Learning Objectives
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To understand RILM’s TEACHER SUPPORT program
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To be able to identify different teacher support activities
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To do supplemental teaching
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To strengthen DIETs
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To implement an award system for Teacher
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To fund Teacher Support Program
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To assess Impact of Teacher Support Program
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To understand responsibilities of District/Club Teams
Activities
 Supplemental Teaching (as extra lessons) by
Volunteer Teachers in primary/elementary schools
 Training/re-training of existing teachers in selected
primary schools
 Advocacy for RTE implementation with regard to
teacher's role
 Strengthening of District Institutes of Education &
Training (DIET) in States
 Nation Builder (Outstanding Teacher) award to
teachers at revenue Districts and below
Supplemental Teaching
 Select Government/Government aided primary or
elementary school that want extra lessons for
students of various classes
 Select Volunteer Teachers -2 hours/day for 15 days
 Assess number of students and classes that need
supplemental teaching
 Classes II and III usually need attention in subjects
such as Mathematics, Science and English
Supplemental Teaching
 Introduce the volunteers to the Head Teacher and
have them oriented about the needs of students
 Discuss the supplemental teaching plan with the
SMC and obtain approval
 Volunteer teachers must submit an “end-of-course”
report to showcase their teaching experience
showcasing students’ improvement in academic
performance
Strengthening of DIETs
 A Rotary district level activity
 Visit the nearest District Institute of Education and
Training (DIET)
 Discuss with Principal/ Teacher Trainers if preservice and in-service training is in accordance with
policy prescriptions of the Regional Committees of
the National Council of Teacher Education
Strengthening of DIETs
 Use Diet Survey Form No. T6 to investigate felt
needs of the DIET
 Based on this survey, estimate costs, tie up funds
and start process of DIET strengthening
 District is expected to use TRF grants to finance
these activities
Award System for Teachers
 Download, print and familiarize yourself with:
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Form No. T1 – Student Evaluation Sheet.
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Form No. T3 – Compilation Sheet
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Form No. T2 – Principal/Head Teacher
Evaluation Sheet
Forms are available at Resources Download Forms
on www.rotaryteach.org
Award System for Teachers
 15 teachers from one or mores schools must be
evaluated against every award
 Select Government/ Government-Aided
primary/elementary schools for evaluation of
teachers
Award System for Teachers
 Filling Point T1: Evaluation process by students
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Select 5% students of total strength of
school/ 10 students whichever is higher
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Ask questions pertaining to Form No. T1 and
have the form filled in by each student for
each of the 15 teachers
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Total marks for each Teacher gives Total A
which is crried over to Form No. T3
Award System for Teachers
 Filling T2: Head Teacher’s Evaluation
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Have all selected Head Teachers fill out the
Form No. T2
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Add up Marks given by individual Head
Teachers to get Total B
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Multiple Total B by 5 to get Total C
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Total C gets carried over to Form No. T3
Award System for Teachers
 Filling T3: Compilation of Marks for Award
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Add Total A from Form No. to Total C for each
Teacher and arrive at final marks for each teacher
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The teacher with maximum marks in a school will
be selected for the Nation Builders (Outstanding
Teacher) Award
 If more than one school has been selected, the teacher
with the maximum marks wins from among alll schools
wins
Award System for Teachers
 In case of a tie, the teacher with the highest marks
in Head Teacher’s Sheet will receive the award
 Upload final Complilation sheet Form No.T3 on
the website
 Awards are to be preferably given on Teachers
Day, 5th September
Funding Teacher Support
 Club funds or corporates /philanthropic individuals
 RILM grants @ Rs. 200/day for 15 days for
Volunteer Teacher
 Fill in Teacher Support Grant Application Form No.
T5 to apply for RILM grant
 Upon upload of a completed project, through the
Grant Application Form, grant will be released as
reimbursement
Impact Assessment
 For Nation Builder Awards:
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Grade changes in 1/3rd of the students
taught by awarded teacher.
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Do this at the interval of 6 months and 1
year from date of award
Impact Assessment
 For Training/Retraining Teachers:
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Shifts in average attendance and grades of
1/3rd of the student of teachers who have
undergone training
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Do teachers feel better equipped to teach?
 For Supplemental Teaching by Volunteer Teachers
in school:
• Grade changes for 1/3rd of the subject/class
taught by the volunteer teachers
Impact Assessment
 For DIET Strengthening:
• Ask training staff/teacher educators of the
utility of the facilities installed
• Ask teachers of their experience of training
undergone in an improved DIET setup
Responsibility of DG
 Set Goals for Teacher Support
 Compile the District Goal Sheet
 Conduct Level II and Level III training
 Contact DIET and also establish communication with
District/Block level Education Officers for necessary
consent/help and inform Clubs involved suitably