Teaching Practice – Kenya School of TVET

Background

The Teaching Practice Coordination Department (TPCD) at The Kenya School of TVET (KSTVET) plays a leading role in the training of Technical Teachers. It is a service department in the sense that it serves all the students pursuing technical teacher education programmes.

The main role of the (TPCD) is to place teacher trainees in Teaching Practice Institutions and ensure that they are supervised and assessed professionally and effectively.

Vision

To be a centre of excellence in the coordination and provision of teaching practice services

Mission

To produce professional and competent technical teachers through well-coordinated teaching practice exercise.

Strategic objectives

To develop competent and skilled technical teachers.
To carry out research for teaching practice service improvement
To provide technological innovations that address Teaching Practice problems.
To reduce gender parity in selecting Teaching Practice Institutions
To produce graduates who are well inducted in the Teaching Profession

STAFF AND RESPONSIBILITIES

MANAGEMENT

The TPCD management consists of:

The Teaching Practice Coordinator(TPC)	Mr. Nelson Mula
The Deputy Teaching Practice Coordinator	Lilian soi
The Secretary

TP ZONES

For effective supervision, the TP regions are divided into ten zones. Each zone is coordinated by a zone coordinator who is assisted by a deputy zone coordinator. The zones and coordinators are as follows:

Thika / Garissa	–
Mt. Kenya	Mr. David Kimani
Machakos / Kitui / Kajiado/Athi River	Mr. Daniel Katei
Coast	Mrs. Milka Makato /Dr. Florence Mbiti
Nakuru / Naivasha/Gilgil, Nyahururu/Molo	Mr. Isaac Gicharu
Kisii/ Rongo / Kericho	Mr Njeru Kinyua
Kisumu / Kakamega / Siaya	Mr. Darwin Anyona & Mr Shadrack Odero
Eldoret / Kapsabet	Mr Sakwa
Bungoma / Kitale	Ms Jean Fundi
Nairobi	Ms. Susan Ndebu/Mrs. Jacinta Muhia

FORMS FOR STUDENTS ON TEACHING PRACTICE

1	Teaching Practice Guidelines & Teaching Practice Manual
2	Confidential Report & TSC CODE OF REGULATIONS
3	Lesson plan & Selection of TP Institutions
4	Teaching Practice Timetable & Revised TP Briefing
5	Clearance Certificate Form
6	Record of Work Covered
7	Term Dates
8	Daily Diary Log & Sample T.P log book
9	Schemes of Work
10	Internal Assessment Record
11	TP Establishment of Linkages

CORE VALUES

Professionalism
Integrity
Non Discrimination
Transparency/ Accountability
Team work
Service Delivery Charter

SERVICE	REQUIREMENTS	COST	TIMELINE
Creation & Maintenance of Linkages	Linkage forms	As per Budget	A month before Posting begins
TP Posting Briefing	Posting notes	Free	Before 2nd term/5thmodule Examinations begins
TP Posting	Posting Charts from every TP bound class	Postal Fee	3 Months before onset of TP/by end of 5thmodule
Posting Follow-up	Posting /Acceptance Lists	As per Budget	1 month before closure of term 3/module 6
Final TP Briefing	Briefing Notes	Free	Within 7 working days after receipt
Issuance of TP Materials	Various TP documents – Manilla Papers	Free	Before end of course examination begins
TP Assessment	3 Assessments per trainee	As per Budget	Between week 3 and week 8 of TP term
Response to Written Correspondence	Correspondence	Free	Before closure of Final Academic term

Mr. Nelson Mula

TEACHING PRACTICE COORDINATOR

Email: tpc@kstvet.ac.ke