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COTAP will also start development of T-surf24/7, the Work on the other areas of focus will then follow.
one-stop portal to facilitate professional learning T-craft3, a three-tier mentorship scheme, will be
and development of teachers and school leaders developed for implementation at system level,
anytime, anywhere. T-surf24/7 would enable the targeting student and novice teachers, middle
profession to have easy access to information leaders and newly-appointed principals so that
on various CPD programmes, including those they may benefit from quality on-site support and
provided by the Government, TEIs, educational learn their craft as they transition into new career
bodies, tertiary institutions and non-governmental stages. Promotional schemes to be organised
organisations. It would be a repository for under T-applause will be planned to highlight the
e-learning resources to support self-paced learning, achievements and contributions of distinguished
and eventually it may well be possible for this to members of the teaching profession, raise public
support the e-learning elements under the new awareness of their professionalism and status, help
types and modes of programmes to be developed attract new talent into the field, and retain dedicated
under T-trainß. The teaching profession would and high-quality members in the profession.
also be able to use T-surf24/7 for CPD planning and COTAP would study, under T-bridge, how best
evaluation at individual, subject panel, functional student and novice teachers could be helped to
committee and school levels, adopting supporting bridge the theory-practice gap, and better meet the
tools developed from T-standard+. expectations and needs of schools and society.
COTAP will facilitate better communication and
COTAP will begin to roll out activities under collaboration between the school sector and TEIs
T-share to facilitate collaborative learning and for continuous improvement of programme design
experience sharing on themes of common interest and delivery, and better connection between
among teachers and school leaders, drive robust theories learnt in ITE programmes and real-life
school leadership, and promote innovations practice in schools.
and improvement in pedagogy and student
development.
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