BTC Update October 2010

TIMSS 2007 14 yr olds 8TH Grade

TIMSS 2007 –10 yr olds

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systems with high TIMSS scores

Have high performing teachers colleges with...certain common elements against which BTC can be judged.....

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Teacher education of high quality has three distinct tasks

Philosophical outlook• Arab world citizenship through global

education

Strategic Drivers• Student-centric• Techno-centric• High Quality• Innovative• Education System focused

Core competencies• Empowerment Grounded• Engagement in Arabic • Information language &• Self responsibility values• Ethical

These are to uphold the values and principles of being 1. A scientific education, 2. A professionally relevant

education3. And State regulated so

as to develop a national education system....

This implies

Ministry of

Education

Schools

Bahrain Teachers College

University of Bahrain

a strong but not over-powering State bureaucracy of professionally educated administrators, researchers, policy analysts and policy developers .”

Where access to college at all levels

...is competitive and is based on professional dispositions as well as academic attainme..nt

...students will have to go through a rigorous selection process......

Programs 2011-200810-11 09-10 08-09

Bachelor of Education

BEd Cycle 1 167 27 13

BEd Cycle 2 Arabic 50 16

BEd Cycle 2 English 39 25

BEd Cycle 2 Science & Math

50 38

BEd (Vocational) 18 5 0Total 185 171 92

Post Graduate Diploma in Ed.PGDE Arabic 7 0 5

PGDE ICT 22 17 0

PGDE Biology 0 0 8

PGDE Chemistry 0 0 16

PGDE Business 46 37 0

PGDE Math 11 0 20

PGDE English 19 25 46Total 105 78 95

Continuous Professional DevelopmentELP 56 54 60Cadre Modules

2700 282 0

Total 56 336 60

Student Totals 3211

585 247

Taught by faculty with extensive experience in high achieving school

systems

Faculty Groups Total Number of Faculty

% Full-Time Facult

y

% PhD

Faculty

Full-Time

Part-Time

Arabic & Islamic 6 0 100% 100%

English Language 11 1 100% 73%

Education Foundation 9 0 100% 89%

Math and Science ICT 13 1 100% 100%

Education Psychology 4 0 100% 75%

Business & Vocational 1 0 100% 100%

Teaching Practice 9 1 90% 30%

Total 51 3 92% 80%

with well established procedures for the development of (local) staff skills.....

which will include the development of qualifications for teaching staff at Masters, Research Degree and post-Doc levels.

Who work to develop a strong research culture

....that is highly relevant for the development of professional teaching competence and the professional knowledge base. ...staff are research active, attend research conferences and publish research papers in high quality peer reviewed journals

0

10

20

30

Conference papers published papers published books or book chapters

workshop papers

12

30

1713

Bagley, C., Beach, D. &Harris, T. (2008) Review of ECAE-Abu Dhabi. Durham University Report (p7-12)

Which is embedded in student progress

“Teacher education institutions of high quality have an emphatic level of student involvement in the planning and evaluation of courses and programmes....”

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Content Professional commitment & classroom management

Instructional skills

7%

0%

14%17%

10%

17%

52%

21%

38%

24%

52%

31%

0%

17%

0%

49%-59%

60%-69%

70%-79%

80%-89%

90%-100%

Bagley, C., Beach, D. &Harris, T. (2008) Review of ECAE-Abu Dhabi. Durham University Report (p7-12)

And relies on partnerships with agencies that focus on the needs of the child

Including schools and education authorities but also other learning organisations in civic society and trade and industry....

BTC Partnerships with schools

Context• Roughly 12500 teachers, 200 headmasters

and 400 deputy headmasters all with 90hrs of CPD per year

• 41 NIE developed CPD available modules• A new performance management systemProposal• MOE/BTC identify 100 proficient (arabic

and english) teachers and administrators across all subjects and all levels of the career cadre

• BTC to create a 45hr module on CPD Leadership (first course of a 36ch MAT in CPD at BTC). Taught in English.

• Include two supervised CPD modules for 20 teachers and administrators in each class in the year. Taught in Arabic.

...should be integrated into programs of career long study.....

BTC programs must be designed to prepared students at basic level for advanced studies and at advanced level for research studies.....

Certified teacher (4)

Certified teacher (5)

Professional teacher (6)

Senior teacher (7)

Consultant teacher (8)

A nested byc/moe teacher career track

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987

654

321

EdD

CPD270hr

MAT

CPD270hr

PGDEBEd

Years

EdD complete

Start Doctorate

MAT Teaching and Learning

Start Masters

Bachelors

Certified teacher (4)

Certified teacher (5)

Professional teacher (6)

Senior teacher (7)

Consultant teacher (8)

A nested byc/moe teacher career track

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987

654

321

EdD

CPD270hr

MAT

CPD270hr

PGDEBEd

Years

EdD complete

Start Doctorate

MAT Teaching and Learning

Start Masters

Bachelors

BTC MAT (CPD) Core Modules

BTC’s CPD Teaching Fellows

BTC Professors Mentor Teaching Fellows

Master Training Course

Curriculum Modules

Pedagogy

Training Hours

Professional Skills

BTC MAT (CPD) Core Module

BTC’s CPD Teaching Fellows

MOE T and D

100 teachers with 20 teachers in a

class with English at an IELTS 6.5 or

equivalent

BTC Professors Mentor Teaching Fellows

Specialist Track

Coordination

BTC CPD Coordinator

BTC Teaching Fellows Scheme

Master Training Course

Training Domains

Primary Teacher

Track

Secondary Teacher

Track

School Leader Track

Evaluation

Ethics

45 hrs

30 hrs

45 hrs

21 hrs

9 hrs

Dean

Section Head Marketing and

Public Relations

Associate Dean Pre Service Programs

Section Head Technology

CoordinatorAdministrative Services

Section Head Human Resources

Section Head Assets

Section Head Finance

Student Extended Services

Learning & Information

Management

Section Head Purchasing

English LanguageGroup

Education Foundation Group

Math and Science & ICT

Coordinator PGDE

Student Information

Services

Arabic & IslamicGroup

Head CPDLeadership Program

Coordinator BEd Cycle 1-

2.

Head B.Ed.

Head Teaching Practice

BTC Council

Coordinator. CPD Leadership Program

UoB CouncilMOE

Education Psychology Group

Coordinator. CPD Cadre Program

Coordinator BEd Tech Ed

BTC organizational structure Sept 2010

MOE/BTC Strategy

MOE/BTC Coordination

BTC Challenges • Responsible Autonomy• Purpose built campus• Faculty Recruitment• Corporate Recruitment• Admissions and bilingualism• Continuous Professional

Development• Technology• Graduate Programs and

research• Quality assurance• Succession Planning