream Class beneficiaries was low. We discovered that students at Grade 9 found it challenging to grasp the concept of dreaming for a future that was still many years ahead of them.

To increase our impact, we decided to stop Dream classes at JHS and expand opportunities at Kralanh High School.

Future of Dream Class

Total Dream Class Enrolment

Academic Year2013-2014

Expected Enrollment2014-2015

Chanleas Dai Jr. High School

15 students 0

Kralanh High School

85 students 170 students

Total 100 students 170 students

PEPY offers Dream Classes for 6 hours a week for Grade 11 students, and 6 hours a week for Grade 12 at Kralanh District High School.