On-going Support
Teach For Lebanon is concerned with providing the children access to a high quality of education aiming to meet the national standards while facilitating TFL Fellows’ teaching experience in underprivileged communities across the country.
Weekly school visits:
Through these visits TFL aims to assist the Fellows and support them in their day-to-day issues by working with them on problem solving. During these visits TFL will ensure that the Fellows have set measurable and realistic goals, and that they have planned to attain these goals within the fixed timeline. TFL encourages the Fellows to invest in their students by linking their academic achievements to the bigger picture in the students’ lives. TFL Fellows should carry out their mission effectively by clearly presenting the academic content and keeping track of their students’ progress by assessing their knowledge and mastery of skills regularly.
In addition, as new members of the teaching body, the Fellows might face some resistance from, or show difficulties adapting with, the existing teachers, coordinators and other administrative staff in their respective schools. Therefore, TFL will work closely on bringing the existing teachers and their new colleagues (TFL Fellows) together to set a common goal.
Workshops:
As part of the ongoing support, TFL will organize a series of workshops spread throughout the year for our trained Fellows as well as the existing teachers within the TFL partner schools.
The workshops will establish a strong relationship between TFL Fellows and the partner school teachers through:
· Gaining commitment of the schools staff to TFL’s mission;
· Creating a platform for the Fellows and existing teachers at the schools to exchange expertise;
· Agreeing on a communication channel between the Fellows and local community members in order to address the students’ domestic problems as they arise.
· The workshops will also work on designing a standardized evaluation mechanism for the student academic achievements and social behavior that TFL Fellows will use along with the existing teachers. This will happen by: Involving the administrators and teachers in TFL’s evaluation processes;
· Sharing and discussing the findings throughout the school year.
TFL will also assist and support The Fellows to plan and implement community projects as part of the civic engagement component of the program. The Fellows will be trained to write business plans and guided on the best practices to obtain grants and support for projects.
