Educational KRAs: Annotations

Educational KRAs: Annotations

What is a KRA?

A key result area is a strategic factor where strong positive results must be realized for the organization to achieve its strategic goal(s), and therefore, move toward realizing the organization's longer term vision of success. 

 KRAs can be used as a tool to measure performance. 

 

 KRA Annotations 

📌Applying Content Knowledge Within and Across the Curriculum 

Learning becomes wholesome, meaningful, and complete if it is applied in other learning areas. Knowledge, therefore, is not limited but becomes more useful and practical when integrated in other fields of learning.

📌Use of Learning Strategies to Enhance Learner Achievement

Using varied learner-centered strategies in teaching generate interest among pupils. Interest is attention thus learning is made easier. Careful planning on the part of mentors will lead to better performance output among pupils.

📌Applying Teaching Strategies to Develop Higher Order Thinking Skills

A challenge can come in the form of a question. A correct answer is a sign of understanding. It is usually what is done in class to check comprehension, with different levels of questioning.

📌Managing Classroom Structure

Maximizing classroom space for learners' varied activities enhances learning. Creative structure /arrangement of the room for individual or group activities helps set aside monotony and learners see something new in class.

📌Managing Learner Behavior

Teaching kids with short attention span poses a big challenge to teachers. How to keep them still and listen? Applying positive and non-violent discipline can be effective like a soft but firm reprimand or simple, creative ways for rewards and recognition of good behavior.

📌Use of Differentiated Learning Experiences

Learning can be a burden to some pupils if learner's gender, needs, strengths and weaknesses, interests and experiences are not properly addressed. Give the child work that suits his/her level.

📌Learning Action Cell

Having LAC Sessions is like rediscovering the fun in learning with colleagues. Mentors take the time off from class duty to further their craft through sharing.

📌Use of Appropriate Teaching-Learning Resources including ICT

The learners of today are 21st century learners or the so-called millennials. Being equipped in dealing with them includes technology. ICT can be a useful tool in imparting knowledge today because it is their language. But one needs to practice moderation because we might overdo it, and forget the traditional ways which are also effective because children are human after all.

📌Use of Varied Assessment Strategies

Assessment is an essential part of learning. How does one know if a child learns the lesson or not? How much did he/she learn? Which part of his/her learning needs intervention or remediation? All these can be answered through assessment. Assessment takes many forms, i.e. performance tasks. 

📌Monitor and Evaluate Learner Progress

Parents foremost, as well as other stakeholders are interested to know pupil progress. It is therefore a responsibility of teachers to report correct, accurate data of learner performance. These data can be used to plan for interventions and other measures for improvement.

📌Communication of Learner Progress to Key Stakeholders

Open communication between parents and teachers can be beneficial for both. Both can sit down and talk. Teachers do appreciate parents who come to meetings because less questions are asked in the future if parents are well-informed.

📌Perform Activities that Contribute to the Teaching-Learning Process

Trainings and related activities are needed for professional as well as personal development. Teachers grow professionally from knowledge and skills learned from various sources. May opportunities come for in the long run those under the mentor's care can hopefully benefit from such endeavors.

📌Plan, Manage, and Implement Developmentally Appropriate Teaching-Learning Processes

Flow of the lesson from start to end is very important. It is like a smooth journey towards a destination,

no bumps along the way. So does teaching a lesson. The destination is reached, and that is learning.