Ejada Impact Evaluation 2023

Ejada is a transformational education programme that delivers sustainable teacher professional development (TPD) courses. Ejada takes a collaborative, innovative, and evidence-based approach to supporting improved teaching practice and teacher wellbeing. The programme’s ultimate goal is to enable the most vulnerable children, including refugee and Jordanian children (both boys and girls), to access quality and equitable education that supports learning and emotional growth. The programme is accredited by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and already embedded in the national professional development curriculum.

Ejada aspires to expand across both developmental and humanitarian contexts in Jordan and the broader region. Using human-centred design-thinking principles, Ejada has developed novel courses to advance innovation and creativity and improve wellbeing. Ejada employs an evidence-based 50:30:20 approach, supporting teachers to achieve their learning objectives through spending 50% of their learning time in self-study, 30% in peer learning, and 20% learning with an expert or supervisor.

To evaluate Ejada’s effectiveness, Save the Children Jordan (SCJ) conducted a mixed-methods impact evaluation study.
The quantitative study employed a clustered randomised controlled trial (cRCT) design to estimate the causal effect of Ejada on targeted teacher-level outcomes. Quantitative data came from classroom observations of teaching practice and a teacher survey on wellbeing, knowledge, attitudes, and practice. Qualitative data came from focus-group discussions and key informant interviews conducted with students, teachers, school principals, and supervisors from treatment schools.