WELCOME TO AIMS TCPD PROGRAM
We are an accredited Service Provider by the NTC to deliver Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and Capacity Building Trainings for Teachers and Educational Workers in Ghana.
WHAT IS TCPD?
Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development (TCPD) has come to stay, and falls in line with Government’s policy to drive forward quality education for national development. The Continuous Professional Development (CPD) seeks to assess, track and document the competencies (Skills, Knowledge and Experience) that teachers have gained beyond their initial training; be it formal or informal. The TCPD comes under the leadership of the core stakeholders to drive the quality and relevance of modules designed thereunto. The bodies expected to play leadership role in qualitative TCPD programmes include
• The Ministry of Education
• The Ghana Education Service
• The National Accreditation Board
• The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
• National Inspectorate Board,
• National Council for Tertiary Education,
• Recognized Teacher Unions and
• Accredited Colleges and Universities.
The African Institute of Management Science (AIMS) is a trusted partner to the TCPD program accredited by the National Teaching Council as a substantive CPD service Provider. This brochure seeks to outline the key Training modules available to all Teachers in Ghana and how AIMS is better equipped to deliver results as required by the Policy Document.
WHAT IS THE NTC?
The National Teaching Council (NTC) which was established by 2008 Education Act (ACT 778) and it is mandated by Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 (Act 1023, section 59) to regulate teaching profession in Ghana. The section 60, subsection (a) clauses i and ii requires the Council through its governing body to:
Advise the Minister:
(i) On matters relating to the professional standing and status of teachers; and
(ii) On the education, development and the employment of teachers.
• Subsection (g) of the same section requires the Council to ACCREDIT, in collaboration with relevant agencies and institutions offering teacher education and development programmes.
• In addition, subsection (k) requires the Council to develop and promote Continuing Professional Education in teaching profession.
• Similarly, subsection (o) requires the Council to provide a framework for development of teacher education curriculum.
• Subsection (p) also recommends the Council to perform any other function incidental to the object of the Council
In line with this policy direction, NTC has put in place a Professional Development (PD) framework that supports teachers to progress along their career path through professional ranking (levels) system.