TSC new the process of identifying and selecting mentors, coaches, and champions has already begun across the country.
The teachers’ employer has asked schools to identify and provide the names and contact information for their mentors, coaches, and champions in their respective schools.
In reference to the previous data submitted the employer, it was discovered that was biased and full of inaccuracies because it did not capture correct details as it was expected.
Part of the commission document read “It should be noted that certain schools have designated Mentors and Coaches as teachers with less than three (3) years of experience. Please note that all teachers with less than three (3) years of experience are considered mentees and so cannot serve as a Coach or Mentor.”
Teachers’ employer has required that schools identify and transmit details of the instructors who will function as Mentors, Coaches, and Champions in an excel file as part of the new directive.
The commission further expects a total of 22, 239 teachers, including newly hired teachers and leaders of institutions, to participate in the Induction, Mentorship, and Coaching (TIMEC) program.
TSC’s goal is to eliminate teacher indiscipline and increase classroom instruction, retention, and learning outcomes.
The TSC Field Officers, who would play a vital role in the program’s implementation, were trained first.According to Mukui David, the Commission’s Field Services Directorate, who attended the the program’s rollout , he indicated,The Induction, Mentorship, and Coaching program is expected to improve teacher effectiveness, job satisfaction, commitment, improved classroom instruction, teacher retention, and improved learning outcomes.
According to the teachers service commission, the program looks at prevention and mitigation approaches to managing teacher professional conduct and performance.
