Equipping Teachers to Meet Every Child at Their Level: ACCESS Project Wraps Up TaRL Training for Cohort Two
Day three and final wrap of the ACCESS Project training with funds from the Stone Family Foundation through Street Child for Cohort Two brought teachers deep into the numeracy component of the Teaching at the Right Level approach, equipping them with practical tools to meet learners exactly where they are.
The day opened with a session on assessment and recording in numeracy, giving teachers a clear framework for tracking where each child stands before grouping begins. This flowed into a session on grouping in numeracy, reinforced through a teach back exercise that allowed participants to demonstrate and retain what they had learned. Training continued with numeracy recognition activities centred on place value, again followed by a teach back session to strengthen understanding.
Teachers then worked through basic operations, covering addition and subtraction before moving into multiplication and division, building a solid foundation for classroom application. A lesson planning session followed, focused on designing numeracy practice for both heterogeneous and homogeneous groups, helping teachers adapt instruction to mixed and similar ability levels alike.
The day’s practical component introduced participants to data collection using the Kobo tool, a skill that will support monitoring and reporting as the TaRL approach rolls out in classrooms. The training rounded up with the distribution of didactic materials to teachers drawn from the ten communities of implementation in the South West Region, ensuring every classroom is equipped to put the week’s learning into practice.
With Cohort Two teachers now trained in both literacy and numeracy components of TaRL, thanks to the Stone Family Foundation and Street Child more children across these ten communities hard to reach conflict affected communities stand to benefit from teaching that truly meets them at their level. Follow our page for more updates as the ACCESS Project continues to strengthen education in emergencies across the region.
