TY - RPRT TI - Teacher Deployment in Sierra Leone: Lessons learnt and moving forward AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AB - This report provides an overview of the teacher deployment process in Sierra Leone prior to and including 2022. Through interviews with key stakeholders in the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) and the Teaching Service Commission (TSC), we look at lessons learnt from the deployment process and next steps for how teacher deployment can be implemented. Although there are a number of volunteer teachers in Sierra Leone, the TSC are aiming to increase the number of qualified teachers on the government payroll as well as retaining teachers in rural areas. It was noted that teachers from rural areas being put on the government payroll and deployed to rural schools are better placed to teach in rural schools than teachers moving from urban to rural areas. Hpwever, it is still challenging to find qualified teachers in these rural areas. The TSC want to look at how they can target teachers to take up rural positions, either through distance learning to gain the right qualifications or working with teacher training institutions (TTIs) to prioritise schools in rural areas for placement. Overall, the TSC want to use data as the basis for decision-making on deploying teachers equitably. Keywords Teacher deployment; teacher training; unqualified teachers; volunteer teachers; rural schools; data for decision-making An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org CN - 0145 DA - 2023/// PY - 2023 LA - en M3 - Policy briefing PB - EdTech Hub UR - https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/M3D6NGR4 KW - _r:AddedByZotZen ER - TY - RPRT TI - Investigating the Activity Levels of School Quality Assurance Officers in Sierra Leone AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AU - Leh Wi Lan AB - Since the launch of the Free Quality School Education (FQSE) Programme in 2018, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has prioritised the use of data for decision-making across several education reform programmes. Part of this vision has been to build systems to measure school quality through School Quality Assurance Officers (SQAOs) using data collection and feedback. This system includes using tools for teacher management, lesson observations, school improvement, and attendance monitoring. This report presents findings from qualitative research conducted in three districts in Sierra Leone. The aim is to provide the MBSSE and other partners with insights to understand the variation in and what is needed to maximise SQAO activity levels, increase principal engagement with digital tools, and support and promote quality visits to schools. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org CN - 0154 DA - 2023/// PY - 2023 LA - en M3 - Working Paper PB - EdTech Hub SN - 51 UR - https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/AHVWDNGT KW - _r:AddedByZotZen ER - TY - RPRT TI - Mapping the education data ecosystem in Sierra Leone AU - McBurnie, Chris AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AB - An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org CN - 0068 DA - 2021/12/10/ PY - 2021 LA - en M3 - Working Paper PB - EdTech Hub UR - https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/EE9QCGHI KW - _r:AddedByZotZen ER - TY - RPRT TI - EdTech Horizon Scan: Blockchain technology in education AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AU - Kaye, Tom AB - EdTech Hub horizon scans are publications designed to provoke thinking on a range of topics related to the design, implementation, oversight, and monitoring and evaluation of educational technology (EdTech) tools, products, services, and related ideas. This EdTech Horizon Scan examines the use of blockchain technology in education. Beginning with an overview of blockchain technology, the scan explains what blockchain technology is and how it works. The next section focuses on how blockchain technology can be used in education. In particular, it looks at the benefits of using blockchain technology for micro-credentialing and ownership of learning credentials, the transfer of credits and smart contracts, storing student credentials, identity verification and intellectual property protection. Section 4 gives a summary of the use of blockchain technology, noting the different challenges that may be associated with adopting blockchain technology into education systems. Section 5, gives real examples of the use of blockchain technology in education and different education institutions. Key words: blockchain; cryptography; data; decentralised database; digitalisation; education; micro-credentialing; smart contracting; student credentials; verification An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org CN - 0101 DA - 2022/07/11/ PY - 2022 LA - en M3 - Position paper PB - EdTech Hub UR - https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/94H68P58 KW - _r:AddedByZotZen ER - TY - BLOG TI - Using technology to support teacher continuous professional development in Sierra Leone AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AU - Plaut, Daniel AU - Tanweer, Rabia AU - Tanweer, Iman Beoku-Betts, Daniel Plaut and Rabia T2 - EdTech Hub AB - In Sierra Leone, EdTech Hub has been working closely with the TSC and the World Bank over the last 18 months to design a TCPD model that will provide primary school teachers with tools to improve their literacy and numeracy instruction. DA - 2022/08/18/T17:17:50+00:00 PY - 2022 LA - en-US UR - https://edtechhub.org/2022/08/18/using-technology-to-support-teacher-continuous-professional-development-in-sierra-leone/ Y2 - 2024/03/26/16:33:16 ER - TY - RPRT TI - Outputs Register: The Impact of GIS-Supported Teacher Allocation in Sierra Leone AU - Haßler, Björn AU - McBurnie, Chris AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AB - EdTech Hub, Fab Inc, and the Education Workforce Initiative have produced the outputs listed in this document as part of the EdTech Hub-commissioned research project on ‘GIS-supported teacher allocation in Sierra Leone’. This research project began in January 2022. This document lists all outputs produced under this project. All outputs are available to the public via the EdTech Hub Evidence Library. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org CN - 0164 DA - 2023/// PY - 2023 LA - en PB - EdTech Hub UR - https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/WXBISTFE KW - Author:OpenDevEd KW - HLR3 KW - _C:Sierra Leone SLE KW - _r:AddedByZotZen ER - TY - RPRT TI - Remote Supervision Options for School Quality Assurance Officers: Recommendations for a cost-effective and rapid develop-and-test process AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AU - Ampofo, Rudolph AU - Haßler, Björn AB - The Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme II (SSEIP II) is a five-year programme funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to support the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) to improve learning outcomes for students at secondary level and to increase the enrolment, retention and well-being of girls and children with disabilities in school. Part of the programme includes exploring the use of different digital tools for School Quality Assurance Officers (SQAOs), including tools for remote visits. In December 2022, the EdTech Hub collaborated with the Government of Sierra Leone and implementing partners of the Leh Wi Lan programme (continued under SSEIP II) to better understand what factors affect the variability in the activity levels of SQAOs and the level of engagement with digital tools by school principals. Based on the findings of this research, the SSEIP II project will look at supporting the MBSSE to formalise remote supervision options for the SQAOs, particularly for those with remote clusters. As part of this work, this report focuses on recommendations for how SQAOs can conduct remote school visits, particularly for schools in hard-to-reach areas.An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org/ CN - edtechhub.1002 DA - 2024/// PY - 2024 LA - en PB - EdTech Hub UR - https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/VE9NUFGZ KW - _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence ER - TY - RPRT TI - Advancing Data-Driven Decision-Making for School Improvement: Findings from the One Tablet Per School User Testing Programme in Sierra Leone AU - McBurnie, Chris AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AU - Waistell, Daniel AU - Nallo, Michael AB - An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org CN - 0066 DA - 2021/06/03/ PY - 2021 LA - en M3 - Working paper PB - MBSSE, EdTech Hub, Leh Wi Lan UR - https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/MPRD5RKR KW - _EdTechHub_Output KW - _MELA_seen KW - _r:AddedByZotZen ER - TY - RPRT TI - What Matters Most for Teacher Deployment? A case study of teacher preferences in Sierra Leone AU - McBurnie, Chris AU - Godwin, Katie AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AU - Bernard-Jones, Lydia AU - Haßler, Björn AB - An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org CN - 0095 DA - 2022/06/30/ PY - 2022 LA - en PB - EdTech Hub SN - 3 UR - https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/8GN4RWMR KW - _C:Sierra Leone SLE KW - _r:AddedByZotZen ER - TY - RPRT TI - School-to-School Mobility Patterns and Retention Rates of Payroll Teachers in Sierra Leone AU - Espinoza-Revollo, Patricia AU - Ali, Yusuf AU - Garrod, Oliver AU - Atherton, Paul AU - Mackintosh, Alisdair AU - Ramirez, Ana AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AU - Haßler, Björn AB - This report is one of several on the research project on the Impact of GIS-Supported Teacher Allocation in Sierra Leone. Recent studies from this series have shown that being put on the government payroll can incentivise teachers to relocate to remote areas of the country. There is a concern, however, that being put on the payroll does not necessarily ensure the retention of teachers in these areas and that teachers will soon move to locations they consider more favourable. As there is no data on teacher mobility patterns and schools’ teacher retention rates, policies tend to be based on anecdotal evidence. This paper aims to fill this evidence gap by exploring teachers’ school-to-school mobility trends and retention rates using the Annual School Census (ASC) data from 2015 to 2021. Using data on teachers’ individual characteristics, as well as geospatial location data of each school, the paper explores whether mobility patterns vary by teachers’ gender or qualifications and whether the teaching workforce is urbanising. While studies have looked at teacher retention, this study is the first in a low-income country to use school census data to create a panel dataset to study teachers’ movements and school retention rates over time. Keywords: teacher mobility; teacher retention rates; mobility patterns; teacher deployment; Sierra Leone; education An output of the EdTech Hub https://edtechhub.org CN - 0143 DA - 2023/// PY - 2023 LA - en M3 - Working Paper PB - EdTech Hub SN - 48 UR - https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/DE7XUSMJ KW - _r:AddedByZotZen ER - TY - BLOG TI - Where do teachers go, and where do they stay? AU - Lurvink, Anne-Fleur AU - Espinoza-Revollo, Patricia AU - Ali, Yusuf AU - Garrod, Oliver AU - Atherton, Paul AU - Mackintosh, Alasdair AU - Ramirez, Ana AU - Beoku-Betts, Iman AU - Haßler, Björn AU - Godwin, Katie AU - Godwin, Anne-Fleur Lurvink, Patricia Espinoza-Revollo, Yusuf Ali, Oliver Garrod, Paul Atherton, Alasdair Mackintosh, Ana Ramirez, Iman Beoku-Betts, Björn Haßler and Katie T2 - EdTech Hub AB - In Sierra Leone, a government payroll position is tied to the teacher, not the school, meaning teachers can change schools once they go on the payroll. This leads to certain schools being chronically understaffed. It also suggests that deploying teachers to rural and understaffed schools (or putting teachers already there on payroll) might not tackle high pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratios in the longer term. Investigating the school-to-school movement of payroll teachers can help us understand where teachers go after they go on the payroll and how long they stay in a given school. We also looked at overall movement nationally to identify areas of the country that are outliers in terms of high and low retention of teachers. DA - 2023/03/22/T10:30:33+00:00 PY - 2023 LA - en-US UR - https://edtechhub.org/2023/03/22/where-do-teachers-go-and-where-do-they-stay/ Y2 - 2023/06/27/19:20:21 ER -