TRAINING OF TRAINERS: POSITIVE DISCIPLINE PROJECT
Introduction
ActionAid Ghana (AAG) is an affiliate member of an international rights-based organisation
working in over 40 countries taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustices
together. In Ghana, ActionAid works in six regions including the Brong Ahafo, Northern,
Upper East, Upper West, Volta and Greater Accra Regions. The focus of all our work is to
ensure that the rights of poor and excluded people are respected, promoted, protected and
fulfilled under all circumstances. Considering education as the key to a life of dignity, it
constitutes one of our priority areas of work.
The United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child (CRC) stipulates in Article 18 that
every child has a right to education and it is the duty of the State to ensure that primary
education is free and compulsory, a provision which is echoed in the 1992 Constitution of
Ghana. It is important that this is provided alongside other rights to human dignity.
Consequently, the school must respect other human rights of the pupil, the child.
Purpose
AAG considers any action or punishment of the child in which physical force is used and
which is intended to cause pain or discomfort to the child an affront to the child’s dignity
and a violation of the child’s rights to a safe and non-violent learning environment.
Moreover, in many community schools where AAG works, the fear of corporal punishment
has been identified as one of the major reason why some children play truant or even drop
out of school. Corporal punishment is therefore a violation of the child’s rights and an
obstacle to a conducive school environment.
AAG is committed to ‘advocating for conducive school and community environments to
enhance effective teaching and learning with no infringements on the child’s rights’.
Consequently, as part of the Stop Violence Against Girls in School project the organisation
developed and piloted a positive discipline model which promotes the positive points of
behaviour.
This model is to be upscaled to equip more teachers to use positive disciple in managing
their classes. Leaders of the PTAs, SMC and local staff of GES will be trained on positive
discipline so as to change mind-sets and enable them join the campaign for the national
adoption of Positive Discipline and facilitate its implementation in schools.
The consultant will therefore be training a team of 20 persons from the 5 regions: Brong
Ahafo, Northern, Upper East, Upper West and Volta as trainers of trainers for the various
levels of people to be trained.
Objectives
The objectives are to:
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introduce a cadre of trainers to alternative discipline
familiarise trainers with the Positive Discipline Pack
equip participants in the use of the Positive Discipline Pack
start building allies for the campaign against corporal punishment
Methodology:
The consultant will be expected to use various forms of Participatory techniques to make
the process interesting and facilitate learning.
Outcome:
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participants introduced to alternative discipline
trainers familiar with the Positive Discipline Pack
trainers equipped with skills to train others in the use of the Positive Discipline Pack
a group of allies created for the campaign against corporal punishment
participants are prepared to train others to in the use of the Positive Discipline Pack.
Response to call for proposal
Interested consultants must include in their application the following format:
 Technical Proposal not exceeding 4 pages on how they intend to proceed with the
review.
 An understanding and interpretation of the TOR
 Methodology and toolkits to be used in undertaking the assignment
 Time and activity schedule
 Financial proposal not exceeding 1 page with details on consultant’s daily rate in Ghana
Cedi.
 relevant experience related to the assignment and detailed curriculum vitae
Interested and qualified consultants should submit their application to Dorothy Konadu
Dorothy.Konadu@actionaid.org not later than Wednesday 10, September, 2014 by COB.
Successful applicants shall be notified by Wednesday September 17, 2014 and should be
ready to start of the assignment immediately the contract is signed.
Evaluation and award of consultancy
ActionAid Ghana will evaluate the proposals and award the contract based on technical and
financial feasibility. ActionAid Ghana however reserves the right to accept or reject any
proposal received without offering an explanation and is not bound to accept the lowest or
the highest bidder. AAG will also contact only selected consultants.
Timeframe:
The training will be done in three working days during the last week of September 2014 and
a report on the training will be submitted to AAG one week later.
Requirements
The consultant should:
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Be well-versed in child rights
Have a good understanding of alternative correction tools
Be very familiar with the ActionAid Positive Discipline Pack
Have a fair understanding of issues of the vulnerable and excluded
Have excellent facilitation skills
Have adequate knowledge in participatory methodology