Training Educators for Excellence Activity. The objectives of the Training Educators for Excellence Activity are to: (1) improve math, science, information and communication technology (“ICT”), and English teaching and learning in Grades 7-12; and (2) improve school management. This Activity will achieve the first objective by training approximately 23,400 math, science, ICT, and English teachers and improving upon the existing system of continuous professional development. To improve school- based professional development, the Activity will train up to one school-based professional development coordinator per public school, or approximately 2,000 such coordinators. Training these coordinators will provide new teacher orientation and continued school-based professional development to support the adoption of new knowledge and good teaching practices. To meet the second objective, this Activity will support the development of a continuous professional development framework for school principals and will provide training for up to 2,000 public school principals in Georgia. The Implementing Entity for the Training Educators for Excellence Activity will be the Teacher Professional Development Center (“TPDC”), the XxXX entity currently responsible for managing teacher professional development. Compact funding will support capacity building for TPDC, the development and provision of training materials and equipment, and the implementation of training courses. This Activity will also support the provision of appropriate teaching/learning technology and equipment for both schools and TPDC.
Training Educators for Excellence Activity. The beneficiaries of this Activity will be students whose teachers take part in professional development. It is envisioned that public secondary school math, science, ICT and English teachers will receive training, benefitting students in grades 7-12 over the twenty-year expected lifetime of the Activity. In 2012, total enrollment in grades 7-9 was 134,900 and in grades 10-12, 113,600 students. Assuming an implementation success rate of 75 percent, 101,200 lower- secondary and 85,200 upper-secondary students (a total of 186,400 secondary students) will initially benefit from this program. With an annual intake into secondary grade 7 of approximately 48,000 students, and a 75 percent implementation rate, roughly 36,000 new student beneficiaries will enter secondary school each year. Over a twenty-year project lifetime, this will add an additional 684,000 student beneficiaries, for a total of 870,400 student beneficiaries. Including family members and adjusting for possible double counting, total beneficiaries are estimated at 1.6 million individuals over twenty years.
Training Educators for Excellence Activity. This Activity will improve TPDC’s capacity to engage in a broad range of teacher and principal continuing professional development. In the future, TPDC will be able to use experience gained during the Compact term to expand this model to all teachers. Increased Government funding dedicated to professional development will promote the long-term sustainability of professional development.
Training Educators for Excellence Activity. The component of this Activity which focuses on the implementation of teacher training is amenable to impact evaluation, yet further development of the implementation structure and timelines will be necessary in order to determine the specific methodology. XxXX and TPDC will collaborate with MCC and MCA-Georgia to determine the ideal design of this activity which enables the rigorous evaluation of the projected outcomes, namely, improved teacher knowledge and improved student learning outcomes.
