By Our Correspondent
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is currently training teachers to handle grades 7, 8 and 9 from both public and primary schools, including Special Needs Education (SNE) institutions in preparation of Competency Based Assessment (CBA) slated to begin in November 2022.
Below is the programme of activities during the training that is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 9 to Thursday, May 12.
PROGRAMME FOR TRAINING TEACHERS ON COMPETENCY –BASED CURRICULUM FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA
VENUE: SUB COUNTIES
DAY 1 –MONDAY, 9th MAY, 2022
| TIME | ACTIVITY | FACILITATOR |
| 8.00 – 8.10 am | Arrival and Registration | |
| 8.10– 8.30a.m. | Preliminaries · Opening Prayers · Levelling Expectations and Introductions · Ground Rules · Opening remarks | |
| 8.30-9.00am | · Workshop objectives · Feed-back · Pre-evaluation and KWL · Use of ICT in training | |
| 9:00-10:00 am | Overview of CBC and Basic Education Curriculum Framework (BECF) | |
| 10:00-10:30 am | Overview of Competency –Based Assessment Framework(CBAF) | |
| 10:30-11:00am | HEALTH BREAK | |
| 11:00- 11:30am | Overview of Competency –Based Assessment Framework (CBAF) | |
| 11:30-12:30pm | · Interpretation of the Curriculum Designs (Essence statement, Strands, Sub-strands,) · Inter-relationships of National Goals of Education to learning outcomes · Developing Specific Learning Outcomes | |
| 12:30-1:00 pm | Core Values | |
| 1:00– 2.00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 2.00-2:30pm | Assessment of Values | |
| 2.30-3:00pm | Core Competences | |
| 3:00-3:30pm | Assessment of Core Competencies | |
| 3:30-4.00pm | Learning Experiences | |
| 4:00-5:00 pm | Key Inquiry Questions | |
| 5.00 PM | TEA BREAK |
DAY 2-TUESDAY, 10TH MAY, 2022
| TIME | ACTIVITY | ||
| 8.00 – 8.10 am | · Arrival and Registration | ||
| 8.10-8.30 am | · RE-CAP/KAHOOT
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| 8:30-9:30am | Learning Resources | ||
| 9:30-10:30 am | · Pertinent and Contemporary Issues (PCI’s) · Community Service Learning (CSL) | ||
| 10.30-11.00 am | HEALTH BREAK | ||
| 11:00–12:00pm | · ICT Integration in Learning | ||
| 12:00-1:00pm | Junior Secondary school Subjects · Languages (English, Kiswahili and Indigenous languages) · Foreign Languages (French, German, Arabic and Mandarin) · Mathematics and Integrated Science | ||
| LUNCH BREAK | |||
| 200– 5:00pm
| Junior Secondary school Subjects
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| · Applied sciences (Agriculture, computer science, home science and Health Education) | |||
| · Humanities (CRE/IRE/HRE/social studies, business studies and life skills) | |||
| · Creative arts (Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Sports and Physical Education) | |||
| · Pre-Technical Studies | |||
| 5:00-5:15 pm | Wrap-up · Announcements · Daily Evaluation | ||
| 5:00-5:15pm | TEA BREAK | ||
DAY 3-WEDNESDAY, 11TH MAY, 2022
| TIME | ACTIVITY | |
| 8.00-8.10 am | Arrival and Registration | |
| 8.10-8.30am | RE-CAP/KAHOOT | |
| 8:30–10:30 am | Professional Documents · Schemes of work · CBC Lesson Plans · IEPs · Record of work | |
| 10:30-11:00 am | TEA BREAK | |
| 11:00-12:00pm | · Authentic Tasks · Development of Authentic Tasks | |
| 12:00-1:00pm | · Assessment Tools | |
| 1.00 – 2.00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 2.00-3:00 pm | Assessment Tools | |
| 3:00-4:00 pm | · Portfolio assessment · School based assessment | |
| 4:00-5:00 pm | · Assessment Reporting and Feedback · Progress records | |
| 5:00-5:15 pm | TEA BREAK |
DAY 4 –THURSDAY, 12TH -MAY, 2022
| TIME | ACTIVITY | |
| 8.00 – 8.10 am | Arrival and Registration | |
| 8.10-8.20 am | RE-CAP/KAHOOT | |
| 8.30 – 10:30 am | · Integrated lesson and pedagogy · Lesson Presentation during plenary | |
| 10.30-11.00 am | TEA BREAK | |
| 11.00 – 12.00 pm | Action Research | |
| 12.00- 1.00 pm | · Teacher Professional Development (TPD) · PSS (Pension Presentation) | |
| 1.00 – 2.00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 2.00 – 3:00 pm | Any other Pending presentations and Questions on JSS | |
| 3:00-4:.00 pm | Way Forward &Closing · Sub County Training · Closing Ceremony · Group Photograph | |
| 4.30 – 5.00 pm | TEA BREAK |
