NGO Profile: Aga Khan Foundation Coast Region - Kwale

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAM: Contemporary Approaches to Educational Problems Ed 855.716: Spring 2014
Name of Organization Aga Khan Foundation Coast Region URL http://akfea.org Atrash Ali, Area Manager, Aga Khan Foundation Coast Region Bondeni Primary School |Kisauni Road P.O. Box 99786, 80107 | Mombasa Tel: +254 20 2310852 | Mob: +254 722 859078 / +254 735 590355 atrash.ali@eaqel.org Contact Information Rosemary Oyollo, Area Programs Manager Aga Khan Foundation Coast Region Bondeni Primary School |Kisauni Road P.O. Box 99786, 80107 | Mombasa Tel: +254 20 2310852 | Mob: +254 733 444831 / +254 705 707281 Rosemary.oyollo@akf-emack.org Focus Access/Equity Location Kwale County Kwale County is located in south coast of Kenya, it borders the Republic of Tanzania to the South West, and the following Counties; Taita Taveta to the West, Kilifi to the North, Mombasa to the North East and the Indian Ocean to the East. Kwale County has 3 administrative districts Kinango, Matuga and Msambweni. Public schools in the county have been performing dismally in national examinations over the past years. This has raised concerns among education stakeholders. Despite the many forums educationists and leaders have held in the past to lay strategies to improve education in the region, the county remains poor in provision of Context quality education and in national exam performance. Background of the issue The deteriorating education standards can be attributed to inadequacy and breakdown of essential learning facilities, persistent famine and extreme poverty, leading to parents inability to provide for the childrens education and other needs. In some schools in the marginal areas, pupils receive tuition under trees and makeshift classrooms while sitting on bare floor or stones. Retrogressive cultural beliefs and practices such as early marriages for the girl-child and a negative attitude towards education make it difficult for education to prosper in the region.

Witchcraft and superstition hinder learning in some areas where parents withdraw their children from schools suspected to be under an evil spell. Prolonged drought and famine, wildlife crop destruction in Kwale County poor educational infrastructure and lack of adequate personnel have all contributed to the poor academic performance, particularly in the marginal areas highly dependent on food aid. Two of its marginalized districts Kinango and Msambweni- were among the 50 bottom districts nationally in the 2013 KCPE results. Paradoxically, even Matuga, a high potential area was not spared this ignominy. It barely improved by moving from position 43 to 41. The Challenge (1-2 lines) What are the barriers that challenge mainstreaming gender across the preschool and primary education system? What are the priorities that SESEA project should address to ensure that gender is woven into the fabric of the project? The Challenge (Longer The study will focus on understanding gender barriers in public pre primary Description) and primary schools in the region. Two of the cross cutting issues that SIP is addressing is gender inequity and inequality. The findings will be used to inform education stakeholders specifically district education officers, school management committees, teacher training on mitigating this challenge. It will also help us in our programming activities such as the need to improve teacher pedagogy to be more gender responsive, conduct Awareness campaigns and community involvement programs to change negative attitudes towards female education, sensitizing parents, guardians and policymakers about the detrimental cultural prejudices which discriminate against girls, early marriages through mens and womens groups, religious bodies, house-to house campaigns and seminars among others. One key asset that works for us is the existing gender policy in education by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) and internal AKF Gender Policy. However, findings from the field show that most teachers, head teachers and parents are not aware of the policies. Beyond awareness there is need to devise ways of putting the policy into action especially in the rural areas. The project team also needs to understand and integrate new knowledge on gender equality to pass onto teachers and education officials during training workshops, education stakeholder forums, village meetings, and local chief barazas (public meetings) etc.

The study will focus on sampled public primary schools and their respective catchment areas in Kwale county, specifically learners in classes 3 and 6 to establish enrolment trends and factors underpinning access and retention, participation in learning viz performance and completion of girls from a school and community level perspectives.

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Name of Organization Aga Khan Development Network (East Africa) URL http://www.agakhanacademies.org/mombasa Anthony Gioko, Vice Principal, Professional Development Centre and Outreach, Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa |Mbuyuni Road, Kizingo P.O. Box 90066, 80100 | Mombasa, Kenya Contact Information Tel: + 020 232 7738 / 041 223 0049 |Mob: 0720 631 144, 0735 931 144, 0722 721656| gioko@akam.ac.ke Focus Access/Equity Location Mombasa County The Aga Khan Academies are an integrated network of schools in Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East and provides a rigorous international standard of education combined with structured leadership-development and service experiences from pre-primary to upper secondary levels. The aim is to develop homegrown intellectual talent of exceptional calibre boys and girls of great integrity, understanding and generosity of spirit who will become the men and women who will be leaders of their professions and who will build and lead Mission, Vision, institutions of civil society. History (and other The Aga Khan Academies have a dual mission: to provide an outstanding education information that allows to exceptional students from diverse backgrounds and to model and disseminate the Hopkins students to highly effective educational practice. The Professional Development Centre (PDC) know about the is dedicated to training new teachers to the highest standards, while offering organization (two-three veteran teachers the opportunity to stay on the cutting edge of education through paragraphs) research and practice. The PDCs offers a broad program of professional development for faculty and staff, including interactive learning techniques and student-centred teaching methods. In addition, offer interconnections through state-of-the-art information technology that allows teachers to collaborate, share best practices and teaching resources. Through similar linkages with universities across the globe, the PDCs will support faculty research aimed at creating new knowledge about teaching and learning. Background of the subjects. While Science and Mathematics subjects have been performed better by issue boys, the arts and languages especially English and Kiswahili has been a domain of girls only. A study done by University of Nairobi (2012) on gender differences in

Context The performance of girls and boys in national examinations has varied according to

performance of English in Mombasa county revealed that indeed girls outperformed boys in languages. The variance is explained by among other issues lack of effective teaching strategies, poor reading habits and attitude by boys. The Professional Development Centre through its outreach programs for teachers of English and teacher association meeting addresses challenges faced by language teachers and strategies to tackle them. The Challenge Gender differences in language performance in public schools in Mombasa County The Challenge (Longer Description) A critical evidence based study on the above will help Aga Khan Academy PDC in one of its gender training workshops and seminars with teachers and head Describe the challenge teachers. This will also provide basis for engagement with the county and district in terms of what education officials to further support teacher professional development, research can do to particularly gender responsive pedagogy. support progress toward your intended Some of the challenges include resource constraints as PDC has few staff and goal. What obstacles would require technical support to conduct short studies/research. There is also are you facing? the issue of financial constraints because the budget is already in place. The team Examples may include would also broadly need to integrate gender equality in all its programs including strategic design, training, monthly association meetings. resistance from above, The target is teachers, pupils and head teachers from 15-20 sampled Mombasa policy constraints, public primary schools. resource constraints, or integration of new knowledge on gender equality. The more focused the target (specific population and specific challenge), the more productive the results will be. Please keep in mind that we need to build a collaborative rapport, select the challenge, create a research design, write a paper, and create a slide presentation in 6 weeks

PROGRAM GOALS ADDRESSED IN THIS COURSE Participate in a diverse community of educational practice. Contribute to the public discourse on improvement of education. Link education research to policy and practice. Provide leadership in their education context by applying advanced theoretical perspectives to Problems of Practice. Lead innovative education policy. PROGRAM COMPETENCIES ADDRESSED IN THIS COURSE Identify the contextualized Problem of Practice. Examine the Problem of Practice through multiple theoretical perspective(s). Synthesize literature from multiple perspectives relevant to the Problem of Practice. Formulate clearly stated and researchable question(s) relevant to the Problem of Practice. Conduct a needs assessment to refine the Problem of Practice. Communicate the outcome of needs assessment related to the Problem of Practice. Contemporary Approaches to Educational Problems (CAE) has been developed to serve as a template for investigating and refining your Problem of Practice (POP) including the following steps: Framing an important, researchable question focused on a POP (theoretical, empirical, and/or contextual frame or lens for your investigation); Planning and conducting a needs assessment to refine the question determine the data and existing documents needed to refine the question; and Provide some recommendation, policy, and/or question to address to focus the POP. Required Readings Boser, U. (2012). Race to the Top: What Have We Learned From States So Far? Washington, DC: Center for American Progress. Retrieved from http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/03/pdf/rtt_states.pdf Donaldson, M.L. (2012). Teachers Perspectives on Evaluation Reform. Washingon, D.C.: Center for American Progress. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED539750.pdf Glazerman, S., Protik, A., B., T., Bruch, J., & Seftor, N. (2012). Moving High-Performing Teachers: Implementation of Transfer Incentives in Seven Districts. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Education Sciences. Retrieved from http://www.mathematicampr.com/publications/pdfs/education/TTI_fnlrpt.pdf Goldhaber, D. (2002). The mystery of good teaching. Education Next, 2(1), 50-55. Retrieved from http://educationnext.org/the-mystery-of-good-teaching/

Goe, L., Bell, C., & Little, O. (2008). Approaches to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness: A Research Synthesis. Washington, DC: National Comprehensive Center on Teacher Quality. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED521228.pdf [Read pp. 1-19] Levaid, R. (2009). Teacher incentives and performance: An application of principal -agent theory. Oxford Development Studies, 37(1), 33-46. doi 10.1080/13600810802660844 Marzano, R., Frontier, T., & and Livingston, D. (2011). Effective Supervision. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Read Ch. 2 A Brief History of Supervision and Evaluation Measures of Effective Teaching (2013). Ensuring fair and reliable measures of effective teaching: Culminating findings from the MET projects three-year study. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.metproject.org/downloads/MET_Ensuring_Fair_and_Reliable_Measures_Pr actitioner_Brief.pdf Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (1979). Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW). New York: United Nations General Assembly. Retrieved from http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/convention.htm. Temin, M. & Levine, R. (2009). Start with a girl: A new agenda for global health. Washington, D.C.: Center for Global Development. Retrieved from http://www.cgdev.org/publication/start-girl-new-agenda-global-health United Nations. (2010). Resources for speakers on global issues: Millennium development goals. New York: United Nations General Assembly. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/mdgs/. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. (n.d.). UNESCO eAtlas of Gender Equality in Education. Paris, France: Author. Retrieved from http://www.app.collinsindicate.com/atlas-gender-education/en-us Van der Gaag, N. (2013). Because I am a girl: state of the worlds girls 2013 In double jeopardy: adolescent girls and disasters. Brussels, Belgium: Plan. Retrieved from http://www.cgdev.org/publication/start-girl-new-agenda-global-health Weisberg, D., Sexton, S., Mulhern, J., & Keeling, D. (2009). The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness. Brooklyn, NY: The New Teacher Project. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED515656.pdf Yellin, T., and Jennings, K. F. (Producers), & Robbins, R. (Director). (2013). Remarkable stories of nine girls around the world - told by celebrated writers and voiced by renowned actors (Motion picture). United States: Ten Times Ten and Vulcan Productions. Retrieved from http://www.girlrising.com.

Assignments In this course, there are three major assignments: (1) Case Study 1Teacher Effectiveness and Evaluation (25%), (2) Case Study 2Girls Education (25%), and (3) a Literature Review based on your Problem of Practice (30%). In the first case study, students will be responsible for an individual assignment and a team presentation. In the second case study, students will be responsible for a team paper and team presentation. Finally, you will write a literature review focused on the contextual, empirical, and theoretical perspectives to inform your POP project and your needs assessment for your Research Methods and Systematic Inquiry I course. In addition, 20% of your grade will be derived from your participation with your team on the collaborative team projects. Assignment descriptions and rubrics are provided within the course sessions. Evaluation and Grading Team discussion participation = 20% Case Study 1 Individual assignment = 10% Case Study 1 Team presentation = 15% Case Study 2 Girl's education team paper = 15% Case Study 2 Girls education team presentation = 10% Literature review = 20% POP Literature Review Presentation = 10%
A 94-96% Assignments worth 10% Assignments worth 15% Assignments worth 20% 10% 15% 20% 9.4-9.6 14.1-14.4 18.8-19.2 A89-92% 8.9-9.2 13.35-13.8 17.8-18.4 B+ 88-91% 8.8-9.1 13.2-13.65 17.6-18.2 B 84-86% 8.4-8.6 12.6-12.9 16.8-17.2 B79-82% 7.9-8.2 11.85-12.3 15.8-16.4 C+ 78-81% 7.8-8.1 11.7-12.15 15.6-16.2 C 74-76% 7.4-7.6 11.1-11.4 14.8-15.2

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Grading Scale A = 94-100% A= 90-93% B+ = 87-89% B = 84-86% B= 80-83% C+ = 77-79% C = 74-76% C= 70-73% F = 0-69% The grades of D+, D, and D- are not awarded at the graduate level.

Course Outline Session Dates

Session 1 1/27 2/9

Topic
The Case of Teacher Effectiveness

Readings
Goldhaber, D (2002); Goe, L., Bell, C., & Little, O. (2008); Measures of Effective Teaching (2013).

Assignments Due
2/9 Submit Initial Search Strategy for Literature Review

Session 2

2/10 2/23

Lit Review Work Week Analyzing the Case of Teacher Effectiveness Introduction to Girls Education Select required and supplemental readings from session 1 Yellin, T., and Jennings, K. F. (Producers), & Robbins, R. (Director). (2013); Yousafzai, M. (2013, July 12); Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (1979); United Nations. (2010); Center for Civic Partnerships. (2013); Aspen Institute. (2013) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. (n.d.); Temin, M. & Levine, R. (2009); Van der Gaag, N. (2013).

Session 3

2/24 3/9

Session 4

3/10 3/23

2/23 Submit 1 2 page description of constructs for Lit Review 3/6 Teams post presentation 3/9 Individuals submit assignment I dont have dates for when the assignments are due. 3/10 3/16: Synch Session with instructor 3/17 3/23: Synch Session with NGO

Session 5

3/24 4/20

Girls Education Work Weeks

I dont have dates for when the assignments are due.Team Presentation and Team Paper due 4/20

Session 6 Session 7

4/21 4/27 4/28 5/10

Lit Review Work Week Moving Forward: Initiating the Development of a Problem of Practice

5/4 Post Individual Lit Review Presentations 5/5 - 5/10 Provide Feedback on Students Presentations 5/10 Submit Literature Review

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Supplemental Readings Curtis, R. (2012). Building it together: The design and implementation of Hillsborough County Public Schools teacher evaluation system. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute. Retrieved from http://www.aspendrl.org/portal/browse/DocumentDetail?documentId=1068&download Curtis, R. (2012). Putting the pieces in place: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools teacher evaluation system. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED532206.pdf Glazerman, S., Loeb, S., Goldhaber, D., Staiger, D., Raudenbush, S., & Whitehurst, G. (2010). Evaluating teachers: The important role of value-added. Washington, DC: The Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings. Retrieved from http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2010/11/17%20evaluating%20teach ers/1117_evaluating_teachers.pdf Hansen, M. (2013). Anticipating innovation in teacher evaluation systems: Lessons for researchers and policymakers. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute. Retrieved from http://www.aei.org/files/2013/03/07/-anticipating-innovation-in-teacher-evaluation-systemslessons-for-researchers-and-policymakers_084914491178.pdf Ho, A. D., & Kane, T. J. (2013). The reliability of classroom observations by school personnel. Retrieved from http://www.metproject.org/downloads/MET_Reliability_of_Classroom_Observations_Research _Paper.pdf Kane, T. J., & Staiger, D. O. (2012). Gathering feedback for teaching: Combining high-quality observations with student surveys and achievement gains. Retrieved from http://www.metproject.org/downloads/MET_Gathering_Feedback_Research_Paper.pdf Kane, T. J., McCaffrey, D. F., Miller, T., & Staiger, D. O. (2013). Have we identified effective teachers? Validating measures of effective teaching using random assignment. Retrieved from http://www.metproject.org/downloads/MET_Validating_Using_Random_Assignment_Research _Paper.pdf Measures of Effective Teacher Project. (2012). Asking students about teaching: Student perception surveys and their implementation. Retrieved from http://www.metproject.org/downloads/Asking_Students_Summary_Doc.pdf Measures of Effective Teacher Project. (2012). Gathering feedback for teaching: Combining high-quality observations with student surveys and achievement gains. Retrieved from http://www.metproject.org/downloads/MET_Gathering_Feedback_for_Teaching_Summary.pdf Measures of Effective Teacher Project. (2013). Feedback for better teaching: Nine principles for using measures of effective teaching. Retrieved from http://www.metproject.org/downloads/MET_Feedback_for_Better_Teaching_Principles_Paper. pdf

Measures of Effective Teacher Project. (n.d.). Learning about teaching: Initial findings from the Measures of Effective Teaching Project. Retrieved from http://www.metproject.org/downloads/Preliminary_Findings-Research_Paper.pdf Mihaly, K., McCaffrey, D. F., Staiger, D. O., & Lockwood, J. R. (2013). A composite estimator of effective teaching. Retrieved from http://www.metproject.org/downloads/MET_Composite_Estimator_of_Effective_Teaching_Res earch_Paper.pdf Sanders, W. L., & Horn, S. P. (1994). The Tennessee value-added assessment system (TVAAS): Mixedmodel methodology in educational assessment, 8, 299-311. Retrieved from http://www.sas.com/govedu/edu/mixed_model.pdf Tyler, J. H. (2011). Designing high quality evaluation systems for high school teachers: Challenges and potential solutions. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/11/pdf/high_school_evaluation.pdf Wise, A. E., Darling-Hammond, L., McLaughlin, M. W., & Burnstein, H. T. (1985). Teacher evaluation: A study of effective practices, The Elementary School Journal, 86, 60-121. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1001217 Websites and videos: *View the video titled Measures of Effective Teaching Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mv8z6DPycU View several video recordings listed below from the MET website (based on team choice) (http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMETProject) 1. Introduction and a variety of indicators (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ydAZ6iwC_8) 2. Section 1 High quality classroom observations in four steps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HMJRX_qRrg) 3. Section 2 The strengths and weaknesses of the measures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol6Hqoj7Rpg) 4. The different strengths and weaknesses of measures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIhK6l8a8nI) 5. Combining measures improved reliability as well as predictive power (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRZ43TdiWUM) 6. Section 3 Compared to what? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Fr8XEx51k) *Baltimore City Public Schools Evaluation and Promotion Website (peruse) (http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/Page/18778) *Guidebook to the Teacher Effectiveness Evaluation for Baltimore City Public Schools (peruse) (http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/cms/lib/MD01001351/Centricity/Domain/7955/20131018TeacherEvaluationGuide-FINAL.pdf) *Danielson Video of Teacher Effectiveness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzDcYuSsU2E RAND Website on Teacher Effectiveness

http://www.rand.org/education/projects/measuring-teacher-effectiveness.html Met Project website www.metproject.org