Teacher( and other) recruitment
The table below identifies the community members who will be needed to support MTB MLE in local schools:
Staff |
Responsibilities |
General qualifications |
Teachers |
As assigned by provincial or national |
Speak, read and write both |
|
education department. |
languages fluently. |
Understand and appreciate the local culture.
Have clear and legible handwriting.
Teaching assistants
Cultural experts
Writers. artists, editors
Provide classroom support for the teacher, especially in subjects teaching or using the MT.
Identify features of the students’ home culture that can be used to introduce new concepts in school.
Identify MT terms that teachers will use to introduce new concepts( Ex: MT word for measuring length). Write, adapt, and translate reading materials in the MT and official school language.
Illustrate the materials.
Acceptable to parents and other community members. Speak, read and write the MT and school language fluently.
Understand and appreciate the local culture.
Acceptable to parents and other community members. Recognized and respected in the community for their knowledge of the language and culture.
Speak, read and write the L1 competently.
Understand and appreciate the local culture.
Check the materials for clarity, language, punctuation and spelling, then revise them as necessary.
Recognized in the community as good storyteller and / or artist.
Literate in the L2 and able to adapt materials from the L2 into the L1 or vice-versa
Understand MT grammar and punctuation rules( editors).
Approved by the community.
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