Teachers In Crisis Contexts Workshop

The INEE Teachers in Crisis Contexts (TiCC) Working Group, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development’s Education in Conflict and Crisis Network (USAID ECCN) coordinated the “Teachers in Crisis Contexts Introduction, Contextualization and Implementation Workshop for Kenya,” from June 12-16, 2017 at Columbia Global Centers Nairobi. The workshop brought together practitioners, teacher trainers, policymakers and academics. Participants were introduced to the Training Pack for Primary School Teachers in Crisis Contexts, which was launched in April 2016.

June 16, 2017

The INEE Teachers in Crisis Contexts (TiCC) Working Group, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development’s Education in Conflict and Crisis Network (USAID ECCN) coordinated the “Teachers in Crisis Contexts Introduction, Contextualization and Implementation Workshop for Kenya,” from June 12-16, 2017, in the GCG Nairobi office. The workshop brought together practitioners, teacher trainers, policymakers and academics. Participants were introduced to the Training Pack for Primary School Teachers in Crisis Contexts, which was launched in April 2016. The training pack was developed through an inter-agency effort and is available as open-source materials on the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies website (www.ineesite.org/tpd). The training pack consists of four modules based on the following core competencies: Teacher’s Role and Well-being; Child Protection, Well-being and Inclusion; Pedagogy; and Curriculum and Planning.

Facilitators were from Finn Church Aid, Save the Children and Teachers College-Columbia University. They took participants through the four-day introductory workshop, with a fifth day for discussions about how to contextualize the pack across different settings and teacher profiles within the Kenyan context. Participants will have hands-on opportunities to practice using the pack, and to explore how to use the pack in teacher professional development, including peer coaching.

Participants were from:

  • Finn Church Aid
  • Save the Children USA
  • USAID/Somalia
  • University of Nairobi
  • Windle Trust Kenya
  • Teacher Service Commission – Kenya
  • Kenyatta University
  • Save the Children International
  • Aberdare Teachers Training College
  • Africa Education Trust
  • UNESCO – IICBA
  • Kenya Ministry of Education
  • RET International
  • Moi University
  • Lutheran World Federation
  • Thogoto Teachers Training College
  • Mathare Special Training Center
  • Worldhope
  • World University Service of Canada
  • International Rescue Committee
  • UNHCR, Melkadida, Ethiopia
  • Save the Children Norway

The event was live-tweeted through the 5 days on the hashtags, #TeachersinEiCC and #TiCC