Malawi Teacher Professional Development Support Program (TPDS)

The Teacher Professional Development Support Program provided support to the Malawi Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to address shortfalls in basic education at the primary school level. The project focused on enhancing teacher performance, improving early grade literacy and numeracy for in-school and out-of-school children, improving the quality of materials and improving primary education-related monitoring and evaluation systems and quality. It provided HIV/AIDS programming for schools, education personnel and orphans and vulnerable children....
 

Global, Cameroon and Botswana/Assessment and Analysis of Non-formal Education

Creative developed a model for assessing non-formal education (NFE) activities in developing countries under a USAID contract. A prototype method for nationwide assessment/analysis of NFE was developed in phases: 1) collaboration with the Centre National d'Education in Cameroon in the design and implementation of an assessment/analysis of NFE, 2) collaboration with the Department of NFE in Botswana to adapt the model to their needs, and 3) presentation of the prototype model in a workshop attended by policy planners....
 

ETHRD III/Uganda/Ugandan Education Sector Studies

Creative assessed the Ugandan educational system at the ministry, district and local levels, and proposed structural improvements to strengthen the educational system's financial accounting systems in preparation for USAID's proposed national basic primary education program. Based on its findings, the team proposed alternative financial accounting systems and potential methods of channeling aid to primary schools so that equity, efficiency and effectiveness concerns would be taken into consideration....
 

ETHRD III/Tanzania/Training for Impact: Impact Evaluation for USAID/Tanzania and Guidance for Mission Training

Creative conducted an evaluation of training undertaken by USAID/Tanzania to improve measurement and management of training impact. The evaluation focused on both program effectiveness and impact to assist USAID/Tanzania in improving its operations and ascertaining the contribution of training to the achievement of objectives. Training elements in various projects in the health and private sectors were included as part of the evaluation, as were women in development issues....
 

ETHRD III/Swaziland/Evaluation of Training Impact

An in-depth evaluation of all USAID training done in Swaziland involved Creative 's team developing a Data Collection Guide, interviewing officials and others involved in past training activities and conducting a series of focus group interviews with former training program participants. A framework for evaluation was then developed for analyzing the strategic role of training in the development process, along with guidelines for incorporating training in country project or program designs....
 

ETHRD III/Rwanda/Training for Impact: Country Training Strategy for USAID/Rwanda

USAID's Africa Bureau commissioned a study to develop a methodological framework to help missions determine how training helps to meet strategic development objectives, which training impact indicators are needed and which management needs are required for training to have impact. Creative conducted an evaluation of USAID/Rwanda trainings and prepared a Country Training Strategy and Implementation Plan so USAID training would have maximum impact on the Mission's and Rwanda's development goals....