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Transcript of Briefing Session for Shortlisted Organisations
Innovation for Education is a partnership between the Government of Rwanda and the
UK Government
Briefing Session for Shortlisted Organisations
Friday 12 October 2012
Innovation
Innovation for Education: What is it about?
• Innovation
• Evidence
• Impact
Results
• Demonstrate effective and equitable ways to improve children’s learning and educational experience.
Innovation Defined
“Innovation is the creation and implementation of new or
improved processes, products, or services that result in significant
improvements in learning outcomes, cost- efficiency or the
quality of education”
Innovation Defined
“Innovation simply isn’t as unpredictable as many people think. There isn’t a cookbook yet, but we’re
getting there”
Clayton Christensen
11 indicators of innovation capability
1. Innovation Strategy2. Leadership3. Human Capital4. Innovation Management Systems5. Networks6. Incentives and Rewards7. Risk Management8. Measuring, Learning and Adapting9. Resources10. Culture11. Organizational Structure
The Innovation Process
Stage 1:Problem definition
Stage 2: Invention of an idea
Stage 3:Develop-ment of practical solutions
Stage 4:Testing (M&E)
Stage 5:Scaling up
Stage 6:Diffusion and wider adoption
Scope and Key strategies
• Size and scope: 10 Million GBP from 2012 to 2015
• Strategy 1:• Testing innovative projects implemented by civil
society and the private sector
• Strategy 2:• Supporting MINEDUC to become a “Hub for
Innovation”
Eligible Projects
• Innovation for Education will:
• Test new ideas without existing evidence base
• Test ideas piloted in other countries, but not in Rwanda
• Test ideas piloted in Rwanda, but without sufficient evidence base
MINEDUC as a Hub for Innovation
LEADERSHIP
PLANNING FOR SCALE-UP
INFORMATION
NETWORKING &
COLLABORATION
HUMAN & FINANCIALRESOURCES
ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT
&CULTURE
Create a culture of innovation• Provide training to
support management of innovation
• Supporting staff incentive initiatives
Innovation Awards Staff Appraisal Design
Provide committed & inspiring leadership• Minister as a ‘Champion’ of
innovation• Inspire innovation to deliver ESSP
Planning for future scale-up of innovative solutions• Supporting MINEDUC to
identify cost-effective, high quality solutions for scale-up
Innovation Evidence• Generating evidence of
‘What Works’ to inform MINEDUC programmes
Connecting people, places & ideas• Creating a platform for knowledge
sharing and collaboration – MINEDUC website
• Organising events & workshops – learning and dissemination
• Showcasing best practice both nationally and internationally
Resources• Support thinking on how
MINEDUC could sustain innovation for education
Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)
M&E strategy for applicants: material structure
• Concepts and general approach• Methodology• Tools
Caution
Importance of Theory of Change
• This provides the rationale for what links what in how your activities lead to the improvement in education quality (e.g. to improved learning outcomes and improved graduation rates)
• It should show where evidence is low, medium or high for the links
• Hence where the evidence is needed
Outputs: 1. Improved training of primary and junior secondary school teachers 2. More effective teacher educators 3. Strengthened evidence base on teachers’ effectiveness and efficiency
Outcome: More effective teachers
Outcome: Improved student learning
Inputs Outputs Outcomes
5
Red weak evidence Green medium evidence
Pre-service
In-service
Effective new teachers
Effective existing teachers
Improved training
Improved Subject knowledge
Improved pedagogy skills and knowledge
Support to college lectures teaching methods and materials
Multi-media package and support infrastructure for SBTD
1
2
4
5
Key 1. College lecturer needs-based in-service at college:
workshops, seminars, learning material production and teaching support and feedback
supported teaching practice visits and workshops 2. SBTD: multimedia pack focused on daily lessons, in-school support, cluster meeting
support, support by external visitors. 3. Improved pre-service and in-service with:
o Training curriculum focusing on curriculum needs of BE schools o Focus on central tasks of teaching o Guided practice in the field (e.g. teaching practice and trying new methods) o Work in classrooms to improve teaching practice o Teachers learning as a community and sharing practice
Improved student learning: outcomes and amount of schooling
Theory of change
4. Improved teaching methods More group and pair work More student talk Active student involvement in learning More use of learning aids More teacher-student interaction More instructional time Better student and teacher motivation
5. Improved classroom pedagogy: Convey ideas effectively Create effective learning environment for individual students Good teacher-student relationships Enthusiastic and creative teacher Teacher works with colleagues and shares practice.
3
Monitoring and Evaluation
• Monitoring seen as Quality Assurance (QA)–what is happening, are there
problems, take action to improve the quality
• Evaluation is concerned with the outcomes of the projects, and the innovation processes
QA
• Collect data systematically• Report these data back to all
levels• Enable timely action on the
data, at the appropriate level
SchoolSchool-based professional development
Teacher as trainer (TaT)2-monthly
teacher meetings (5
schools)
Sector EOs support TaT
SEO visits schools
Core trainer (CT) support SEOs
SEO holds TaT
meetings 2-monthly
CT holds SEO meetings
3-monthly
Teachers evaluate meetings
TaTs evaluate meetings
SEOs evaluate meetings
Project team
School-based teacher training project activities and
QA information collection and reportingACTIVITIES
QA
Monitoring Target Groups
• End-user responses to project activities e.g. parent mobilisation campaigns, meetings with community education worker, SMCs, students mentor sessions with local volunteer
• Project staff/actors responses to project activities e.g. head teacher mentoring sessions with SEO; project staff with community education workers/local volunteers
• Evidence of response to any need to improve
• Recognition of failure (even if cannot be made successful) with documentation explaining failures
• Parents of students
• Entrepreneurs/parents who set up and/or manage ECD centres
• Private school proprietors
• Partners and stakeholders in schools including SMC/PTA
• Community education workers
• Head teachers
• Local volunteers (to mentor students)
Evaluation
• Provides evidence of –Outcomes in terms of improved quality of education
–the Processes of innovation
Outcome evaluation
• Changes in attitudes and knowledge (e.g. of teachers)
• Changes in behaviour (e.g. classroom practices)
• Improvements in learning outcomes (e.g. students)
Keeping girls in school
• Mentor girls to provide support to deal with issues in schools and give financial skills–More confident girls able withstand pressures
–Money to help stay in school–Better retention rates of girls in school
Improved school leadership
• Coach Head Teacher (HT) and improve school leadership–Improved HT performance–Improved teachers (knowledge and understanding)
–Improved classroom practices–Improved learning outcomes
Teacher training
• Improve subject knowledge and pedagogic skills through materials and support–Better attitudes towards learning
and students–Better knowledge and
understanding–Better classroom processes– Improved student learning
outcomes
Change perceptions of parents to education
• Mobilize, empower and engage parents, and give parenting skills–More interest in own children’s
education–More interest in school’s operation
and performance –Better attendance of teachers and
marking of student work–Better student attendance and
retention
Processes of innovation• Where are pressure points for making the
innovation work?– Involvement and ownership at all levels V– Control of innovation (risk)
• New roles for actors in innovation (e.g. SEOs as HT coaches)
• Links (networks) within education system• Evaluation issues (practical and
methodological)• Do you learn from process?
Special areas
• Web and ICT related work in classrooms– Usage (web statistics)– Interaction (qualitative/hand analysis)– Linking classroom and web/computer
work
• Media research (e.g. for campaigns)– Sampling the listening audience– Projecting samples to population
Budget preparation
Budget Preparation Instructions
• All costs included in the budget should be justifiable• Budget should correspond with the planned
activities in the narrative proposal• Value for money should be given attention: will be
looked at particularly carefully during the proposal evaluation
• One criteria for VfM is the % in relation to direct and indirect costs (70% and 30%)
• Note changes in eligible and non-eligible costs: will be updated soon
• Updated budget format
Eligible Costs
• Project activities • Cost of Staff assigned to the project• Travel and subsistence costs for staff and
other person taking part in the project• Purchase or rental costs for equipment
and supplies (the costs must correspond to the market rates)
• Cost of Consumables
Eligible Costs Continued
• Subcontracting expenditures • Costs deriving from the requirements of
the contract such as;• Dissemination of information• Evaluation specific to the project• Audit• Translation• etc
Non-eligible Costs
• Debts and provisions for losses or debts • Depreciation costs• Interest costs • Item already financed • Purchase of land or buildings• Currency exchange losses
Ref. to Application Guidelines
Budget line items (Budget template)
• The budget contains main line items and sub line items and both must reflect project needs.
• Line items should be self-explanatory and if this is not the case additional explanations should be given in notes to detailed budget
• The categories of the main budget need be detailed out in the activity budget breakdowns. Titles of detailed breakdown sheets and main sheet should correspond
NOTICE
• Refer to disclaimer in the Application Guidelines: Page 23
Contact Details
Address: 3rd Floor, Office 311, MINEDUC Building, Kacyiru – Kigali
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mineduc.gov.rw/innovation
Tel: +250 786340061