The Teacher Resource Inventory is a crowd-sourced database of open educational resources created for teachers, teacher trainers, and literacy practitioners who support teachers in diverse cultural and linguistic settings around the globe.
Scroll through the Inventory below to find repositories of reading books that can be accessed in hundreds of languages, teacher training and coaching tips, multimedia examples of teachers adapting literacy teaching to different classroom environments, and more.
The African Storybook is a literacy initiative that provides openly licensed picture storybooks for early reading in the languages of Africa. Developed and hosted by Saide, the ASb has an interactive website that enables users to read, create, download, translate, and adapt stories.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
Must contextualize and localize concepts, names (especially), and settings in the resource, as well as spend time translating those stories that do not already have translated local versions. For those with no electronic means (such as tablet and internet), they can make hard copies, laminate them and use it over and over again, but the challenge for such schools is money to make hardcopies.
This resource provides teachers with prepared, exciting content to use in their classroom. Using the translation feature they can easily translate story into their local language and or create their own stories with the template.
South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)
Global
2013-2018
This series of open resource video clips illustrates how teachers are teaching inclusively in the South African classrooms. To support participation and learning by all learners, the teachers in the clips differentiate their teaching methodologies, content and assessment strategies. They can be used in a range of teacher professional development activities.
View ResourceYes
English
The series showcases a range of South African classroom settings, helping demonstrate the diversity of classroom applications.
VVOB South Africa
South Africa
2018
Between the Lions Early Reading is a repository of instructive videos teaching children phonics, phonemic awareness, text comprehension, and vocabulary, among others. Lessons are divided by age for children Pre-K to Grade 1.
View ResourceYes
English
PBS Learning Media
North America
2000-2010
Book Dash produces high-quality, open-licensed African picturebooks for children 0-5 and early readers. The books are available to all to read, translate, and distribute freely. The organization distributes physical copies of the books is in its home country of South Africa in South African languages, but the books are free to travel the world digitally unrestricted thanks to the CC BY 4.0 license. The books are currently featured on over 100 platforms that re-share and/or adapt the books to reach more families, children and teachers with free, quality and diverse children's books. Book Dash is also designated as a "Digital Public Good" by the Digital Public Good Alliance.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
Book Dash
Africa
The Teacher Training Section of CEI (Center for Education Innovations)'s Early Learning Toolkit provides resources for teacher coaching, which is ongoing, individualized support of teacher development. Resources cover topics like ongoing supervision and support, individual and group coaching, tools for tracking teacher performance, visual tools and activities for teacher training, and technology for coaching.
View ResourceNo
English
Center for Education Innovations
Global
The Mother-Tongue Instruction toolkit provides resources for promoting the acquisition of literacy skills in the student's first language, before gradually transferring those skills to the second language. The resources include case studies, guides, and research on topics like ensuring teaching and learning materials are available in the mother language, providing access to storybooks in the mother-tongue, and how to motivate and support teachers to teach in the mother tongue, among others.
View ResourceYes
English
Center for Education Innovations
Global
2016
E-paath is a repository of interactive learning content for grades 1-8 in English, math and science.
View ResourceNo
English, Nepali
Students can enjoy learning interactively at their own pace, while teachers can teach concepts using audio visuals and animation.
Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal
South Asia
2018
E-Pustakalaya is a repository of education-focused resources such as books, documents, videos, audio books, reference materials that are categorized in different sections and stored in searchable database
View ResourceYes
English, Nepali
Free and open access to thousands of learning materials. It can be installed in low-powered devices and deployed for offline access.
Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal
Global
2018
This report details best practices for encouraging early childhood literacy. It examined literacy within the New Zealand context, so it is within the context of a primarily English-language setting sensitive to local native languages
View ResourceYes
English
It is quite wordy, and there is not a structure that helps to dive straight into the good practices. It is linked to New Zealand’s vision of literacy. Some of the good practice may seem far from a developing context so it requires considerable creativity to contextualise some of these practices yet it is certainly feasible.
There are some really nice ideas and includes emergent literacy aspects, things to do before phonics instruction.
New Zealand Education Review Office
New Zealand
2011
A cross-platform search to facilitate access to over 11,000 quality early grade reading books and learning games in 150 languages. The platform pulls content from Global Digital Library, African Storybook, Storyweaver and other online repositories and providers.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
Global Book Alliance, NORAD
Global
2020
The GRP4ECE toolkit empowers preschool teachers and school leaders to challenge gender stereotypes in early grade classrooms. Literacy is not explicitly part of the resource; rather the toolkit includes elements, visuals, games, and resources which stimulate emergent literacy - such as language and vocabulary development, making written and visual language meaningful for young children, and visual discrimination for example through the ready made puzzles - with a gender and sub-Saharan Africa cultural lens.
View ResourceNo
English
VVOB, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
Africa
2019
Get Ready to Read! pulls together resources to help teach early literacy. Modules topics include building everyday literacy, tips for preventing early reading failure, and dialogic reading. Resources range from articles to webinars.
View ResourceYes
English
National Center for Learning Disabilities
North America
This article covers the best practices for engaging young children with picture books. It also provides links to great picture book collections.
View ResourceYes
English
Little explicit detail on how to use the pictures of picture books to increase learning. For example it says: Pictures can help increase vocabulary but it does not say “by looking at the pictures together with your students and asking them to describe what they see or by asking questions about the pictures, pictures help to increase vocabulary. A little more detail may have been useful. Some of the links to lists of good picture books no longer work or have a strong bias to a certain context.
It informs well that illustrations engage children in picture books.
Reading is Fundamental
North America
2007
The Global Digital Library is an online repository of open-source digital books available for offline download. The books are arranged by reading level, 1-4 and are available in 23 languages. The platform also facilitates translation and localization of resources to more than 300 languages.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
There's a limited amount of languages.
The books are beautiful resources and some have a rich vocabulary.
Global Book Alliance
Global
Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups. Selected free samples are provided, and the entire program is available for purchase.
View ResourceYes
English
The website has only some free resources. The full purchased program is expensive but copies can be produced by the school or individual teacher. To adapt locally, you many need to use local examples of content with the same sounds.
Within a short period, learners are able to sound the alphabets, blend and make attempt at reading. With the additional songs and activities, both teachers and learners find it a fun way to learn. The toolkit has an accompanying workbook and audio resource.
Christopher Jolly
Global
1987
Education.com contains a repository of lesson plans, activity sheets, online games, and interactive stories. Resources are organized by student age, concept, and skill for easy reference. Some content is only available with a subscription, but most is open-source.
View ResourceYes
English
Education.com
North America
2006-2019
Letters and Sounds is a program for early literacy teachers to teach phonics to young children. It outlines seven aspects of learning sounds and provides plenty of games which are fairly easy to localize. The learning progression is clear and intuitive, allowing children to build on thier knowledge.
View ResourceYes
English
Phase one is easy and useful to contextualize and localize. The other phases are more difficult to "translate" to a non English context, yet some exercises and approaches may still be useful.
Phase 1 ensures a nice foundation in phonics. Exercises of phase one have been adapted in some Zambian (pre-)primary Schools. The document has also inspired teacher trainers in 2 colleges of Education in Zambia linked to low-cost resources. There are many resource sites that offer free, downloadable materials related to the activities, like http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/.
UK Department for Education and Skills
United Kingdom
2007
The Literacy for All toolkit was developed to provide teachers with guidance on how to teach early literacy skills to students with different categories of disabilities. Specifically, the toolkit describes phases of literacy for students with disabilities, supports and services, instructional techniques within the universal design framework, and others. Consideration was given for how to best apply these theoretical approaches in Low- and Moderate- Income Countries.
View ResourceYes
English
USAID
Global
2018
The Lubuto Library provides book collections, computer-based reading lessons in each of the 7 major Zambian languages, English-language reading instruction, and the Zambia Heritage Library, a digital repository of out-of-print materials. Book collections are available based on genre, age, and length.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
The online resources are limited. Most of them are part of the Zambia Heritage Library books. Within that selection most books seem for older learners and may not be the most attractive. There are some exceptions, however, like Kalulu the Hare.
There are references for other online libraries.
Lubuto Library Partners
Zambia
This is a collection of interactive games to promote reading skills in children. The games require a Flash Player and internet connection.
View ResourceYes
English, Spanish
PBS Kids
North America
The toolkit provides an additional layer of support for teachers participating in the Training for Teachers in Crisis Contexts by preparing teachers to facilitate Teacher Learning Circles (TLCs) with their colleagues and conduct Classroom Observations. This resource is not literacy specific.
View ResourceNo
English
There is an additional training pack for primary school teachers in crisis contexts to provide additional support to teachers who have participated in the training: http://www.ineesite.org/en/ticc-training-pack.
Teachers in Crisis Contexts (TiCC)
Global
2018
This guideline details the department's vision of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), explains what PLCs are, their key characteristics, the key players and their roles, what can be done in PLCs to come to collaborative learning.
View ResourceNo
English
The guideline makes reference to the South African Policy context, but is otherwise quite easily accessible and understandable for contexts outside of South Africa. This resources has helped teacher trainers in capacity development of teachers and school leaders in professional learning communities (PLCs). Supporting resources are: a video showing a PLC in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9mlycjiFjg and a leaflet on PLCs for Principals: https://southafrica.vvob.be/download/professional-learning-communities-school-principals.
Department of Basic Education, South Africa
South Africa
2015
Reading A-Z provides thousands of downloadable, projectable, printable teacher materials, covering all the skills necessary for effective reading instruction. The complete library is available for purchase, but the program also provides thousands of free samples of fiction and nonfiction books spanning 27 reading levels.
View ResourceYes
English
The resources are only in English and are American centric. There isn't a lot of African landscape or context-specific content, but you can still find resources that apply. You will need to selective.
The resources are printable, there are lots of levelled resources, they can be paired with assessments, can be printed and copied for low-resource settings, and you can pick out subsets that work for different contexts.
Reading A-Z
North America
Reading Rockets provides resources for the classroom and professional development. Classroom guides include a repository of classroom strategies organized by topic and guidance on when to use, and best practices for students of different abilities. Professional development resources include Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing, a self-paced online course of 9 modules to teach the elements of reading and writing.
View ResourceYes
English
WETA
North America
The National Center on Improving Literacy provides evidence-based resources to screen, identify, and teach students with literacy-related disabilities. The repository contains over 800 resources, which can be filtered by audience, resource type, and topic.
View ResourceYes
English
National Center on Improving Literacy
North America
This training course is aimed at equipping teacher trainers in low-resource contexts with skills and techniques they can use to play an active role in English language starter teachers’ continuous professional development. The course aims to provide trainers with ideas and materials to use with starter teachers, help trainers throughout the region understand the needs of starter teachers, and present a resource that can be used for designing sessions and workshops for both pre- and in-service training courses.
View ResourceNo
English
British Council, Blandine Akoue, Jean-Clair Nguemba Ndong, Justine Okomo Allogo, Adrian Tennant
West Africa
2014
StoryWeaver is an open digital library with books in over 100 languages available for offline download. The platform also allows teachers to create their own stories using thousands of openly licensed images and translate stories into local languages.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
Prantham Books
Global
A concept note aimed to promote effective induction of new teachers in Rwanda, as part of a school-wide strategy to promote teacher development and collaboration. The concept note promotes a strategy that combines coaching and mentoring (by school-based mentors and subject heads of departments) with professional learning communities.
View ResourceNo
English
VVOB, Rwanda Education Board
Rwanda
2018
A free online course that introduces practical, active teaching strategies to support early reading and methods to teach and assess early reading. The course helps teachers in planning and developing resources to support early reading. A link is made to the African Storybook repository.
View ResourceYes
English
Links to African Storybook: africanstorybook.org.
The Open University's Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) programme, South African Institute of Distance Education (SAIDE)
Africa
This report describes the best practices for developing and implementing an effective coaching program in early grade reading programs in schools in developing countries. Coaching is on-site, job-specific, professional development for teachers. The report presents different coaching roles, models of coaching, and activities to use in coaching sessions.
View ResourceYes
English
USAID
Global
2014
This online article provides the background of the Language Experience Approach and how to use learners' own words to generate a text which can then be used to teach literacy (to young learners and adults alike.) The resource links to videos which demonstrate the LEA in action. Further, there are a list of resources for additional reading.
View ResourceYes
English
This is a teaching methodology which requires a bit of flexibility when working with groups. As you are generating the text as you go, you cannot know exactly how the text will read but you can set the context or theme and predict as much as possible.
Using your learners words to generate a text for literacy is a powerful and empowering way to give ownership to learning. Further, for learners whom English is a second language, it can be rewarding to see how much they know in the target language. As the Language Experience Approach generates a text from a learner or small group, it is already contextualised and localised for the individual or group. The Professional Learning blog is an helpful associated resource: https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/understanding-the-language-experience-approach-lea/.
Eric Brace
Global
Word Scientists provides video courses for teachers teaching four stages of reading learning from kindergarten to the third grade. The site also includes classroom resources like digital books and accompanying reading activities.
View ResourceYes
English
National Education Support Trust
North America
The African Storybook is a literacy initiative that provides openly licensed picture storybooks for early reading in the languages of Africa. Developed and hosted by Saide, the ASb has an interactive website that enables users to read, create, download, translate, and adapt stories.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
Must contextualize and localize concepts, names (especially), and settings in the resource, as well as spend time translating those stories that do not already have translated local versions. For those with no electronic means (such as tablet and internet), they can make hard copies, laminate them and use it over and over again, but the challenge for such schools is money to make hardcopies.
This resource provides teachers with prepared, exciting content to use in their classroom. Using the translation feature they can easily translate story into their local language and or create their own stories with the template.
South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)
Global
2013-2018
Book Dash produces high-quality, open-licensed African picturebooks for children 0-5 and early readers. The books are available to all to read, translate, and distribute freely. The organization distributes physical copies of the books is in its home country of South Africa in South African languages, but the books are free to travel the world digitally unrestricted thanks to the CC BY 4.0 license. The books are currently featured on over 100 platforms that re-share and/or adapt the books to reach more families, children and teachers with free, quality and diverse children's books. Book Dash is also designated as a "Digital Public Good" by the Digital Public Good Alliance.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
Book Dash
Africa
E-Pustakalaya is a repository of education-focused resources such as books, documents, videos, audio books, reference materials that are categorized in different sections and stored in searchable database
View ResourceYes
English, Nepali
Free and open access to thousands of learning materials. It can be installed in low-powered devices and deployed for offline access.
Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal
Global
2018
A cross-platform search to facilitate access to over 11,000 quality early grade reading books and learning games in 150 languages. The platform pulls content from Global Digital Library, African Storybook, Storyweaver and other online repositories and providers.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
Global Book Alliance, NORAD
Global
2020
The Global Digital Library is an online repository of open-source digital books available for offline download. The books are arranged by reading level, 1-4 and are available in 23 languages. The platform also facilitates translation and localization of resources to more than 300 languages.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
There's a limited amount of languages.
The books are beautiful resources and some have a rich vocabulary.
Global Book Alliance
Global
The Lubuto Library provides book collections, computer-based reading lessons in each of the 7 major Zambian languages, English-language reading instruction, and the Zambia Heritage Library, a digital repository of out-of-print materials. Book collections are available based on genre, age, and length.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
The online resources are limited. Most of them are part of the Zambia Heritage Library books. Within that selection most books seem for older learners and may not be the most attractive. There are some exceptions, however, like Kalulu the Hare.
There are references for other online libraries.
Lubuto Library Partners
Zambia
Reading A-Z provides thousands of downloadable, projectable, printable teacher materials, covering all the skills necessary for effective reading instruction. The complete library is available for purchase, but the program also provides thousands of free samples of fiction and nonfiction books spanning 27 reading levels.
View ResourceYes
English
The resources are only in English and are American centric. There isn't a lot of African landscape or context-specific content, but you can still find resources that apply. You will need to selective.
The resources are printable, there are lots of levelled resources, they can be paired with assessments, can be printed and copied for low-resource settings, and you can pick out subsets that work for different contexts.
Reading A-Z
North America
StoryWeaver is an open digital library with books in over 100 languages available for offline download. The platform also allows teachers to create their own stories using thousands of openly licensed images and translate stories into local languages.
View ResourceYes
Multiple
Prantham Books
Global
Between the Lions Early Reading is a repository of instructive videos teaching children phonics, phonemic awareness, text comprehension, and vocabulary, among others. Lessons are divided by age for children Pre-K to Grade 1.
View ResourceYes
English
PBS Learning Media
North America
2000-2010
E-paath is a repository of interactive learning content for grades 1-8 in English, math and science.
View ResourceNo
English, Nepali
Students can enjoy learning interactively at their own pace, while teachers can teach concepts using audio visuals and animation.
Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal
South Asia
2018
The GRP4ECE toolkit empowers preschool teachers and school leaders to challenge gender stereotypes in early grade classrooms. Literacy is not explicitly part of the resource; rather the toolkit includes elements, visuals, games, and resources which stimulate emergent literacy - such as language and vocabulary development, making written and visual language meaningful for young children, and visual discrimination for example through the ready made puzzles - with a gender and sub-Saharan Africa cultural lens.
View ResourceNo
English
VVOB, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
Africa
2019
Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups. Selected free samples are provided, and the entire program is available for purchase.
View ResourceYes
English
The website has only some free resources. The full purchased program is expensive but copies can be produced by the school or individual teacher. To adapt locally, you many need to use local examples of content with the same sounds.
Within a short period, learners are able to sound the alphabets, blend and make attempt at reading. With the additional songs and activities, both teachers and learners find it a fun way to learn. The toolkit has an accompanying workbook and audio resource.
Christopher Jolly
Global
1987
Education.com contains a repository of lesson plans, activity sheets, online games, and interactive stories. Resources are organized by student age, concept, and skill for easy reference. Some content is only available with a subscription, but most is open-source.
View ResourceYes
English
Education.com
North America
2006-2019
This is a collection of interactive games to promote reading skills in children. The games require a Flash Player and internet connection.
View ResourceYes
English, Spanish
PBS Kids
North America
This series of open resource video clips illustrates how teachers are teaching inclusively in the South African classrooms. To support participation and learning by all learners, the teachers in the clips differentiate their teaching methodologies, content and assessment strategies. They can be used in a range of teacher professional development activities.
View ResourceYes
English
The series showcases a range of South African classroom settings, helping demonstrate the diversity of classroom applications.
VVOB South Africa
South Africa
2018
The Mother-Tongue Instruction toolkit provides resources for promoting the acquisition of literacy skills in the student's first language, before gradually transferring those skills to the second language. The resources include case studies, guides, and research on topics like ensuring teaching and learning materials are available in the mother language, providing access to storybooks in the mother-tongue, and how to motivate and support teachers to teach in the mother tongue, among others.
View ResourceYes
English
Center for Education Innovations
Global
2016
This report details best practices for encouraging early childhood literacy. It examined literacy within the New Zealand context, so it is within the context of a primarily English-language setting sensitive to local native languages
View ResourceYes
English
It is quite wordy, and there is not a structure that helps to dive straight into the good practices. It is linked to New Zealand’s vision of literacy. Some of the good practice may seem far from a developing context so it requires considerable creativity to contextualise some of these practices yet it is certainly feasible.
There are some really nice ideas and includes emergent literacy aspects, things to do before phonics instruction.
New Zealand Education Review Office
New Zealand
2011
Get Ready to Read! pulls together resources to help teach early literacy. Modules topics include building everyday literacy, tips for preventing early reading failure, and dialogic reading. Resources range from articles to webinars.
View ResourceYes
English
National Center for Learning Disabilities
North America
This article covers the best practices for engaging young children with picture books. It also provides links to great picture book collections.
View ResourceYes
English
Little explicit detail on how to use the pictures of picture books to increase learning. For example it says: Pictures can help increase vocabulary but it does not say “by looking at the pictures together with your students and asking them to describe what they see or by asking questions about the pictures, pictures help to increase vocabulary. A little more detail may have been useful. Some of the links to lists of good picture books no longer work or have a strong bias to a certain context.
It informs well that illustrations engage children in picture books.
Reading is Fundamental
North America
2007
Letters and Sounds is a program for early literacy teachers to teach phonics to young children. It outlines seven aspects of learning sounds and provides plenty of games which are fairly easy to localize. The learning progression is clear and intuitive, allowing children to build on thier knowledge.
View ResourceYes
English
Phase one is easy and useful to contextualize and localize. The other phases are more difficult to "translate" to a non English context, yet some exercises and approaches may still be useful.
Phase 1 ensures a nice foundation in phonics. Exercises of phase one have been adapted in some Zambian (pre-)primary Schools. The document has also inspired teacher trainers in 2 colleges of Education in Zambia linked to low-cost resources. There are many resource sites that offer free, downloadable materials related to the activities, like http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/.
UK Department for Education and Skills
United Kingdom
2007
Reading Rockets provides resources for the classroom and professional development. Classroom guides include a repository of classroom strategies organized by topic and guidance on when to use, and best practices for students of different abilities. Professional development resources include Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing, a self-paced online course of 9 modules to teach the elements of reading and writing.
View ResourceYes
English
WETA
North America
The National Center on Improving Literacy provides evidence-based resources to screen, identify, and teach students with literacy-related disabilities. The repository contains over 800 resources, which can be filtered by audience, resource type, and topic.
View ResourceYes
English
National Center on Improving Literacy
North America
A free online course that introduces practical, active teaching strategies to support early reading and methods to teach and assess early reading. The course helps teachers in planning and developing resources to support early reading. A link is made to the African Storybook repository.
View ResourceYes
English
Links to African Storybook: africanstorybook.org.
The Open University's Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) programme, South African Institute of Distance Education (SAIDE)
Africa
This online article provides the background of the Language Experience Approach and how to use learners' own words to generate a text which can then be used to teach literacy (to young learners and adults alike.) The resource links to videos which demonstrate the LEA in action. Further, there are a list of resources for additional reading.
View ResourceYes
English
This is a teaching methodology which requires a bit of flexibility when working with groups. As you are generating the text as you go, you cannot know exactly how the text will read but you can set the context or theme and predict as much as possible.
Using your learners words to generate a text for literacy is a powerful and empowering way to give ownership to learning. Further, for learners whom English is a second language, it can be rewarding to see how much they know in the target language. As the Language Experience Approach generates a text from a learner or small group, it is already contextualised and localised for the individual or group. The Professional Learning blog is an helpful associated resource: https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/understanding-the-language-experience-approach-lea/.
Eric Brace
Global
Word Scientists provides video courses for teachers teaching four stages of reading learning from kindergarten to the third grade. The site also includes classroom resources like digital books and accompanying reading activities.
View ResourceYes
English
National Education Support Trust
North America
The Teacher Training Section of CEI (Center for Education Innovations)'s Early Learning Toolkit provides resources for teacher coaching, which is ongoing, individualized support of teacher development. Resources cover topics like ongoing supervision and support, individual and group coaching, tools for tracking teacher performance, visual tools and activities for teacher training, and technology for coaching.
View ResourceNo
English
Center for Education Innovations
Global
The Literacy for All toolkit was developed to provide teachers with guidance on how to teach early literacy skills to students with different categories of disabilities. Specifically, the toolkit describes phases of literacy for students with disabilities, supports and services, instructional techniques within the universal design framework, and others. Consideration was given for how to best apply these theoretical approaches in Low- and Moderate- Income Countries.
View ResourceYes
English
USAID
Global
2018
The toolkit provides an additional layer of support for teachers participating in the Training for Teachers in Crisis Contexts by preparing teachers to facilitate Teacher Learning Circles (TLCs) with their colleagues and conduct Classroom Observations. This resource is not literacy specific.
View ResourceNo
English
There is an additional training pack for primary school teachers in crisis contexts to provide additional support to teachers who have participated in the training: http://www.ineesite.org/en/ticc-training-pack.
Teachers in Crisis Contexts (TiCC)
Global
2018
This guideline details the department's vision of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), explains what PLCs are, their key characteristics, the key players and their roles, what can be done in PLCs to come to collaborative learning.
View ResourceNo
English
The guideline makes reference to the South African Policy context, but is otherwise quite easily accessible and understandable for contexts outside of South Africa. This resources has helped teacher trainers in capacity development of teachers and school leaders in professional learning communities (PLCs). Supporting resources are: a video showing a PLC in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9mlycjiFjg and a leaflet on PLCs for Principals: https://southafrica.vvob.be/download/professional-learning-communities-school-principals.
Department of Basic Education, South Africa
South Africa
2015
This training course is aimed at equipping teacher trainers in low-resource contexts with skills and techniques they can use to play an active role in English language starter teachers’ continuous professional development. The course aims to provide trainers with ideas and materials to use with starter teachers, help trainers throughout the region understand the needs of starter teachers, and present a resource that can be used for designing sessions and workshops for both pre- and in-service training courses.
View ResourceNo
English
British Council, Blandine Akoue, Jean-Clair Nguemba Ndong, Justine Okomo Allogo, Adrian Tennant
West Africa
2014
A concept note aimed to promote effective induction of new teachers in Rwanda, as part of a school-wide strategy to promote teacher development and collaboration. The concept note promotes a strategy that combines coaching and mentoring (by school-based mentors and subject heads of departments) with professional learning communities.
View ResourceNo
English
VVOB, Rwanda Education Board
Rwanda
2018
This report describes the best practices for developing and implementing an effective coaching program in early grade reading programs in schools in developing countries. Coaching is on-site, job-specific, professional development for teachers. The report presents different coaching roles, models of coaching, and activities to use in coaching sessions.
View ResourceYes
English
USAID
Global
2014
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