The document discusses plans to improve and develop teacher education in Laos. It will: 1. Update pre-service teacher education curricula to be more modern and ensure teacher quality. 2. Improve what is taught, how it is taught to encourage student participation, and how teachers will be trained. 3. Provide necessary equipment and materials related to learning, especially for students, teachers and administrators. The goal is to provide quality education for all Laotian children, especially disadvantaged students, to help them succeed in life. The new curriculum is based on a Pedagogical Content Knowledge framework and minimum competencies.

1. ການປັບປຸງພັດທະນາຫັ ກສູດໃໝ່
ຂະແໜງມັດທະຍົມສຶ ກສາ

4. ໃນຄຳສັ ບງ່ ຳຍໆ ນີ້ ແມ່ ນ
ສ່ ງທ່ ພວກເຮົ ຳຈະເຮັ ດ …

5. ພວກເຮົ ຳຈະ
ເຮັ ດໃຫີ້ ທັ ນສະໄໝ/ປັ ບປຸ ງ/ພັ ດທະນຳໃຫີ້ ດຂີ້ ນ
1. ຈະສອນຫຍັ ງ?
2. ຈະສອນແນວໃດ ແລະ ຈະເຮັ ດແນວໃດເພ່ ອໃຫີ້
ເຂົີ້ ຳເຖງກຳນມສ່ ວນຮ່ ວມຂອງຜີ້ ຮຽນ?
3. ຈະຈັ ດເຝກອົ ບຮົ ມ, ຈະເລອກ, ກະຕຸ ກຊຸ ກຍີ້ ແລະ
ສົ່ ງເສມຜີ້ ທ່ ຈະສອນຄແນວໃດ?
4. ແລະ ຈະສະໜອງເຄ່ ອງມ ແລະ ອຸ ປະກອນທ່
ຈຳເປັ ນ ກ່ ຽວກັ ບ ກຳນຮຽນຮີ້ ທ່ ຕດພັ ນກັ ບຊວດ
ກຳນເປັ ນຢ່ (ສຳລັ ບນັ ກຮຽນ, ຄ-ອຳຈຳນ, ຜີ້
ບລຫຳນ/ຄຸີ້ ມຄອງ)

7. ຢຳກໃຫີ້ ເດັ ກທຸ ກໆຄົ ນໃນ ສປປລຳວ, ໂດຍສະເພຳະເດັ ກຜີ້ ທຸ ກ
ຍຳກ/ດີ້ ອຍໂອກຳດ, ໄດີ້ ເຂົີ້ ຳຮຽນ, ໄດີ້ ຮັ ບກຳນສກສຳທ່ ມຄຸ ນ
ນະພຳບ, ເຊ່ ງຈະຊ່ ວຍໃຫີ້ ພວກເຂົ ຳເຈົີ້ ຳມຊວດກຳນເປັ ນຢ່ ທ່ ດ
ພວກເຮົ ຳນກເຫັ ນພຳບໃນອຳນຳຄົ ດ…

8. ນີ້ ໝາຍຄວາມວ່າ ການພັ ດທະນາການ
ສຶ ກສາເລ່ ມຈາກຈຸ ດໜີ້ ອຍໆ ກໍ ຈະນໍ າໄປ
ສ່ການຮຽນຈົບລະບົ ບການສຶ ກສາໃນ
ຫຼ າຍລະດັບທ່ ແຕກຕ່າງກັນ, ມຄວາມ
ສະເໝພາບທາງດີ້ານໂອກາດການເຂົີ້ າ
ຮຽນ, ການແຂ່ງຂັນກັບຄ່ຮ່ວມ
ພັ ດທະນາອາຊຽນ.

9. WAKE UP TO THE NEW REALITIES…
this is an old video introduced since BESDP (2009) during in-service training
This is in your CD with a powerpoint in Lao

10. ນີ້ ແມ່ ນວິ ທ
ທພວກເຮົ າຈະ
ເຮັດ

11. INCENTIVES /
TALENT
RETENTION
STRATEGY
ADMIN SUPPORT
PRE-SERVICE
CURRICULUM REVISED
STEP
TEIs:
FOEs/TTIs
QUALITY OF
INSTRUCTION
PRE-SERVICE
IN-SERVICE
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DESIGN &
AVAILABILITY
PERFORMANCE MGT.
RECRUITMENT , DEPLOYMENT &
CAREER PATH DEVELOPMENT/
TEACHER
TRAINING
2. HOW TO TEACH
1 WHAT TO TEACH
4. TOOLS FOR TEACHING
ESQAC
DSE
ACCREDITATION/
QUALITY ASSURANCE
GUIDE/PROCEDURE
SPAs
Trainers
DOP
3. WHO WILL TEACH AND HOW THEIR QUALITY PERFORMANCE
WILL BE MANAGED
DTE
RIES
TEXTBOOKS,
TEACHER GUIDES,
ICT4LE MATERIALS,
OTHER MATERIALS
RIES
TO
IMPROVE
QUALITY
TO IMPROVE
QUALITY
PES

12. WHAT TO TEACH
• LAO TRANSLATION:

13. The ITERATIONS/STRATEGIC
Considerations on updating
the pre-service Curricula
for Secondary Teachers…
(to which other sub-sectors can align)
• LAO TRANSLATION:

14. Begin with the end in mind: Products or Graduates of this new training
program is quality assured (with MOES GUARANTY) to have all the
minimum competencies such that they can truly enable their future
students to strongly compete in 21st century opportunities
EVIDENCE would include: Recognition across ASEAN countries, so must
align deliberately with ASEM/ASEAN Credit Transfer System across all
disciplines/majors.
1
2
master
trainers of
DTE/DHE/
DSE/DPE
Teacher
trainers at
TEIs
Lao Teachers/
fresh graduates
are READY to
teach!
21st Century Learners
of Laos: can compete
in the KNOWLEDGE
ECONOMY
NOTE: emphasis on “LEARNING TO BE” (an effective teacher/learning facilitator),
not just “LEARNING ABOUT” (teaching and teachers, subject matter)
PROFESSIONAL qualification
standards

15. • At the end of all our efforts, what would be the evidence of
our success?
End GOAL
21st Century
Learners
(TEACHERS &
STUDENTS) of
Laos
SELF-
DIRECTED/
independent
LIFELONG
LEARNERS!
CRITICAL
THINKERS!
Self-MOTIVATED
KNOWS HOW TO
LEARN
Uses ICT to increase
resources for
learning
Has Higher Order
Thinking Skills
Organized thinker/
uses mind mapping
for faster learning

16. All graduate teachers should be adequate in communications skills
(practical competence in ENGLISH to better access knowledge online
and to interact competently /confidently across the region/global
marketplace)
4
All graduate teachers should be effective, self-directed LIFELONG
LEARNERS in order to effectively teach their students to be LIFELONG
LEARNERS themselves.5
Integrates ICT for education as a key pedagogical tool, subject and
context area.3NOTE: 2015, Laos joins AEC, for its economy to grow it will need knowledge workers to help
drive its industries. We cannot learn the old way, we must learn FASTER and DEEPER!
ICT helps us find and use the best resources and keep up to date.

17. So the process to design
the new curriculum was…
• LAO TRANSLATION:

18. TEDIOUS BUT DELIBERATE AND CAREFULLY DESIGNED
MINISTER'S DECREE NO. 4290 promulgated on 20 November 2012 has already integrated the pre-service Teacher Training
Curriculum for LSE and USE under one 4-year bachelor program: Secondary Teacher Education Program.
MINISTER'S DECREE NO. 3799 promulgated on 9 September November 2013 has approved the new 15 courses under the
Secondary Teacher Education Pre-service program (STEP).

19. 1. From a “standard” (maximum) 150 credit units for all
bachelor’s degree programs: to a more detailed and
teacher-training specific to a standard of 160 Credit units --
following the ASEAN/ASEM credit transfer system.
(Philippines: minimum 178; Thailand: average 203)
2. All Subjects/Major Courses now competency based, with
evidence/indicators based on the international PCK
Framework
3. Competency domains from 122 redundant indicators to an
integrated into 7 strategic domains of PCK as threshold
competency set for all pre-service Bachelor degree
graduates.
Our summary of innovations/achievements for STEP
Curriculum includes:

20. 4. ICT integrated into general and specialization (major
course) curriculum to provide basic ICT literacy to all teachers
and prepare teachers to teach ICT as an LSE/USE subject.
5. English/Communications skills which is a 21st century
survival skill has been enhanced
6. all 15 courses adapting a prescribed minor to enable all
teacher graduates to effectively teach more than 1 subject in
all secondary (LSE/USE) levels
SESDP’s 7th innovation push was not adapted yet as local
stakeholders were not yet able to appreciate the advantages.
MAPEH (music arts, PE, Health) as one major course offered in TTIs/TTCs not needing any minor as all 4 subjects are treated
equally with critical subject matter content mastery to be able to teach these subjects effectively in any secondary education
level. This is where the ASEAN curriculum can receive full integration: environmental health, reproductive health, HIV AIDS,
Drug Abuse Prevention, First Aid, disaster risk reduction--these are not PE nor Music nor Art topics--also not CIVICs or NatSCi
topics, though GEOGRAPHY can touch a little (climate change), not enough full exposure as LIFE SKILLS. Also, it is a proven
strategy to teacher shortage (1 teacher :4 subjects)

21. 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
New LSE
revised M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7
new USE graduates enter
teacher training
under new
curriculumpilot Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
pilot
cohort
graduates
TIMELINE
STEP Pilot period
Calibrated STEP
mainstreams
Pilot period

22. Next steps
STEP PILOT ACTION PLAN Q4
NEW 2A1 (iv)
NOV
25-27
DEC
2-4
DEC
9-11
DEC
16-18
(3 DAYS) (3 DAYS) (3 DAYS) (3 DAYS)
Mainstreaming to all TTI’s (TTC+FOE) to prepare for pilot run
Administrator
Workshop
(THALAD)
TTI’s
Pilot run
Workshop
(BAN kEAN TTC)
TTI’s
Pilot run
Workshop
(PAKSE TTC)
TTI’s
Pilot run
Workshop
(LUANGPHABANG
TTC)
LAK
78,405,000
LAK
108,810,000
LAK
139,246,000
LAK
130,741,000
Participants
76
Participants
162
Participants
166
Participants
166
PILOT PERIOD startup phase

23. STEP adapts the Transformation Model of PCK
AND NOW DTE WILL ELABORATE ON PCK MODEL and how it
is elaborated un the new CURRICULUM STRUCTURE…
PCK framework and Minimum Competencies on which the new
pre-service curriculum was based

24. AND then WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE STEP
CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS
OBJECTIVE: LEARN FASTER AND DEEPER USING SIMPLE BUT
EFFECTIVE PCK TOOLS