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Education Ministry drafts professionalism document

Feb 28, 2014 News

– commences consultations to gain public’s support

Once professionalism is embraced as a key cornerstone, the education system will forever be poised for continued success. And so it was in recognition of this notion that the Ministry of Education decided to draft a document designed to hold teachers to specific professional standards.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Education yesterday “the continuous success of Guyana’s education system hinges upon the professionals who stand in the classroom every day…”
Professional standards for teachers, the statement said, set expectations for achieving desired educational outcomes but are however not intended as a tool for punitive action. Instead the standards are expected to reflect professional consensus of what is desired in the supervision, leadership and delivery of education, the statement outlined.
Added to this, they provide a framework that permits professionals to engage in self assessment and are therefore aligned to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Caricom and other international standards.
And according to the Ministry, “Professional Standards offer the professional community specifications against which teachers are able to set goals for personal development and progress in the profession. The standards are multi-dimensional and give cognizance to the key props for learning to take place, namely: (a) a motivated and willing learner; (b) effective teaching and learning and, (c) an enabling environment.”
With the implementation of the standards, Ministry officials are convinced that they will serve as a mechanism to monitor and evaluate teachers’ performance in the classroom, knowledge of the subject (s) they teach, techniques used and level of commitment to the learners in their care and effectively manage diversity to promote inclusiveness in the learning process. Added to this the standards are expected to help teachers sharpen their professional skills and help them interact with parents and the community.
Moreover, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, is said to be keen on implementing standards, as they will aid significantly in professionalising the teaching body. According to the statement, the Minister is of the firm belief that all stakeholders should get the opportunity to contribute to the contents of the standards so that all can move forward together.
As a result, the Minister is spearheading a series of consultations across the country to which the Guyanese populace is invited. And according to the statement, teachers both practicing and retired, in particular, are expected to be in attendance.
It is also the expectation of the Ministry that Members of School Improvement Action Committees, Parent-Teachers Associations, Boards of Governors, Regional Education Committees, Regional Democratic Councils and Neighbourhood Democratic Councils will participate in the consultations, which will seek to extensively discuss the professional standards.
“The ministry sees the community’s contribution as critical as we work towards refining the draft Professional Standards before it is officially approved and implemented,” the statement outlined, even as it pointed out that Guyana is among the few countries in the world where documented professional standards for teachers are still to be implemented.
The consultations officially commenced Wednesday at the Kamarang Primary School and will conclude in July. It is expected that a total of 71 consultations will be conducted across Guyana.  The monthly National Schedule of Consultations on Professional Standards for Teachers will be published on the Ministry’s website at www.education.gov.gy.

National Schedule of Consultations on Professional Standards for Teachers

March 2014

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

 
          1 – R 1 10:00

Waramuri Prim

 2
3

–

 4 – R 1

Wauna Prim

1:30pm

 5 – R 6

Canjie Sec

1:30pm

 6 – G/T 4pm

Cumming’s Lodge Sec

 

 7 – R 6

New Amsterdam Sec 1:30pm

 8 – R 1

Kariako Prim

10 am

 9
10 – G/T 4pm

Queens College

 11 – R 7

10 am

Bartica Sec

 12 – R 1

St Ninian’s Prim 1 pm

 13 – R 1Matthew’s Ridge 1pm 14 – R 1

Arakaka Prim

@ 1pm

 15

–

 16
17

Phagwah

 

 18  – G/T

West R/veldt Sec 4pm

 19 – R 3

Leonora Sec

2:30 pm

 20 –  R 1

Sacred Heart Prim 1:30pm

 21 – G/T 4pm

North R/veldt Sec

 22

–

 

 23
24 – R 1

Yarakita Prim1pm

 25 – G/T 4pm

North R/veldt Sec

 26 – R 3

Parika/Salem Sec 2:30pm

 27 – R 2

Marlborough Prim 1:30pm

 28 –  R 1

Port Kaituma

Sec 1:30pm

 29

–

 30
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