The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has unleashed a team of its officers who will be going round schools to check work performance of teachers among other things.
The team drawn from TSC Quality Assurance and Standard Officers (QASO), TSC County and Sub County offices will move from school to school to check on quality of teachers work.
TSC will also check on the headteachers on Teacher Induction Mentorship and Coaching (TIMEC) programme.
The Commission previously said the mentorship and coaching programme will improve teacher performance on their jobs.
The TIMEC is a structured teacher support programme aimed at embracing preventive measures in managing teacher professional conduct and performance.
TSC has developed the TIMEC programme as part of a broader strategy to develop teachers’ professional ethics and practices.
The programme aims at building teachers competences and skills as well as knowledge on laws, regulations, policies, procedures, values and norms, governing the teaching profession.
The team from the Commission will also check on teachers preparedness and class attendance which include on whether teachers are preparing schemes of work and lesson plans, marking attendance registers and learners work as well as preparing teaching aids.
They will also conduct class lesson observations to assess the teaching quality of the teachers.
TSC CEO Nancy Macharia said field services are very key in the implementation of Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development.
This is after it promoted a good number of deputy headteachers to be Curriculum Support Officers (CSO).
In her report to the Education Committee, Macharia said the services are important for Performance Contract implementation and oversight as required by section 11(c) of the TSC Act 2012.
“They play a big role in the timely dispensation of pending discipline cases and the implementation of teaching standards,” Macharia said.
TSC will also check on the implementation of the Teacher Performance and Appraisal Development (TPAD).
TPAD system 2 is a mechanism that allows TSC to evaluate teachers’ performance as per the agency’s set standards.
The system started officially operating in 2016 with the main aim of improving the performance of teachers and consequently, the academic achievement of pupils.
TPAD measures the quality and effectiveness of teachers using seven teaching standards— professional knowledge and application, time management, innovation and creativity in teaching, learner protection, safety, discipline and teacher conduct, and promotion of co-curricular activities.