Teacher Education Improvement Project (TEIP)/ Upgrading Academic and Professional Teaching Qualification of Under – Qualified Class Teachers for Grades 1-4.

Project Overview

Teacher Education Improvement Project (TEIP) is a three years project funded by World Bank. The main objective of this project was to improve the competencies and skills of class teachers (who teaching grades one to four) in the West Bank and Gaza schools, and in doing so contribute enhancing learning student in primary schools. In other words, it aimed at preparing the under-qualified; grade 1-4 class teachers to upgrade their academic qualifications to degree level and to gain a professional teaching qualification, thereby meeting the standards of teacher certification. and this to be achieved through the following sub- objectives:Support and implementation of the preparation of templates for upgrading, grade 1-4, class teachers.Design and implementation of Readiness-to-Teach Index of competencies for experienced, grade 1-4, class teachers. Identify the selection criteria of around 2,500 under-qualified teachers in the targeted schools to be in the pilot phase.Provide a list of available teaching aids and classroom equipment considered necessary for the satisfactory implementation of the new Palestinian curriculum.Develop and implementation of upgrading programs for Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs). Design and implementation of a monitoring and evaluation system for measuring the effectiveness of the programs. Preparation of a final report with a comprehensive set of recommendation and implementation advices .TEIP was consisted of three main components which were as the following:Strengthening school-based practice of pre-service teacher education programs to support the establishment of a system of context-based practical experiences in schools which will become a central part of the teacher education program.Upgrading academic and professional teaching qualification of under-qualified class teachers to upgrade teaching skills and competencies of under-qualified teachers in grades 1-4.Project management and implementation to support the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE).For the purpose of undertaking these components toward achieving the main objectives, ABU has contracted GCT to provide local support and logistics services during the life time of the project.