FIRKI App TPD  Maths Course Enrollment SALT Project

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Here we are providing complete information regarding FIRKI App Math Course Enrollment, and how to login and complete Maths Pedagogy in Firki App Samagra Shiksha, AP- SALT – Roll out of TPD Maths Blended Learning Course for Primary teachers – Orders Issued AP Teachers SCERT SALT Professional Development Courses on FIRKI App 2024-25 SALT Blended Learning Courses for AP Teachers FIRKI App Training Links School. Samagra Shiksha, AP- SALT – Roll out of TPD Maths Blended Learning Course for Primary teachers – Orders Issued – Reg RC NO SS-15022/5/2024 -SAMO-SSA  Dated 18/09/2024

FIRKI App TPD  Maths Course Enrollment SALT Project
FIRKI App TPD  Maths Course Enrollment SALT Project

Education, AP – World Bank supported SALT project – continuous teacher professional development program for all the government school teachers – TPD Math blended learning courses for primary teachers

Ref:-

  1. AP- SALT Project, Andhra Pradesh [G.O.Ms.No.4, School Education (Prog.11), 30th January, 2022.]
  2. Mail from LFE on 12/9/2024
  3. Minutes of Meeting on LFE -TPD Maths Course on 11/9/2024.
  4. R.c. No. ESE02/572/2023-SCERT, Dated: 07/09/2023

The attention of the Regional Joint Directors of School Education and District Educational Officers and Additional Project Coordinator’s of Samagra shiksha in the state is drawn to the reference cited regarding the SALT project. As part of this initiative, a blended Teacher Training Course for primary school teachers, specifically for Mathematics, has been developed by the SALT Technical Support Agency in collaboration with SCERT-AP, based on the Teacher Need Analysis (TNA) Survey conducted in 2023. A total of 40,754 teachers opted for TPD(Mathematics) course through the TNA.

Adopting Need Based Approach Course

By adopting the need-based approach, the course is designed to address the identified needs directly, ensuring the content is relevant, practical, and tailored to the teachers’ specific context.

The Dept of School Education is rolling out the Teacher Professional Development (TPD) course on “Understanding and Fluency with Bigger Numbers for Primary Teachers” across all government schools in Andhra Pradesh for the academic year 2024-25, starting from 26th September 2024. The aim of this course is to improve learning outcomes and enhance the quality of teaching practices in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The schedule for TPD(Mathematics) roll out is as follows

Activities as part of Course
Engagement		 Start date End date Mode of Engagement
Orientation on Mathematics Course to KRPs & KRP On-boarding Process by District Coordinators + Pre-Test Completion + Module -1 Completion  20/09/2024  01/10/2024  Online, MRC
Orientation on Mathematics Course to
enrolled Teachers & On-boarding
Process by KRPs + Pre-Test
Completion+ Module-1 Completion		  26/09/2024  15/10/2024  Online, Module
consumption-Self-Paced
PLC-1 for KRPs by ICs & Dry Run 14/10/2024  15/10/2024  Online
PLC-1 to Primary Mathematics Teachers in Complex Meetings 16/10/2024 17/10/2024  

In-person in complex meetings
KRP Module -2 Completion 18/10/2024 30/10/2024 Online
Teacher Module-2 Completion 18/10/2024 08/11/2024 Online, Self-paced
PLC-2 for KRPs by ICs and Dry Run 04/11/2024 08/11/2024 Online
PLC-2 to Primary Mathematics Teachers in Complex Meetings 16/11/2024 18/11/2024 In-person, complex meetings
KRPs Post-Test Completion 04/11/2024 08/11/2024 Online
Teachers Post-Test Completion 19/11/2024 23/11/2024 Online

The Details of the Course

  1. Course Outlook: The course will be offered to the primary grade teachers of Grades 3 to 5 who choose to enhance their subject-specific expertise in foundational mathematics. Primary teachers who selected “Friendship with Numbers” in the TNA survey (2023-24) will be automatically enrolled in this course and will be required to complete it mandatorily.
  2. This course will follow a blended learning model and be followed by two Peer Learning Circles (PLCs) in the school complex meeting. The online component includes conceptual videos, classroom demonstration videos, reading materials, and quizzes as course content, along with a pre-test and post-test and offline engagement through Peer Learning Circles (PLCs). PLCs consist of group activities, reflections, and sharing of best practices & challenges, and experiences from the course, which leads to a better understanding & application of concepts.
  3. The online course content for this program will be delivered through a teacher training Learning Management System (LMS) called ‘FIRKI.’ This will be complemented by offline engagement through Peer Learning Circles (PLCs) during monthly school-complex meetings.
  4. To provide continuous support during the course, Key Resource Persons (KRPs) (primary teachers) nominated based on selection criteria at the complex level—will assist enrolled teachers for doing the TDP mathematics course. The each KRP will be mapped to 20-25 teachers in their School complex. KRPs will orient teachers on the course, guide them through on boarding and course navigation, address technical and content-related challenges, and facilitate PLCs. Their detailed roles and responsibilities are attached to this file.
  5. Since PLC-1 and PLC-2 are conducted as part of the primary complex meetings, teachers who did not enroll in this course will also participate in the group/peer learning space, providing opportunities for all teachers to share and learn from each other.

Note:

  1. Complexes with i teacher interested in the course will be directly selected as KRP and they will have to facilitate the PLC during the complex meeting for other teachers.
  2. In complexes with zero number of teachers who have selected this course, one of the teachers will be nominated as KRP by MEO-2 to ensure learning can be provided to all the primary teachers.

Best performing teachers & KRPs based on the course consumption rate and active participation will be appreciated at the Mandal & district level by DEO.

Monitoring and Support

Monitoring and Support Team at the State & District Level to ensure effective implementation of course consumption is as follows:

  1. TPD PoC, SALT, SCERT
  2. Mathematics Committee from SCERT
  3. TPD PoC, SALT, from Samagra Shiksha
  4. DEOs
  5. DIETs of Primary Mathematics, District Level
  6. AMO, District Level
  7. MEOs at Mandal Level
  8. District Coordinators, Leadership For Equity

Further, the detailed guidelines regarding course and Roles & Responsibilities of the KRPs and all monitoring & supporting team is placed in the annexure. In this regard, the Regional Joint Directors of School Education, and all the District Educational Officers ( ex-officio Project Coordinators Samagra Shiksha) and Additional Project Coordinator’s of the Samagra Shiksha in the State in the state are instructed to issue the necessary orders to all the Academic Monitoring officers (AMO), Assistant AMOs, Mandal Education Officers (MEO-II), school complex HMs and HMs to take up the responsibilities mentioned in the annexure for the successful completion of courses for teachers.

DETAILED COURSE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENROLLED TEACHERS:   & ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MONITORING& SUPPORTING TEAM

 All teachers who are enrolled in this course must download the FIRKI app from the Play Store. Using the login credentials provided by the state (Username: Registered mobile number; Password: tpd@2024), enrolled teachers should register on the FIRKI platform.

The FIRKI app can be downloaded on the mobile from the App Store. Alternatively, it can be accessed through any web browser on- https://firki.co.

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