Institutional Development
Roadmap of Outstanding Educators (ROOTS)
Institutional Development
ROOTS is short for Roadmap of Outstanding Educators which aim to improve educators’ competencies in areas that are relevant especially in the 21st Century Education. The ROOTS Consultants were equipped with Facilitation and Gamification, as well as Coaching and Mentoring skills. All these skills combined enabled them to transfer the knowledge to other educators based on FIRSTEdu Framework and Learner Experience Coaching for Students (LXCstudents). FIRST is a comprehensive scientific-based framework that promotes Active Deep Learner eXperience and inspires a positive transformation in mindset & behavior. FIRST Framework summarizes 15 principles of learner eXperience categorized under 5 domains namely Focucing on the Learner, Interacting within Positive Group Dynamics, Reviewing Activities Within, Sequencing Activities, and Transforming Learning into Performance. LXCstudents is a tool introduced to transform teachers into educators by using coaching. It provide basic coaching skills to enable teachers to coach students outside classrooms.
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This unit helps the participants answer the question: who am I? In this unit, the participants will become aware of their identity, strengths and capabilities in a more in-depth session.
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This unit helps the participants answer the question: who are others? In this unit, the participants will become aware of their society and its attributes and limitations. They will also understand the impact of being part and parcel of a collective society.
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This unit helps the participants answer the question: what do others suffer from? In this unit, the participants will become aware of the social issues existing in their society, how dire these issues are and how to contribute to solving them. The participants will also nurture a sense of social justice and will be able to choose the social issue they would like to work on.
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This unit helps the participants answer the question: what can I offer to help others with their suffering? In this unit, the participants will learn the fundamentals of project planning and management. Participants will also get to choose their own projects and share their achievements with their peers.
