Teacher recruitment and training. Policy makers provide clear directions for recruiting and training teachers for MTB MLE:
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Teachers who are fluent in the students’ MT and understand and speak the official school language are recruited for MTB MLE schools in their language area.
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MTB MLE-specific pre-service teacher training courses are developed and incorporated into regular teacher training programmes in established institutions.
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MTB MLE teacher trainees do their practice teaching in their home areas and in schools that understand and support MTB MLE.
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MT teachers are assigned and encouraged to remain in their home language area and in schools that understand and support MTB MLE.
•• Supervisors are responsible for providing regular in-service training. 5
MTB MLE RESOURCE KIT Including the Excluded: Promoting Multilingual Education
Dai teacher demo with Big Book.( China) © SIL International, China
5 A resource for institutionalizing teacher training can be found at http:// www. sil. org / sites / default / files / files / institutionalizing _ teacher _ training _ for _ mtb _ mle _ 12-2011. pdf( Note that you must have Adobe Reader to view this document.)
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