The significance of literacy is vivid in all schools’ subjects. If students struggle with different sorts of text, they might not be able to take advantage of the knowledge disseminated in the classrooms. Literacy instruction is a fundamental process in k-12 schools in order to enhance students’ capacity in reading, writing, and learning emotional cognitive concepts. Overall, to provide a quality education for children, three major elements including effective literacy instruction, supporting children mentally and emotionally, and boosting their critical thinking and social skills are required.

The main objective of this portfolio is to provide a brief guideline to school teachers, especially novice instructors, to equip them with the knowledge and skills to deliver quality education in schools. This guideline can be used for both public schools and Community Based Education (CBE) learning centers with different contexts and target groups of students. The students can be host communities, Refugees, Returnees, and Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have been displaced due to conflict, natural disasters, etc. The information for the content has been collected from reliable resources of books, journals, research papers, reports, websites, professors, presentations, and videos. Additionally, the reflection of master of education students regarding different topics is entailed in this paper, which makes it more productive. The first part is devoted to the science of reading and effective literacy instruction. The topics of reading and writing comprehension, strategies, close reading, and critical literacy are the main parts of this section. In the second part, the focus is on the social and emotional learning of students. In this section, students will learn interpersonal and professional skills such as communication, conflict resolution, basic concepts of trauma, and the approach to how to conquer the traumatic events and reach a positive outcome in their life. The last section aims to raise the capacity of school stakeholders in connection to effective leadership, effective classroom management, coaching, and mentoring.

This portfolio can potentially help the policymakers, educational authorities, and practitioners in public and private schools to grasp knowledge on the development of updated curriculum, effective school management, and consequently successful delivery of quality education.