Introduction Coursework Supervised Training Evaluation Graduates

1. Placement in Cooperating Schools
Twenty schools within Kathmandu Valley are  cooperating schools and partners in this programme. These schools provide the classrooms where trainees practice what they learn in theory classes. Participating cooperating schools get at least one placement every year.

Term One: Nine hours per week in the classrooms of  cooperating schools.
Term Two:  Twelve hours per week for six weeks at  cooperating schools.Three full weeks in demonstration schools where trainees study classroom practices and teaching methodology and how these work towards providing adequate stimulation for the appropriate grooming of a child.
Term Three: Sixteen hours a week. Trainees are placed in cooperating schools and will complete their final requirement for their certification here. They will observe how children work and assess them in a continuous manner as students participate actively in the curricular events.

2. Advisement Group Meeting
A maximum of six trainees are assigned to one Rato Bangala School Advisor, who is their supervisor and mentor for the year. The group meets every week for two hours to discuss teaching and learning and to try  to weave together theory and practice. The advisement group facilitates group bonding and makes the trainees seek out each other for help and advise.

3. Individual Meeting with Advisor
The trainee meets the advisor on an individual basis for one hour every two weeks. This is the time to discuss individualised issues which the trainee and/or the advisor feels are important. It is here that the advisor is able to tailor the programme to the needs of the individual trainee.

4. Three-way Meeting
The advisor, the cooperating teacher in whose class the trainee is assigned to work, and the trainee meet to discuss issues in the cooperating school's classrooms, including the growth of the trainee and his/her performance both academically and socially.