Tenders Are Invited For International Individual Consultancy To Develop Mechanisms And Tools For Quality Assurance And Teacher Appraisal

Tenders Are Invited For International Individual Consultancy To Develop Mechanisms And Tools For Quality Assurance And Teacher Appraisal Unicef Works In Some Of The Worlds Toughest Places To Reach The Worlds Most Disadvantaged Children To Save Their Lives To Defend Their Rights To Help Them Fulfill Their Potential Across 190 Countries And Territories We Work For Every Child Everywhere Every Day To Build A Better World For Everyone And We Never Give Up Title International Individual Consultancy To A Review And Revise Mechanisms Of Education Quality Assurance Qa Including Appraisal Of Teaching Workforce Ta At The General Secondary And Preschool Levels And B Develop Tools And Guidelines For Collecting Data For Estimating Identified Indicators For Qa And TaBackground There Is Widespread Recognition That Evaluation And Assessment Arrangements Are Key To Both Improvement And Accountability In School Systems This Is Reflected In Their Increasing Importance In National Education Agendas Many Countries Are At Different Stages Of Reforming Education Qa Ranging From A General Introduction Of Quality Assurance Mechanisms To The Introduction Of Specific Measures And The Adoption Of National Frameworks Quality Assurance Involves The Systematic Review Of Educational Programmes And Processes To Maintain And Improve Their Quality Equity And Efficiency While The Design Of Quality Assurance Mechanisms Tools Processes And Actors Varies Across National Contexts Their Common Objective Is To Improve Teaching And Learning With The Ultimate Goal To Support The Best Outcomes For Learners In Uzbekistans Ongoing Reform Agenda In Education Sector Improving Quality Of Education Service Provision Assumes An Important Position In 2017 The Government Of Uzbekistan Created The State Inspection For Supervision Of Education Quality Siseq Under The Cabinet Of Ministers To Address Education Quality Issues Including The Development Of Quality Evaluation And Assurance Mechanisms Among The Main Tasks Of Siseq Are Implementation Of The State Policy In The Field Of Supervision Of Quality Of Education Process Teaching Workforce In Service Training And Re Training Assignment Of Qualification Categories To Teaching Staff In The Past Couple Of Years Siseq Has Implemented Several Important Measures To Generate Data On Education System Performance And To Reform Qa At School Level And Transform Teacher Appraisal Mechanisms In Particular New Procedures Of Attestation And Accreditation Of State And Non State Education Institutions Have Been Approved That Introduce Macro Level Domains And New Areas For School Self Evaluation And External Quality Review Together With The Ministry Of Public Education Mope And Ministry Of Preschool Education Mopse Siseq Have Drafted A New Qualification Framework And Teacher Professional Standards With Technical Support From Unicef In Order To Support The Ongoing Reforms Unicef Proposes To Support Siseq On The Following Areas A Design The Quality Assurance Framework Based On The New Procedures Of School Attestation This Will Also Include I Developing Performance Indicators For Qa That Will Be In Line With The National Education Quality Framework Neqf And Ii Separate Specific Tools For Self Evaluation By Schools On Qa Parameters As Well As Specific Tools For External Evaluators To Carry Out Independent Qa B Review And Revise Mechanisms Of Teacher Appraisal This Task Also Consists Of I Developing Indicators In Line With New Teacher Professional Standards And Ii Preparing Data Collection Tools For Measuring Teacher Appraisal Objectives 1 Design Quality Assurance Framework Develop Tools And Guidelines For Schools To Conduct Self Evaluation And External Inspectors To Conduct Quality Review At The General Secondary And Preschool Levels 2 Revise Mechanisms For Teacher Appraisal Attestation Elaborate Criteria And Tools To Conduct Teacher Assessment At General Secondary And Preschool Levels Timeline Deliverables TasksDeliverablesEstimated TimeframeActivity 1 Design Quality Assurance Framework Develop Tools And Guidelines For Schools To Conduct Self Evaluation And External Inspectors To Conduct Quality Review At The General Secondary And Preschool LevelsHome Based1 Review And Analyze Existing National Legislative Normative And Programme Documents As Well As Country Specific Background Information And Statistics Studies Related To The Topic 1 Brief Inception Report Describing The Main Findings Of Review Of Legislative Documents And Drafts And Recommendation On Structure Of Quality Assurance Framework By The End Of August 2019 5 Working Days 2 Review The Draft Quality Assurance Framework For General Secondary Schools And Preschool Developed By Siseq Mope And Mopse Based On The Nqef Visit To Tashkent Uzbekistan3 Conduct Meetings With The Government Counterparts And Other Stockholders To Present International Best Practices On Quality Assurance Agree On The Scope Methodology And Structure Of The National Quality Assurance Framework For Schools Self Evaluation And Quality Review 2 Draft Revised Quality Assurance Frameworks Including Description Of Key Areas Of School Assessment Indicators And Benchmarks Standards Of Performance For General Secondary And Preschool Education For Self Evaluation And Quality Review Of Preschools And General Schools By The End Of September 2019 10 Working Days4 Work With Experts And National Partners On Revision Of Draft Documents On Quality Assurance Including Description Of Domains And Areas Of School Assessment Performance Indicators And Benchmarks Of Performance To Measure The Performance Of General Schools And Preschools Home Based5 Design Appropriate Tools And Guidelines For Preschools And General Schools To Conduct Self Evaluation 3 Draft Tools And Guidelines For School Staff To Conduct Self Evaluation By The End Of October 2019 15 Working Days6 Design Appropriate Tools And Guidelines For External Evaluators To Conduct Quality Review 4 Draft Tools And Guidelines For External Evaluators To Conduct Quality Review Visit To Tashkent Uzbekistan7 Facilitate Workshop To Discuss Draft Quality Assurance Frameworks For General Schools And Preschools 5 Workshop Agenda And Materials 6 Report On Piloting The Tools And Guidelines By The Mid Of November 2019 5 Working Days8 Facilitate Piloting Of Tools For Collecting Data On Performance Indicators By Participating In The Process In Selected Educational Institutions 9 Facilitate The Piloting Of Tools And Guidelines For External Evaluators To Conduct Quality Review At General School And Preschool Levels By Participating In The Process Home Based10 Revise Tools And Guidelines For Self Evaluation Of General Schools And Preschools Based On The Results Of Tools Testing And Piloting 7 Revised Tools And Guidelines For School Level Staff And External Evaluators By The Mid Of December 2019 10 Working Days11 Revise Tools And Guidelines For External Evaluators To Conduct Quality Review At General School And Preschool Levels Visit To Tashkent Uzbekistan12 Based On Revised Guidelines Conduct Training For Capacity Building Of School Level Specialists To Do School Self Evaluation 8 Training Materials And Agenda By The End Of January 2020 10 Working Days13 Conduct Training For Capacity Building Of External Evaluators To Do Quality Review Home Based14 Based On All Findings Prepare Final Report On Quality Assurance Framework For School Self Evaluation And External Review With All Tools And Guidelines 9 Final Report On Quality Assurance Framework For Preschools And General Schools Self Evaluation And External Evaluators For Quality Review With All Tools And Guidelines By The End Of February 2020 5 Working Days15 Prepare A Process Report On The Assignment 10 Process Report On The Assignment Sub Total60 Working DaysActivity 2 Revise Mechanisms For Teacher Appraisal Attestation Elaborate Criteria And Tools To Conduct Teacher Assessment At General Secondary And Preschool LevelsHome Based16 Review Legislative And Programme Documents On Existing Mechanisms Of Teacher Appraisal At Preschool And General School Level 11 Brief Inception Report With Proposed New Methodology On Mechanisms Of Teacher Appraisal At General Secondary And Preschool Levels March 2020 5 Working Days Visit To Tashkent Uzbekistan17 Conduct Workshop With Government Officials And Other Stockholders To A Present International Best Practices On Teacher Appraisal B Discuss Gaps In National System Of Teacher Attestation C Agree On The Structure And Mechanisms Of Teacher Assessment 12 Presentation Materials For The Workshop 13 Draft Framework Of Teacher Assessment Attestation March 2020 5 Working Days Home Based18 Review Teacher Standards For General Secondary And Preschool Teachers 14 Framework For Performance Indicators To Each Standard For General Secondary And Preschool Teachers At Different Levels Categories April 2020 20 Working Days 19 Prepare A Framework For Performance Indicators To Professional Standards For General Secondary And Preschool Teachers At Different Levels Categories 20 Prepare Draft Tools And Guidelines For Collecting Data For Teacher Assessment At General Secondary And Preschool Levels Visit To Tashkent Uzbekistan21 Work With The Government Partn

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