FIRKI: Teacher Professional Development(TPD) Trainings: Sub: Samagra Shiksha – GNT – World Bank supported SALT project – continuous teacher professional development program for all the government school teachers – blended learning courses for teachers of Grade 3 to 10 across all districts in Andhra Pradesh- Submitted – Certain Instructions Issued – Regarding.
Ref: 01.R.C. No.ESE02/572/2023-SCERT Dated: 07/09/2023 of the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha, AP, Vijayawada.
RC.N0.215/AMO/SS/GNT Dt: /10/2023
Sub: Samagra Shiksha – GNT – World Bank supported SALT project – continuous teacher professional development program for all the government school teachers – blended learning courses for teachers of Grade 3 to 10 across all districts in Andhra Pradesh- Submitted – Certain Instructions Issued – Regarding.
Ref: 01.R.C. No.ESE02/572/2023-SCERT Dated: 07/09/2023 of the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha, AP, Vijayawada.
All the Deputy Educational Officers, Mandal Educational Officers, all Coordinators and Headmasters/Headmistress in the Guntur district are informed to pay attention on the reference read above, wherein the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha, AP, Vijayawada has informed that, it is decided to implement the Teacher Professional Development courses (TPD) in all Government schools of Andhra Pradesh from the Academic Year 2023- 24 onwards. These courses are rolled out by SCERT as part of the AP SALT Program aiming to improve learning outcomes and quality of teaching practices in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
These courses will be rolled out for capacity building and support to teachers of Grade 3 to 10. These courses are based on teachers’ needs identified through the Teachers’ Training Need Survey and will be rolled out in succession. All the courses follow a blended learning model. The online part consists of consuming training videos, reading material, and quizzes as course content along with a pre-test and post-test.
The Online course content for these courses will be rolled out on a new teacher training platform called ‘FIRKI’. This will be complemented with an offline engagement by means of Peer Learning Circles (PLCs) during school- complex meetings. Teachers enrolled in the course will have to attend PLC after completion of the module in a given time. This information will be passed out to teachers through an orientation video which will be circulated by SCERT to orient all the teachers on the new need-based training courses initiative.
Keeping in view of the above SCERT is launching the first course, ‘Developing English Pedagogy’ on 31 August 2023. This course is meant for teachers teaching English, Science, Social Science, and Mathematics for grades 6 to 10. This course comprises 3 modules in total and one new module will be released every month. Further, under each module, there are 4-7 learning videos with a duration of approximately 10-15 minutes each.
In this connection, the authorities directed the district to arrange following arrangements :
® All the teachers must download the Firki App. With the help of the login credentials (username and password) that will be provided by the state, teachers should register on the FIRKI platform. The FIRKI app can be
downloaded on the mobile from the AppStore. Alternatively, it can be
accessed through any web browser on- https://firki.co.
Disseminate the logins to teachers immediately after the districts receive
them.
All teachers in grades 6 to 10 teaching English, Maths,’Science, Physical
Science, Biological Science, Social Studies will be enrolled by SALT
technical support agency Leadership For Equity (LFE) on behalf of SCERT
on Firki platform in the first course – “Developing English Pedagogy”
All teachers must attempt the pre-test which will be found on the same
platform before accessing the course content under Module 1.
After teachers go through the module in the given timeline, they will be
required to discuss the concepts of the course and provide feedback on
the course during the PLC in school complex meetings.
Over a span of next three months, the course will unfold in a structured
manner. Each month, one module will be released to teachers.
All teachers who are provided with logins must complete the course by
30″ November 2023.
Course is considered complete only if the teacher completes all the
components in the course and attends all the PLCs.
Teachers will be provided with a course completion certificate at the end
of the course based on their participation and performance in the course.
In view of the above, all the Deputy Educational Officers, Mandal
Educational Officers, Headmasters and-all Coordinators are instructed to take
appropriate necessary action at their level to ensure the seamless execution
of this TPD (Teacher Professional Development courses) course under
Guntur (Dt).
This reference should be scrupulously followed.
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