1. How can we improve performances? Catharina Foundation 13 july 2010 Tanei Kayie Maartje Reitsma

2. Stakeholders outside Community Ecological approach Family School Child Class Child

3. What works? Research  Evidence based Different levels for the capacity building: 1.Child / family 2.Class 3.School 4.Community / stake holders

4. Child / family level Support of the family Self-esteem / self-efficacy of the child Feeling good: child likes school Parents have high, realistic expectations  Motivation / working hard And also characteristics of the child, but we can not change that

5. Class (teacher) level Self-efficacy of the teacher High, realistic expectations of the teacher for the child Good child-teacher relationship (supportive) Good class management (individual approach, instruction time, learning time, day / week tasks, peer support) Education of the teacher

6. Class (teacher) level (continued) Data-driven teaching: goal  activity  test  evaluation / feedback to the child  (new)goal Plan DoCheck Act

7. School (head-teacher) level Good leadership Supervision Learning from each other / visiting classes Analysis school performances School development plan Vision / mission / motto: talking about and practices Education of the head-teacher

8. Community / stake holders level Parent participation Shared responsibility of all participants (including the child itself) Working together with stakeholders

9. Observations (at school visits) Positive observations

10. Observations (at school visits) Challenges

11. ideas – how we made them What works principles: evidence based Observations Possibillities  Ideas  Discussion  Priorities  Needs working out

12. Capacity building plans: Child level idea 1 –What: better enrolment and transition of girls –How: Empowering girls through peer groups Peer support Building self-efficacy Role models

13. Capacity building plans: Child level idea 2 –What: better performance through support from parents and teacher –How: School and teacher Parents Child Dialogue

14. aims of parents participation aimwhat Parenting / educational Working together on the child development on the family and the school level. Fine tuning the raising. OrganizationalParents are working in the class and in the school; helping and supporting the teachers DemocraticThe parents and the community co-decide how the school is developing

15. Capacity building plans: Class (teacher) level idea 3 –What: more individual attention in co- curricular activities –How: working in small groups through assistents and parent participation in the class –Example: - cooking, - music, - dance in ECD

16. idea 4 –What: improve the performance of teachers and head-teachers –How: exchange program of the NGO within schools between schools Capacity building plans: Class and school level

17. idea 5 –What: improve the performance of teachers and head-teachers –How: exchange program with The Netherlands communication / school bridging visiting Capacity building plans: Class and school level

18. idea 6 –What: building strong informal ties between children, parents, (head-)teachers, community members –How: organizing happy days Capacity building plans: Community level

19. idea 7 –What: improving performances PTA –How: workshops about themes Example: children rights, what works Capacity building plans: Community level

20. discussion