Title: Development of a credit-based blended in-service training course on positive discipline and classroom management
Location: National
Timing: June 2021 – March 2022
Budget: $48,871
Donor: UNICEF
Sector: Primary education
Focus: Professional development of teachers (INSET) and school leaders; blended learning; positive discipline; classroom management; gender-responsive pedagogy; mental health and psychosocial support
Challenge:
Crises exacerbate existing inequalities and vulnerabilities. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. In order for teachers and school leaders to continue education provision in safe environments for all children, we need to support them in implementing positive discipline with sufficient focus on mental health and psychosocial support.
In Cambodia, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has been providing trainings on positive discipline for in-service teachers and school leaders since 2015, with financial and technical support from UNICEF. These trainings have an important role in the government’s COVID-19 response and school reopening plans. Taking into account lessons learnt during social distancing measures, a need to make these trainings more accessible and cost-effective in trying conditions arose.
Goal:
An end-to-end blended training is developed for teachers and school leaders in primary education on positive discipline, to mitigate inequalities and vulnerabilities exacerbated by COVID-19 school closures.
Partners:
- Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (Primary Education Department, Teacher Training Department & Department of Information Technology)
- UNICEF
- Open Institute
Approach:
In close collaboration with MoEYS’ technical departments and Open Institute, VVOB applies the ADDIE model for instructional systems design to create a blended training course on positive discipline for teachers and school leaders based on the existing materials. The training course is complemented by a facilitator guide on how to facilitate the blended course. Both materials are made available on MoEYS’ recently finalised Moodle learning management system.
By the end of the project…
- a blended online course on ‘Positive discipline and classroom management’ is ready for widespread, national implementation by MoEYS;
- MoEYS’ capacity to design and develop blended learning courses is strengthened.
Through MoEYS’ Moodle, the blended training course is more easily accessible not only for professional development providers for in-service teachers, but also (in the longer-term) for teacher training institutions.
