Pre-Primary Teachers Completed Training on a Master’s Training Guide.
More than 100 pre-primary teachers in Honiara have completed a week-long Primary Preparation Year (PPY) Master Trainer’s Training Guide that emphasizes play-based learning as a tool for learning in early childhood care and education settings.
The workshop was held concurrently from 19-23 August 2024 at Rock Haven, All Saints Hall, and Harmony Conference Room.
The workshop was organized by the PPY Technical Working Group led by the Teacher Professional Development Division of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development.
The training aimed to help PPY teachers become effective in planning and teaching, including assessment practices, while increasing positive outcomes for children before attending primary schools.
It also assisted teachers in implementing the existing curriculum in a way that is both child-friendly and teacher-led. The ‘How to’ approach of the workshop was essential as it showed teachers a variety of ways of creating a good learning space in their classrooms, including planning for a week of lesson delivery and review, effective use of the daily timetable, and developing the socio-emotional intelligence of children.
The teachers also showed ways in which they helped children to respect each other. Also, the teachers learned about the assessment of learning practices, using everyday observable evidence to guide learning experiences.
They also learned about positive relationships they can form with communities, colleagues, and especially with the young children which is a foundational component of good teaching.
To help the teachers implement what they learned from the workshops, they were asked to trial the new Teacher Guide in their respective PPY classes for the next three months which will be monitored and evaluated.
A review will be conducted to determine how well the teachers implemented the new teacher guide before it could be rolled out to the rest of the schools in the provinces.
The Primary Preparation Year teachers have expressed their appreciation for attending the workshop, which helped them to implement this play-based learning curriculum in their schools in Honiara.
-MEHRD Press Release
