Returning to Provide Staff Development in Teaching and English Language at an Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT)

• Main Author: Thomas Walsh Jr.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sustainable Programs to Reduce Educational and Avocational Disadvantages (SPREAD) 2016-07-01
• Series: African Journal of Teacher Education
• Subjects: tanzania english education; english instruction; teaching strategies; secondary teachers; instructional technology; tanzania education
• Online Access: https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/ajote/article/view/3353

This report summarizes the staff development provided to secondary teachers at four dioceses schools in the North and South Pare of Tanzania in 2014.  Included is information supporting the need for a seminar on English conversation and teaching strategies, overview of the ELCT schools educational system, the seminar curriculum including past training experiences, the dioceses project proposal submission, and the staff development interest survey.  The report also discusses project goals, scheduling and attendance by participants in the seminar at the schools, information about the teachers’ subject content areas of instruction, and reported years of teaching experience.  Discussion of classroom visitations and observations and the use of technology are presented.  A Post-Evaluation: Staff Development Implementation Survey discussing potential use of the strategies with students is also presented.  A teacher evaluation of the seminar and a proposal with further recommendations are provided.  This is the fourth on-site seminar provided to the schools since 2006, 2008 and 2011 by the author.