Basics for a PEF partner school Teacher

        Mentoring and Training of Teaching Staff

In previous post, we were discussing about the training and grooming of the available teaching staff.Your school is in an area where the qualified and experienced staff is not available,you have to rely on the staff available in the locality or neighborhood.In this case,if you want to get more from this teaching staff,you will have to train and groom them.You will have to help them improve their skills through training,coaching and motivation.

Besides having general teaching skills and competencies,a PEF partner school teacher should have some extra information and competencies to accomplish the task he/she is doing.Following are some basics without which a teacher can't fulfill the requirements of a PEF PARTNER SCHOOL:

1. CONTENT LIST
2. SUPPLEMENTARY SYLLABUS
3. MODEL PAPERS
4. PAST PAPERS

 

http://pef.edu.pk.pefsis.edu.pk/pdf/downloads/Content-List/Content-List-AC-2017-18.pdf

WORKING WITH CONTENT LIST

The first pillar which the academics and evaluation system of a PEF partner school system based on is CONTENT LIST. PUNJAB EDUCATION FOUNDATION publishes content List once a year at the beginning of educational year.The download link of the latest content list is given above.Mostly the teachers mistakenly take SUPPLEMENTARY SYLLABUS as content list.It comprises of about 333 pages and contains each and every content (topic) of TEXTBOOKS.

What should a PEF partner school teacher do with the Content List?

Before starting a new educational year,almost 10 days before the first day of school,the teachers should work on the content list as mentioned below:

1. The teachers should thoroughly study the contents of relevant subject to see:

a) How it is different from the previous one i.e. the teachers should compare the new content list with the older one to point out the changes.In this way they will be able to concentrate on the new arrivals.

b) The teachers should study the contents carefully to make their concepts crystal  clear.During my visits for training sessions all over the Punjab it was revealed that mostly the teachers are teaching in the classroom with poor concepts.As a result they are not delivering in the classrooms what they should do.So,when the teachers will study each content to make their concepts clearer,their teaching will be more purposeful and they will be able to deliver more in the classroom.

   2.After reading all the contents and making their concepts clear,the teachers should start reading the contents again keeping in view,how will they teach these contents in the classroom.In other words,now they will do lesson planning.This is a very important phase and needs intensive supervision by the principals or head teachers.Lesson planning is a comprehensive topic which will be discussed in the next post.

The Next Posts:

1. Lesson Planning 
2. Working with Supplementary syllabus
3. Working with QAT Model papers