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Excerpted from the infoDev publication, Using Technology to Train Teachers: Appropriate Uses of ICT for Teacher Professional Development in Developing Countries.

Guiding questions

• What supports are in place to help teachers successfully implement what they are learning in TPD?
• Which of the critical supports identified in this section could be addressed to improve project implementation?
• Which organizations within the education system, such as district offi ces, teacher training colleges, or universities, can provide follow-up support for TPD in schools?
• In what ways can existing ICT infrastructure, including mobile phones and radio, support follow-up for current or planned TPD?
• Is the technical-support capacity for ICT-enabled TPD located primarily in the private sector, in government, or in schools? How can that capacity be augmented?

Contents

• Teacher Incentives
• Supporting TPD in Schools
• Follow-up Support
• Follow-up and Communications
• Mobile Phones as Support Tools
• Support from School Leadership
• Support from the Community
• Community Support for IRI
• Technical Support
• Collaborative Support
• Infrastructural Support for TPD
• Web Resources

Please also see the related Implementation Brief.