Teacher Professional Development

This "At A Glance" guide presents an overview of the Kenya Tayari program in Kenya. This four year program has supported the Kenyan Ministry of Education and County Governments to improve quality of early childhood development and education (ECDE) for over 240,000 young children.

This brochure describes the CIFF-funded Kenya Tayari program, which aimed to improve the quality of pre-primary education in four counties in Kenya.

This brochure describes the CIFF-funded Kenya Tayari program, which aimed to improve the quality of pre-primary education in four counties in Kenya.

Cultivating Dynamic Educators: Case Studies in Teacher Behavior Change in Africa and Asia responds to growing recognition by international education professionals, policy makers, and funding partners of the need for qualified teachers and interest in the subject of teacher professional development (

The United States Agency for International Development, the Department for International Development and the government of Malawi, through the MoEST, are collaborating to implement a National Reading Programme (NRP). This reading programme aims to improve early grade learners' literacy skills.

Chapter 7 of Edited Volume: Pouezevara, S. R. (Ed.) (2018). Cultivating dynamic educators: Case studies in teacher behavior change in Africa and Asia. (RTI Press Publication No. BK-0022-1809). Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI Press.

There is a large body of evidence substantiating the importance of mathematical literacy and the key role of foundational mathematics in early years of education on later academic outcomes (Duncan et al., 2007; Duncan & Magnuson, 2011; Hanushek & Woessmann, 2008; Siegler et al., 2012).

This paper examines common instructional strategies in early grade mathematics interventions through a review of studies in classrooms in low- and middle-income countries.

This report presents the results of RTI International Education’s study on teachers' guides across 13 countries and 19 projects.

CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Scholastica Tiguryera. While in-service training is an essential component of early grade reading (EGR) projects, it only addresses the current force of teachers and is usually a one-time, resource intensive undertaking.