Schools and Teachers Innovating for Results (STIR) is a teacher led change-maker movement to improve learning of children in India and Uganda. STIR aims to reignite the spark in teachers and empowers them to become committed, skillful and influential change-makers. This is to reclaim the moral purpose of teaching and its status as the most noble of professions.
STIR Model
The STIR model contends that if exemplary teachers are recognized for innovative practice and offered opportunity to create, collaborate and reflect, then they will be empowered to improve their own practice, invest in student learning outcomes and to affect larger scale structural reform. The process begins with identifying such teacher leaders for innovative practice in the classroom, convenes these teachers together to share micro-innovations across schools, and then encourages teachers to adapt and implement these solutions in their classrooms and schools. Upon successful implementation, teachers and school leaders are encouraged to re-enter the cycle for continuous improvement. The model is iterative, continuous and self-reflective in nature, and STIR's success relies not only upon the commitment of teachers, but also of well-trained program facilitators dedicated to the mission and vision of STIR.
STIR Model
The STIR model contends that if exemplary teachers are recognized for innovative practice and offered opportunity to create, collaborate and reflect, then they will be empowered to improve their own practice, invest in student learning outcomes and to affect larger scale structural reform. The process begins with identifying such teacher leaders for innovative practice in the classroom, convenes these teachers together to share micro-innovations across schools, and then encourages teachers to adapt and implement these solutions in their classrooms and schools. Upon successful implementation, teachers and school leaders are encouraged to re-enter the cycle for continuous improvement. The model is iterative, continuous and self-reflective in nature, and STIR's success relies not only upon the commitment of teachers, but also of well-trained program facilitators dedicated to the mission and vision of STIR.
Phase I - Innovation
The STIR model begins with identifying the bright-spots; teachers who create and adapt solutions in their teaching to overcome the barriers in student learning. Teachers from all across 7 AIF-DE states submitted their micro-innovations in Sep'14.
The STIR model begins with identifying the bright-spots; teachers who create and adapt solutions in their teaching to overcome the barriers in student learning. Teachers from all across 7 AIF-DE states submitted their micro-innovations in Sep'14.
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