Senegal & The Gambia: Learning Initiatives for Rural Education (LIRE)

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Duration: 2007-2009
Amount: $430,000

From January 2008 through May 2009, CIE worked in Senegal and The Gambia focusing on the role of multi-grade classrooms in addressing the challenge of providing primary education in rural areas. The project was directed by Jacqi Mosselson, PI, and Gretchen Rossman, Co-PI. The project was funded by a World Bank Trust Fund.

The LIRE Project was designed to increase access to primary schools in low-density population areas in Senegal and The Gambia. Between July and December 2008, LIRE carried out three training workshops with teachers and inspectors from the 20 demonstration schools located in Senegal and The Gambia. The UMass LIRE team included graduate students Alicia Fitzpatrick, Paul Frisoli, Sarah Kahando, Rebecca Paulson and Karla Sarr.

Workshops focused on the following topics: using local resources in schools; integrating the community into the classroom; assessing student progress through continuous assessment processes; micro-teaching; classroom management and arrangement; developing self-instructional materials; development of weekly and daily multi-grade lesson plans; and adapting the curriculum for multi-grade settings.

Teacher guides and training manuals for each country were developed, pilot-tested, and modified. These are available in both French and English in this folder. These have been widely shared, after final review by the Technical Working Groups and Advisory Committees in both countries.

Materials in this folder should be cited as follows:

This document was prepared with support from The World Bank Trust Fund, PO #7145279. No official endorsement should be inferred.

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Final Report
(2009-01-01)
Since August 2007, the Learning Initiatives for Rural Education (LIRE) project in Senegal and The Gambia has strengthened educators' capacity to deliver and support quality multi-grade (MG) education in rural areas with low population densities. In a truly collaborative approach, the LIRE project worked with 20 demonstration schools (13 in Senegal and 7 in The Gambia) to develop a teacher training manual and teachers' guide that was locally appropriate and in keeping with the curricula of each country. The LIRE team was truly international, with team members in Senegal, The Gambia and in the United States. The team met regularly in person, on Skype and over email to collaborate full in developing each of the six training workshops, and the four sets of materials. In addition, the team worked closely with a National Advisory Committee and Technical Working Group in each country, aw well as local inspectors/cluster monitors and teachers. Indeed, consistent feedback from the workshop evaluations, the conference and the external evaluation was that this collaboration was a highly valued part of the LIRE project. In addition to the training and training materials, the LIRE project undertook local and national advocacy activities surrounding multigrade education in each country. The project also developed a monitoring ad evaluation toolkit, underwent an external evaluation and facilitated an international conference on multigrade education.
Senegal Guide du Maitre des Classes Multigrades
(2009-01-01)
Ce guide vous propose les modules suivants : 1) Module 1 : Justification et fondements de l’enseignement multigrade ; Dresse la situation des CMG dans le monde et au Sénégal et explique leur pertinence et leur efficacité. 2) Module 2 : Instruments ou outils de gestion pédagogique des CMG ; Présente les différents outils, leurs techniques d’élaboration et leur utilisation par le maître. 3) Module 3 : Les techniques de gestion des CMG ; Examine les différentes techniques, leur utilisation ainsi que leurs apports aux élèves et aux maîtres. 4) Module 4 : La communauté comme ressource ; Aborde la nature des relations entre l’école et sa communauté, les ressources matérielles locales à utiliser comme matériels didactiques, les apports de l’école à son milieu et les ressources humaines du milieu susceptibles d’intervenir dans les apprentissages des élevés. 5) Module 5 : Le suivi et l’évaluation des apprentissages des élèves ; Examine la signification de ces concepts ainsi que les différents outils de leur mise en œuvre
Senegal Teacher's Guide for Multigrade Classrooms
(2009-01-01)
This guide includes the following training modules: 1) Module 1 : Purpose and Background of Multigrade Teaching ; Provides the context of MGCs throughout the world and Senegal and explains their relevance and efficiency. 2) Module 2 : MG Classroom Management Tools; Presents teachers with various tools, techniques and their application. 3) Module 3 : MG Classroom Management Techniques; Examines different techniques, their use, as well as their benefits to students and teachers. 4) Module 4 : Community as Resource; and Addresses the relationship between the school and the community, local materials that can be used as teaching tools, and ways that the school can support the community and community members can contribute to student learning. 5) Module 5 : Student Learning Monitoring and Assessment. Examines the meaning of concepts as well as the various implementation tools.
Senegal Training Manual for Multigrade Teachers
(2009-01-01)
This manual was designed for trainers of multigrade schoolteachers. The manual contains information on multigrade instruction as well as training activities for teachers. Five themes are addressed in this manual and each one is divided into sessions. Each session begins with the objectives, materials necessary, duration, and reading. The first part presents the goals of the training and implementation strategies as well as a frame of reference. The second part addresses the study of the various modules structured in units.
Senegal Manuel du Formateur des Maitres de Classes Multigrades
(2009-01-01)
Avec un Taux Brut de Scolarisation (TBS) de 86% en 2007, le Sénégal est résolument engagé dans la lutte pour réaliser les objectifs d’une Education de Qualité Pour Tous d’ici l’an 2015. Mais pour y arriver, il faudra identifier les meilleures stratégies permettant d’enrôler dans le système tous les enfants en âge d’aller à l’école. Ces enfants, pour la plupart, se trouvent dans les hameaux les plus reculés en zone rurale. Les classes multi grades apparaissent ainsi comme une alternative incontournable dans les zones rurales et urbaines à faible densité de population si le pays veut réaliser la scolarisation universelle dans les délais fixés. C’est toute la signification qu’il faut donner à l’expansion des classes multi grades au Sénégal depuis quelques années, dans un contexte marqué par : Le dénuement quasi total des écoles rurales ; L’absence de formation initiale et continuée des maîtres dans les stratégies d’enseignement multi grade; La réticence des communautés villageoises face à ce qu’elles considèrent comme « une école pour pauvres ». C’est dans un tel contexte qu’est né le Projet LIRE dont la mise en œuvre a permis la réalisation de ce manuel du formateur de maîtres des CMG. La première partie présente les objectifs de la formation et les stratégies à mettre en œuvre ainsi que le cadre de référence ; La deuxième partie aborde l’étude des différents modules, sous forme de thèmes, structurés en séances. Les approches sont fondées sur la participation active du bénéficiaire de la formation en s’appuyant sur ce qu’il sait du sujet d’étude et sur ce qu’il veut en savoir. La stratégie mise en œuvre au cours des sessions de formation, et que nous vous suggérons, c’est de parler le moins possible etde laisser l’apprenant s’investir pour la conquête du savoir en le faisant produire individuellement puis en groupe comme dans une classe multi grade, à partir de consignes de travail précises.
The Gambia's Teachers' Handbook on Multi-Grade Teaching
(2008-01-01)
This handbook is designed to be used as a continual resource for the multi-grade teacher. The multi-grade teacher can refer to it at any specific point in time to learn ways and methods of applying certain skills or techniques and to gain knowledge on a particular topic. For example, a teacher planning a lesson could refer to it for specific guidance on how to do so using the samples in this guide. It gives information on how to adapt the syllabus, organize schemes of work, among others. The handbook also provides examples that the teacher can use and reflection points at the end of each unit. Some units in this guide have examples created by multi-grade teachers who were traomed at the time the handbook was created.
The Gambia's Training Manual on Multi-Grade Teaching
(2008-01-01)
This training guide—and its companion; The Gambia’s Handbook on Multi-Grade Teaching—went through a process of development that was uniquely participatory and highly interactive. It was developed under the leadership of project LIRE and the Technical Working Group in The Gambia (TWG). This manual was further enriched with inputs and contributions from education officials and teachers involved in the LIRE multi-grade program. TWG members were drawn from key stakeholders from within and outside the Ministry of Education. Members are seasoned curriculum developers and planners with years of experience in curriculum and materials development.
Le Guide de Maitre de la Gambie sur L'Enseignement Multigrade
(2008-01-01)
Ce Guide est passé par un processus d’élaboration qui a mit en valeur la participation et l’interactivité. Il est elaboré sous la direction du Projet LIRE et le Groupe téchnique de travail en Gambie (GTT). Ce guide est enrichi d’avantage par les commentaires et contributions des responsables dans l’éducation et les maîtres impliqués dans le programme multigrade du LIRE. Le GTT est composé par des parties intéressées au sein et à l’éxtérieur du Ministère de l’éducation. Les membres sont des responsables experimentés dans le développement du programme d’études et de la plannification avec des années d’éxpérience dans l’élaboration des matériaux et du programme d’études.
Detailed Report of Multigrade Workshop & Evaluation Summary
(2009-01-01)
From May 18 to 21st, the international workshop of the project "learning initiatives for Rural Education" (LIRE) took place at Lamentin Hotel in Saly/Somone, Mbour, Senegal. The Workshop was organized by the Ministry of Pre-school, elementary, and Middle Schools of Senegal in collaboration with The World bank, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The LIRE project was financed through the World Bank-administered Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program (BNPP). Since August 2007, the project has been working with teachers, head teachers, inspectors and local education partners and administrative officials on training, materials development, monitoring tools and community advocacy around multi-grade pedagogy. The approach has been collaborative, working with all levels of education stakeholders in Senegal and the Gambia, in partnership with the in-country and US-based LIRE Team. The objectives of the workshop were to share the pedagogy tools, notably the teacher's guide and the trainer manual, developed by the LIRE project for Senegal and the Gambia and o discuss the multigrade education policies and strategies in participating countries for the workshop.
Le Manuel de Formation des Maitres des Classes Multigrades en Gambie
(2008-01-01)
Ce manuel du formateur et, « Le guide du maître des classes multi-grades » sont des produits d’une collaboration participative et intéractive entre membres du projet LIRE au Etats Unis et en Gambie. La création des deux documents a ete supervisee par le projet LIRE ainsi que les membres du Conseil Consultatif (qui comportaient des acteurs experimentés dans le domaine de l’education) en Gambie. Des inspecteurs sur le terrain et des enseignants multi-grades qui ont participé tout au au long du projet ont beaucoup contribué à la réalisation de ce manuel.

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