Education

Facilitator’s Corner: One Year Anniversary Celebration

Submitted by administrator on Jun 30, 2011 11:30 am | COMMENTS (0)

What an interesting and exciting year this has been! Last June, the Facilitation Team hit the ground running by consulting 50 stakeholders in the education sector to introduce the CoP and learn how the community can support their efforts to improve basic education in Jamaica.  Thanks to the contributions from these individuals, the Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress CoP has become the relevant, engaging and continuously growing community that it is today.

Upcoming Activities: Query and Consolidated Reply

Submitted by Alesia on Jun 30, 2011 10:07 am

The first query of our community of practice comes from Kashta Graham, Obra Project Coordinator. This USAID funded project aims to create a sustainable partnership between the public, private and civil society organizations that promotes entrepreneurship and addresses the employability of unattached youth.According to the 2007 Labour Force survey, there are an estimated 127, 000 unattached youth in Jamaica and of that number, 63% are female (HEART Trust/ NTA, 2009).

Good Practices Seen in Many Schools across Jamaica

Submitted by Alesia on Jun 30, 2011 09:25 am

Documenting some of the many good practices found in Jamaican classrooms is part of the mission of the Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress.  Through our network of educators and policymakers we have identified several outstanding and effective practices taking place in schools across the island.Schools, such as Jessie Ripoll Primary in Kingston, have made an extraordinary effort to target parents as partners in their attempt to maintain a high standard of student performance. This emphasis on parental involvement was also a strong theme at Lyssons Primary in St.

Annual Conference

Submitted by administrator on Jun 15, 2011 10:36 am

The Jamaica Teachers' Association is hosting their annual conference at the Sunset Jamaica Grande and Spa on August 22 - 24, 2011. The theme is Empowering learners for sustained social and economic development.

Help us help your kids Education ministry pleads for more parental support

Submitted by Alesia on Jun 14, 2011 21:35 pm

"As a country we have to come on board collectively; the teachers, the ministry, the parents, the general community.

Launch of Camp Summer Plus 2011

Submitted by Alesia on Jun 3, 2011 18:07 pm

Camp Summer Plus 2011 will be launched on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at Shortwood Teachers’ College Assembly Hall. It is a collaborative activity between the USAID/Jamaica Basic Education Project and the ministry of Education (Region1). 

That Final One-Third

Submitted by administrator on Jan 21, 2011 12:00 pm

 REGISTER FOR THE EDUEXCHANGEFor our first EduExchange discussion for 2011, we have chosen to examine the performance of our children in the Grade Four Literacy Test.  The data shows that in spite of a raft of interventions over the more than a decade of this Test, we are still about 15 per cent sh

Facilitator’s Blog: Carol Watson Williams

Submitted by administrator on Jan 19, 2011 08:56 am | COMMENTS (0)

Let me wish all the members of our community a very productive and special 2011.

We have started the year on a sober note, coming from the high of the December launch of our Community to the reality that there is much work to be done to improve basic education for all our children.

Ministry partners with USAID on education programme

Submitted by administrator on Dec 18, 2010 00:00 am

The Ministry of Education had partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on a programme, which seeks to share knowledge and resources to improve education in Jamaica.The Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress - Community of Practice (CoP), which was launched at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (December 15), is an informal knowledge network, which aims to provide a platform for public participation in education policy and practice; improve practices in basic education from the classroom to policy; and promote a common vision to enh

Rose M. Ylimaki
June 5, 2009

Research indicates that high levels of poverty can interfere with a school’s ability to successfully improve student achievement (e.g., Rumberger & Palardy, 2005). Some of the correlates of poverty that research has associated with poor academic achievement include: poor nutrition, inadequate health services, and high rates of illiteracy and criminal behavior, which in turn can result in high rates of student transience, absence, and indiscipline.

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