Transforming Teacher Education Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan

The initiative began in 2020 and will continue until 2025, with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The primary objective of TTE is to equip targeted colleges of education (COEs) and university faculty and lecturers with the skills and experience necessary to deliver effective instruction to teachers in training. TTE's logical framework has three sub-objectives. The first sub-objective is to equip targeted COEs and university faculty and lecturers with the skills and experience necessary to deliver effective instruction to teachers in training. This will be achieved through various education and training programs, including six-month residencies at Florida State University (FSU), graduate-level foundational courses on reading to be delivered in Zambia, study tours, and scholarships for master's programs in the College of Education at FSU. The second sub-objective is to standardize, align, and link practical, evidence-based, pre-service teacher training and content with the primary school literacy curriculum. This will involve revisions to the Language and Literacy and Practicum courses at the COEs and universities, training for lecturers on the new materials, provision of text resources to COEs and universities, and the development of Centers of Excellence in Pre-Service Teacher Education. The third sub-objective is to equip pre-service teachers in COEs and universities with the professional skills necessary to deliver quality literacy instruction in primary schools. TTE will achieve this by scaffolding closer relationships with demonstration schools, creating feedback loops that will better serve the demonstration schools, the COEs/universities, and the student teachers alike. To monitor progress toward the stated results, TTE will track performance using a set of performance monitoring indicators. These indicators include the number of lecturers participating in education and training programs, the number of COEs and universities revising their Language and Literacy and Practicum courses, and the number of pre-service teachers receiving professional skills training. The evaluation section of the Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan (AMELP) outlines the evaluation plan for TTE. The evaluation plan includes a midterm evaluation, which will assess progress toward the stated results, and an end-of-project evaluation, which will assess the overall impact of TTE. The learning section of the AMELP outlines the learning plan for TTE. The learning plan includes a collaborative process for working with USAID, which will involve regular meetings and updates on progress toward the stated results. The learning plan also includes a quality control mechanism to ensure that data collection processes are accurate and reliable. The data management, reporting, and quality assurance section of the AMELP outlines the procedures for collecting, storing, and analyzing data. The section includes a data collection plan, which outlines the types of data to be collected, the frequency of data collection, and the methods for collecting data. The section also includes a data storage plan, which outlines the procedures for storing and securing data. Overall, the TTE initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of Zambia's pre-service teacher training institutions to improve student learning outcomes. The initiative will achieve this through various education and training programs, revisions to the Language and Literacy and Practicum courses, and the development of Centers of Excellence in Pre-Service Teacher Education.