Essential to our mission is the provision of teacher training at the grassroots level. We do this in two ways:
At Elementary and Primary level, Bilum Books provides free teacher training to Districts and school clusters that buy our books.
Our books are easy to use. We run our training workshops to give teachers a sense of excitement and a level of confidence to use the books as soon as they get back to their classrooms.
Our practical workshop lessons demonstrate how to teach reading and writing, and the skills of English literacy (phonics, spelling and vocabulary, grammar and usage, and comprehension).
In workshops, teachers present their own lessons to the group to demonstrate what they have learned. In doing so, teachers gain the confidence to teach successfully in their own classrooms.
Our training workshops show teachers how the Bilum Books Teacher Guides help them to teach the NDoE Standards-Based ENGLISH Syllabus and how they can be used alongside the NDoE Teacher Guides.
Where in PNG? Bilum Books Teacher Training Workshops have taken us to schools throughout Papua New Guinea – from Kiunga to Kokopo, from Kairuku to Kitava. Click to see details about our Teacher Training Workshops and partnerships.
Morobe Province - Lae
Phonics Workshop (Partner: Provincial Education Division)
Literacy Workshops (Partners: World Vision; Ginigoada)
Morobe Province - Ramu
SBC English Literacy and Phonics Workshops
Partner: Ramu Agri Industries
Madang Province - Madang
Phonics Workshop (Partners: Christian Books Melanesia; Provincial Education Division)
Literacy Workshops (Partner: World Vision, Madang Teachers College)
Madang Province – Usino Bundi & Middle Ramu
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partner: World Vision
Madang Province – Megiar
Phonics Workshop (Partner: RD Tuna and UNICEF)
Literacy Workshops (Partner: World Vision)
Madang Province – Alexishafen
Phonics Workshop (Partners: Catholic Children’s Ministry & UNICEF)
East Sepik Province - Angoram
SBC English Literacy Workshop
Partner: Provincial Education Division
East Sepik Province – Wosera-Gawi
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partner: Provincial Education Division
East Sepik Province – Wewak
Phonics Workshops (Partners: Provincial Education Division & Christian Books Melanesia)
Sandaun Province – Vanimo
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials.
Sandaun Province – Anguganak
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop
Partner: Teachers Christian Fellowship Education Conference
Eastern Highlands Province - Goroka
Literacy Workshops (Partner: Care International, PKS program)
Presentation at the 2015 National Education Conference.
Enga Province – Enga
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials.
Creating 33 digital storybooks in the Enga language (Partners: All Children Reading and The Asia Foundation)
Simbu Province - Kundiawa
Phonics Workshop (Partner: UNICEF)
Simbu Province - Karamui
SBC English Literacy 3-day Workshop
Partner: Care International
Hela Province – Tari
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials.
Southern Highlands – Mendi
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials.
Western Highlands Province - Mount Hagen
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum, teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Jiwaka Province – Jimi District
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partner: Care International
Central Province – Kairuku
Literacy Workshops (Partners: Child Fund; Digicel Foundation)
Creating 33 digital storybooks in the Hiri Motu language (Partners: All Children Reading and The Asia Foundation)
Central Province – Rigo
SBC English Literacy Workshop
Partner: Child Fund
National Capital District – Port Moresby
NDoE, Waigani – Regular meetings with Curriculum Officers.
Literacy workshops and training of trainers (Partners: Digicel Foundation; World Vision & ChildFund – T4E; NCD Education Department; Kokoda Track Foundation; WeCare; Ginigoada)
Oro Province - Popondetta
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Milne Bay Province – Alotau
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop in Alotau, Daga, Huhu, Makamaka, Maramatana, Suau
Partner: Provincial Education Division
Milne Bay Province – Trobriand Islands
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshops on Kitava, Kiriwina, Gawa, Woodlark Islands
Partner: Provincial Education Division
Western Provence - Kiunga
Bilum Books launch and literacy workshops (Partner: Cross Country School of Excellence)
Western Provence - Balimo
SBC English literacy workshops and training of trainers (Zoom)
Partners: SDP and Kokoda Track Foundation
East New Britain Province – Kokopo
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
West New Britain Province – Kimbe
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials.
Manus Province – Lorengau
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
New Ireland Province – Kavieng
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
New Ireland Province – Namatanai
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop
Partner: Nautilus Minerals
Autonomous Region of Bougainville – Buka
Literacy Workshops (Partner: Digicel Foundation)
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials.
Our Teacher Guides are set out day-by-day, week-by-week, for each of the 4 terms of the PNG school year. They give daily scripted lessons on what to teach at each Grade level, and how to teach it. Especially for Elementary teachers, our Teacher Guides give a teacher a professional development program for each day in the school year. No other company is producing these kinds of books.
Bilum Books Teacher Guides provide practical training in assessment and evaluation. Formative and Summative assessment activities enable teachers to assess their students against the Content Standards set out in the NDoE Standards-Based Syllabus.
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted air travel. This has meant that we have been unable to travel as freely and as readily as we did in previous years. For this reason, we have developed our Bilum Books Trainer Manual.
This manual is designed to help Trainers run a 3-day training workshop for Elementary teachers. The workshop shows teachers how to use Bilum Books SBC English to implement the NDoE Standards-Based English Syllabus. It shows them how to teach their students to read and write.
‘This two day workshop has moulded and shaped me so that I can teach phonics and common words confidently in my classroom.’
‘I Ioved this workshop because it gives me ideas on how to use the Standard Based Curriculum.’
‘The two-day workshop gave clear and easy to understand explanations to teach phonics and common words. I am happy that I can now teach phonics lessons well in my school. LOVELY WORKSHOP!’
‘I use the Teacher Guide and Student Book, very simple and useful teaching resource that enhanced children’s learning in the classroom. I use it every day.’
Training videos are also available. The Covid-19 pandemic prompted us to develop a series of 24 training videos which can be used in workshops for Elementary teachers using our SBC English for Papua New Guinea. Contact us for further information.
Morobe Province - Lae
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop
Partner: Provincial Education Division
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partners:
Repeated visits meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Morobe Province - Ramu
SBC English Literacy and Phonics Workshops
Partner: Ramu Agri Industries
Madang Province - Madang
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop
Partners:
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partner: World Vision – Madang Teachers College
Repeated visits meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Madang Province – Usino Bundi & Middle Ramu
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partner: World Vision
Madang Province – Megiar
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop
Partner: RD Tuna and UNICEF
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partner: World Vision
Madang Province – Alexishafen
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop
Partner: Catholic Children’s Ministry and UNICEF
East Sepik Province - Angoram
SBC English Literacy Workshop
Partner: Provincial Education Division
East Sepik Province – Wosera-Gawi
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partner: Provincial Education Division
East Sepik Province – Wewak
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshops
Partners:
Repeated visits meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Sandaun Province – Vanimo
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum, teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Sandaun Province – Anguganak
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop
Partner: Teachers Christian Fellowship Education Conference
Eastern Highlands Province - Goroka
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partner: Care International (training of trainers) – PKS program
Presentation at the 2015 National Education Conference.
Repeated visits meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Enga Province – Enga
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum, teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Working with local translators to create 33 digital storybooks in the Enga language.
Partners: All Children Reading and The Asia Foundation
Simbu Province - Kundiawa
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop
Partner: UNICEF
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum, teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Simbu Province - Karamui
SBC English Literacy 3-day Workshop
Partner: Care International
Hela Province – Tari
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials.
Southern Highlands – Mendi
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials.
Western Highlands Province - Mount Hagen
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum, teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Jiwaka Province – Jimi District
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partner: Care International
Central Province – Kairuku
SBC English Literacy Workshops
Partners: Child Fund
Digicel Foundation (2021 – training of trainers via Zoom)
Working with local translators to create 33 digital storybooks in the Hiri Motu language.
Partners: All Children Reading and The Asia Foundation
Central Province – Rigo
SBC English Literacy Workshop
Partner: Child Fund
National Capital District – Port Moresby
NDoE, Waigani – Regular meetings with Curriculum Officers. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
SBC English literacy workshops and training of trainers
Partners:
Working with local translators to create 33 digital storybooks in the Tok Pisin language.
Partners: All Children Reading and The Asia Foundation
Oro Province - Popondetta
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Milne Bay Province – Alotau
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop in Alotau, Daga, Huhu, Makamaka, Maramatana, Suau
Partner: Provincial Education Division
Milne Bay Province – Trobriand Islands
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshops on Kitava, Kiriwina, Gawa, Woodlark Islands
Partner: Provincial Education Division
Western Provence - Kiunga
Bilum Books launch
SBC English literacy workshops and training of trainers
Partners: Cross Country School of Excellence
Bilum Books launched in Kiunga to demonstrate our commitment to grassroots education in PNG.
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
Western Provence - Balimo
SBC English literacy workshops and training of trainers (Zoom)
Partners: SDP and Kokoda Track Foundation
East New Britain Province – Kokopo
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
West New Britain Province – Kimbe
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials.
Manus Province – Lorengau
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
New Ireland Province – Kavieng
Meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.
New Ireland Province – Namatanai
Phonics and Vocabulary Workshop
Partner: Nautilus Minerals
Autonomous Region of Bougainville – Buka
SBC English Literacy Workshops (2021 – training of trainers via Zoom)
Partner: Digicel Foundation
Repeated visits meeting teachers and Provincial Education officials. Discussion of curriculum and teacher needs and reviewing books in development.