Learning & Wellbeing (Kayin)

Teacher Training: The learning and Wellbeing in Emergencies Teacher

Training package is appropriate for formal and non-formal education programs. Modules focus on supporting key literacy skills, SEL strategies, and how teachers can contribute to their own self-care and teach their students to do the same. This emphasis on wellbeing, as well as structured learning, is important because it ensures that teachers are able to provide a stable, supportive environment for their students to learn and thrive - even in the face of crisis.

There are eight sessions in LWiE teacher training. They are:

Module One: Introduction

Module Two: Teacher Wellbeing

Module Three: Student Wellbeing

Module Four: Simple Classroom Literacy Activities

Module Five: Focusing on Meaning

Module Six: Diversity of Learners

Module Seven: Guided Writing

Module Eight: Reading Comprehension

In this application, the course is divided into the same three modules as given in the Teacher Training Handbook. Each of the three modules has three main sections – introduction, main content (with 3 or 4 sub-sections), and reflection. These sessions are meant to be delivered gradually over the course of several week or month -this allows teachers to practice what they have learned in the training in between sessions, as well as reflect on and troubleshoot challenges with colleagues as needed. Building a supportive community of teacher is part of empowering teachers to manage their own wellbeing, and as such, it is important that teachers foster these relationships.

Although created as a standalone training package, the LWiE teacher training does not provide guidance on all knowledge and skills expected of a teacher in crises contexts. It is meant to complement other relevant teacher training modules and emergency resources by strengthening teachers’ capacity to support SEL and literacy acquisition in their classrooms.