1. Jordan Field Office – Education Programme Reform SubCom Field Visit – 29 th March 2012 Education Programme Reform in Jordan Ms. Shorouq Fakhouri – Deputy Chief Field Education Programme

2. Jordan Field Office – Education Programme Reform SubCom Field Visit – 29 th March 2012 Education Programme Reform The agency wide educational reform focuses on eight areas of reform: Professional, qualified and motivated teaching force in place Evidence based policy making and informed decision-making at all levels in place Effective system to identify and support children with special educational needs in place Improved employability for TVET and school graduates Effectiveness and efficiency and relevance of education planning and management strengthened Curriculum supporting holistic approach to learning and personal development enhanced Educational governance policy and regulatory frameworks Partnerships and communication systems strengthened

3. Jordan Field Office – Education Programme Reform SubCom Field Visit – 29 th March 2012 Teacher policy: Teachers are the most important single education resource in the system. Not only a question of teacher training. Need to ensure teaching is “ professionalized” with appropriate recruitment,induction, CPD, career progression, and status. Need for strong, coherent agency wide systems and structures to enhance thequality of education. Need to empower the school from teachers upward.

4. Jordan Field Office – Education Programme Reform SubCom Field Visit – 29 th March 2012 Elements of the teacher policy An integrated qualification structure for the education systems (all teachers must be academically and professionally qualified). An induction program for the newly qualified teachers and teacher licensing system; A comprehensive CPD frame work for structured and responsive training and support, and its acknowledgement in teacher’s performance evaluation A diversified career structure which facilitates the retention of the best teachers and provision of support to other teachers A comprehensive support system at school level: experienced teachers, mentor teachers, head teachers A comprehensive support system beyond the school: education specialists; school quality assurance officers; Looking at integration of pre service and in service, from quality perspective

5. Jordan Field Office – Education Programme Reform SubCom Field Visit – 29 th March 2012 Reform in Jordan School Based Teacher Development: The SBTD is the structured training to improve the teachers performance towards student centered approach. All training materials and resources were developed by HQ/Education Department and they are ready now to be distributed for the pretesting phase North Amman Educational area was selected to pilot the SBDT. Implementation will start next September 2012, in the five fields of operations

6. Jordan Field Office – Education Programme Reform SubCom Field Visit – 29 th March 2012 Reform in Jordan – Achievements January 2012: installation management training for head teachers to improve the managerial and leadership capacity of managers. Implementation of the new performance management system for head teachers and teachers in the Jordan Field.

7. Jordan Field Office – Education Programme Reform SubCom Field Visit – 29 th March 2012 Next Steps Pretesting of the “SBTD” (School Based Teacher Development) training materials and resources in April 2012 in three pilot schools. A workshop, led by HQ/ EDU Department will take place in North Amman area targeting the Head/teachers in June 2012 on the implementation of the SBTD Start implementation of the SBTD at North Amman Area September 2012

8. Jordan Field Office – Education Programme Reform SubCom Field Visit – 29 th March 2012 Thank You!