1. Monitoring and Evaluation at the Jordan Education Initiative Osama Obeidat, Ph.D Monitoring and Evaluation at the Jordan Education Initiative Osama Obeidat, Ph.D

2. Introduction/Background How the JEI started? A group of nonprofit, Information Technology (IT), and telecom industry leaders in the World Economic Forum (WEF) agreed to join forces to improve education within one developing country Jordan was selected because of the country’s vision for the future of education and its people In early 2002, the WEF organized an Initiative kick-off meeting in London, inviting organizations from around the world to participate in the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI). The JEI was conceived at the extraordinary IT and Telecom Governance meeting at the WEF meeting in January, 2003 The JEI was launched in the WEF Jordan meeting in June 2003 at the Dead Sea

3. JEI Vision "A world class education innovation Center of Excellence that leverages public private partnership to leapfrog education transformation in the region"

4. JEI Mission “Accelerate education reform through innovative research, development, and implementation, and further add value to students, teachers, and the education system, and effectively contribute in building a knowledge economy and society"

5. JEI Objectives Improve the development and delivery of education through PPP. Introduce 21st century learning and teaching skills. Encourage the development of an efficient public-private model for the acceleration of educational reforms in developing countries. Build the capacity of partners for the development of innovative learning solutions in partnership with world class firms, and creating economic value. Create a model of reform and replicate it in other countries in the region. Expand innovation and research.

6. JEI Phase (I) was… the foundation phase

7. JEI Phase II

8. JEI Phase II Increase adoption Leverage the ICT resources to better impact the students Focused on-site support Support school leadership Trouble shooting Change management VS. training Community involvement More innovation Roll out

9. The model…

10. Madrasati e-Content Training Infrastructure e-Content Training Infrastructure Rollout Operations e-Content Connectivity ITN e-Content Connectivity ITN Piloting R&D Pilots CM ASP R&D Pilots CM ASP Innovation Consultancy Research Papers Projects Consultancy Research Papers Projects Capacity Services Promotion Collaboration Capacity Services Promotion Collaboration Global Outreach Impact Assessment (Strategy & Master Plan) Where are we heading

11. Holistic Approach Pilot M&E Report Rollout Research & Innovate

12. Current Projects e-Content deployment and training … JEI training Site surveys … monitoring operations Teaching For Understanding (Harvard) … increased adoption and change in pedagogic approaches EFL Strategy … technology model Interactive White Boards (SMART Technologies) … innovation Interactive White Boards (KETAB) … innovation and local IT support

13. Current Projects Reading Companion (IBM) … pedagogy and after school program Class teacher (1-3) training (JEI/Menhaj) … pedagogic approaches Towards new schools Attitude (CADER/Microsoft) … driving change Classmate PC (INTEL) … innovation JEI proprietary training … research

14. Current Projects ITN (Microsoft) … harboring innovations from the field NeuroLanguage … after school program Four Nations … after school program Al-Hussein Society … special education MADRASATI Projects … rollout & PPP

15. Monitoring and Evaluation Focuses attention on achieving outcomes important to the organization and its stakeholders Provides timely, frequent information to staff Provides greater accountability for aid lending To make resource decisions To re-think the causes of a problem To make decisions on best alternatives To help build consensus among stakeholders on how to respond to a problem To understand what caused the changes we are monitoring To understand if the implementation process followed as anticipated, and with what consequences

16. Project-Level M&E How are We Doing it?

17. JEI’s M&E Guided Principles

18. JEI’s M&E Guided Principles…cont.

19. M&E Cycle at the JEI Developing outcomes KPIs Baseline Data on Indicators Monitoring of results Reporting Findings Using the findings Sustaining M&E New Project

20. Position of the JEI in the national and global education M&E EFA GEI MoE JEI NCHRD DCU PEI REI EEI MSPEs MDGs National Agenda

21. Outcomes/Achievements of the JEI Electronic Content Professional Development ICT Infrastructure and Resources Performance of the Discovery Schools in the National and International Assessment Programs Impact Assessment of the JEI Site Survey

22. e-Curricula Six subjects (3,373 e-learning lessons) developed: CivicsICTEFL MathArabicScience All e-Contents are deployed on EduWave

23. Teachers Training Training around 3000 teachers on the use of the computer for teaching through: – ICDL, –Intel Teach to the Future, –CADER, –World Links programs, –Subject Specific Training (SST).

24. In-Classroom Technology Technical infrastructure in all 100 Discovery School deployed 80,000 students, 3200 teachers in 100 Discovery Schools are fully networked, connected and have access to computer labs and online curricula Teachers provided with laptops and projectors to deliver e-contents.

25. National and International Assessment Programs PISA 2007 NAfKE 2006 AND 2008

26. Impact Assessment Task One: examine the current state of ICT use and pedagogical practices in the Discovery Schools. Task Two: analyzes the nature of the public-private partnership. Task Three: assess the information technology infrastructure and the adequacy of these platforms to support e-learning in the Discovery Schools. Task Four: assess the cost implications of scaling up the JEI technology platforms and e-learning approaches to additional school.

27. Impact Assessment Main Recommendations Develop JEI capacity; Deepen local evaluation and monitoring capacity for education technology; Provide learning opportunities for principals, teachers and supervisors; Continue supporting innovation and distribution of e-content and infrastructure; Expand and fortify technical support and maintenance strategies to go to scale; Provide opportunities for students and community.

28. Site Survey To monitor and evaluate the roll out of the e-content in DS. Data are collected from each DS on the use of the e-content by subject and grade, the use of computer labs and laptop computers, training of teachers in the use of ICT and e- content, and the status and technical support of computer and network infrastructure. The first survey was conducted on March 2005 and the latest one (14 th ) was conducted in March-April 2008. 4 surveys in 2005, 6 in 2006, 3 in 2007, and 1 in 2008

29. Conclusion The current responsibilities of the Monitoring and Evaluation Department are: Participating in preparing the developmental plans and programs associated with the institutional capacity building. Setting the appropriate performance measures needed for monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects. Collecting, studying and analyzing data and information related to the projects and programs. Carrying out formative and summative evaluation studies of the projects to help the company take the necessary changes during the implementation of these projects Preparing progress reports for projects Setting up monitoring and evaluation plans for all the projects undertaken by the company. Working with the PMU in identifying and solving problems faced the projects and complete them within the stipulated time

30. Conclusion Contribute and support the JEI to engage with local and international partners, and with the MOE for new learning programs –Building capacity of the department –Deliver monitoring and evaluation products and services that generate income to the JEI –Making sure that the organization is on track in achieving its objectives and to review progress against objectives and adjust planning assumptions, priorities and strategies as needed

31. Thank You شكراً لكم Osama.o@jei.org.jo