On The Job Support A Step To Improve Teaching And Learning

On The Job Support A Step To Improve Teaching And Learning


Professional learning practices among teachers in school create a context for teachers’ collective engagement through sustained efforts and brings improvement in teaching and learning. Unfortunately in Pakistan most of the teachers are not getting proper support from their supervisors or principals in teaching and classroom instructions which brings greater deficiency in improving teaching and daily planning. This discourages teachers morally and results in low impact on children’s learning performance.  

Research in modern education put greater emphasis on educators and school experts to provide on the job support to teachers in improving day to day practices in schools. The resulting research shows that teachers who receive continuous professional development can increase their students’ achievement at greater level (Yoon 2007). My personal experiences as an educator and mentor report significant effects on teachers in enhancing classroom learning in different subjects such as mathematics, science, English etc.  Continuous support to teachers through classroom observations, providing critical feedback and classroom teaching demonstration are some essential factors increasing the effectiveness of teaching dynamics in classroom. Such effective programs tend to have certain features in common, including: a strong emphasis on teachers learning specific subject content as well as pedagogical content, follow-up reinforcement of learning, assistance with implementation, and support for teachers from mentors and colleagues in their schools (Blank & Alas, 2009). Close support and monitoring teachers while developing lesson plans, organizing teaching and learning material and providing basic requirements and demands of teachers provoke teachers’ enthusiasm and improve learning retention in school.
Ongoing support in teaching can potentially serve a variety of purposes such as re mediating weaknesses in the skills and knowledge of novice and experienced teachers and keep them up to date on emerging developments in educational field. Moreover, it provides opportunity to teachers to work collaboratively within teams and identifying issues such as regarding students with low intellectual abilities profit more as teachers explore solutions to overcome them. Blending classroom work with on-the-job training enhance teacher knowledge and skills, then create improved classroom teaching and finally raises student achievements.

            Considering above facts facilitators and educators must know some effective and efficient steps such as; close monitoring, observation of teaching, encouraging through listening teachers grievances, guiding and providing critical feedback to bring significant and greater impact on students’ achievements.

By; Mehr Parwar

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