EGRA Plus: Liberia Teacher Manual – Volume 2

The project began in October 2008 and will end in October 2010, with funding from the World Bank and USAID/Liberia, as well as the Presidential Initiative for Expanding Education. RTI International and the Liberian Education Trust are implementing the project, with leadership from the Liberian Ministry of Education. The EGRA Plus: Liberia project focuses on improving reading skills in grades 2 and 3, with a scope and sequence for teaching reading over a year. The project provides teachers with a teacher manual, decodable books, library books, and other resources to support reading instruction. The teacher manual includes weekly lesson plans, detailed daily sequences, and instructions on how to draw on other resources provided to teachers. The EGRA Plus: Liberia project emphasizes the importance of early grade reading assessment and the need for evidence-based reading instruction. The project aims to improve student reading skills by providing systematic training, support, and supervision to teachers, as well as toolkits and plenty of reading materials for students. The project also includes training and collaboration with Ministry of Education staff in areas of early grade assessment, development of skills in early grade reading improvement, and the use of data to drive teaching improvement. The ability to read and understand a text is the most fundamental skill a child learns, and literacy is essential for learning to read well. Acquiring literacy becomes more difficult as students grow older, and children who do not learn to read in the first few grades are more likely to repeat and eventually drop out, or will fall behind others for the rest of their lives. The EGRA Plus: Liberia project aims to address these challenges by improving reading skills in grades 2 and 3 and providing teachers with the resources and support they need to teach reading effectively. The EGRA Plus: Liberia project has been designed to lay a baseline on reading and to improve student reading skills by implementing evidence-based reading instruction. The project will work on a pilot basis using a thorough evaluation approach, and it will provide teachers with the resources and support they need to teach reading effectively. The project's emphasis on early grade reading assessment and evidence-based reading instruction makes it a valuable tool for improving reading skills in Liberia. The EGRA Plus: Liberia project's focus on improving reading skills in grades 2 and 3 is critical for addressing the challenges of early grade reading in Liberia. The project's emphasis on evidence-based reading instruction and the use of data to drive teaching improvement makes it a valuable tool for improving reading skills in Liberia. The project's provision of teachers with the resources and support they need to teach reading effectively makes it a valuable tool for improving reading skills in Liberia.