Discover promising classroom practice. Strengthen it with evidence. Scale what works.
We work directly with Kenyan teachers to surface grassroots instructional breakthroughs, test them across real classrooms, build rigorous evidence, and help practical knowledge travel into wider school networks and education systems.
A deliberate foundation rooted in classroom ingenuity
Peter Tabichi Foundation is a Kenyan education organisation working hand-in-hand with teachers to uncover effective local practices, test and strengthen them through rigorous evidence, and ensure practical knowledge travels to educators, schools, and wider education systems.
Discover Promising Practice
Identifying grassroots classroom solutions born from positive deviance in Kenyan schools.
Test & Build Evidence
Applying improvement science and human-centred design across diverse classroom contexts.
Spread What Works
Mobilising knowledge across teacher PLCs, county learning networks, and national systems.
Driven by teachers, sustained by evidence
Our cohorts bring together 5 teacher changemakers and 45 core educators across collaborative professional learning communities in Nakuru and surrounding counties. Together, we turn frontline insights into tested, transferable tools that every school can adopt.
50 Changemakers Active
Peer-led evidence cycles across classrooms
The TichaCraft Pathway
How classroom-tested ingenuity travels from a single lesson to school teams, professional learning networks, and county-wide education systems.
Grassroots Discovery
Identifying grassroots micro-practices that overcome resource constraints directly inside Kenyan learning rooms.
Documenting low-cost STEM inquiry routines and learner engagement tactics.
Locally sourced teaching apparatus and language scaffolding cues.
Grassroots Discovery
Identifying grassroots micro-practices that overcome resource constraints directly inside Kenyan learning rooms.
Institutional Testing
Testing classroom prototypes across subject departments and peer classrooms within the same institutional context.
Collaborative Refinement
5 PLCs of 10 teachers run rapid Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) inquiry cycles to refine transferable practices across diverse communities.
Regional Adoption
Consolidating practice-transfer cards for district-level pedagogical roundtables and teacher training institutes.
National Integration
Translating proven field evidence into scalable policy briefs and national curriculum strengthening initiatives.
Five Disciplines of Grounded Evidence
Every practice discovered by the Peter Tabichi Foundation is tested through five interconnected methodologies. We bridge classroom ingenuity with institutional rigor to ensure promising techniques travel reliably across schools and education systems.
Identifying everyday teachers who find uncommon solutions to common instructional challenges using only existing local resources.
Pinpointing rural classroom routines where student engagement and retention outpace peer averages without added budget.
Co-designing classroom tools directly with educators and learners, prioritizing empathy, lived experience, and rapid prototyping.
Iterating low-cost science lab alternatives and lesson scaffolds through direct teacher-student feedback sessions.
Applying structured Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) inquiry cycles to test and refine teaching practices under actual classroom conditions.
Running targeted 3-week micro-trials to measure reading comprehension gains across diverse student cohorts.
Connecting teacher cohorts into structured Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to share comparative data and test variability.
Facilitating structured peer observation cycles across 5 PLCs of 10 educators to validate adaptability across schools.
Synthesizing field-tested practice transfer cards into scalable blueprints suitable for county learning networks and national adoption.
Translating verified classroom breakthroughs into standardized guidance for regional curriculum leaders and teacher colleges.
From Grassroots Classroom Trials to National Knowledge Transfer
Our methodologies structure the journey from individual teacher insight to county-wide practice transfer cards. Explore how 50 teacher-changemakers validate ideas across 5 learning circles.
Human-Scale Impact Driven by 50 Teacher Changemakers
We structure our cohorts to ensure rigorous evidence generation while respecting the real demands of active Kenyan classrooms. A tightly knit network of 50 educators organized into collaborative units turns local breakthroughs into scalable system knowledge.
Nakuru Hub & Regional Networks
The 50-Teacher Evidence Engine
Every cohort operates as a single discovery engine. By testing interventions in distinct school environments simultaneously, we isolate what works, why it succeeds, and how other teachers can adapt it with confidence.
Decentralized Professional Learning Communities meeting bi-weekly to unpack classroom challenges, evaluate real-time evidence, and cross-pollinate verified instructional tactics.
- Peer-to-peer lesson observation protocols
- Localized evidence review boards
- Context-specific practice adaptation logs
Specially mentored educator-leads who shepherd inquiry cycles, coordinate system documentation, and liaise with county education networks to accelerate knowledge sharing.
- Inquiry synthesis & moderation
- System barrier escalation routes
- Practice transfer card codification
Dedicated frontline teachers testing promising methods in active daily classrooms across rural and suburban schools, gathering primary learner feedback and baseline data.
- Direct classroom method iteration
- Student learning artifact curation
- Real-world limitation reporting
Expand Cohort Implementation in Your County
We partner with county governments, teacher training colleges, and non-profits to replicate the 50-teacher inquiry cycle in new educational contexts.
Practice Transfer Cards
Every practice developed in TichaCraft is distilled into a structured, context-tested transfer blueprint. Browse non-negotiables, adaptable dimensions, and empirical observations before testing them in your school.
- •Locally sourced reagents
- •individual observation sheets
- •standardized safety protocols
- •student-led data recording
- •Vessel types (syringes vs straws)
- •team cluster sizing (3-6 students)
- •language of prompt cards
+34% increase in practical exam comprehension; 92% student active engagement in pilot classrooms.
- •Structured 3-step prompt stems
- •anonymized sample benchmarking
- •5-minute timed response rotations
- •Digital submission vs paper index cards
- •pair vs triad groupings
- •subject-tailored scoring rubrics
41% reduction in unaddressed assignment misconceptions within 2-week testing cycles.
- •Daily anchor question board
- •student rotating discussion captains
- •7-minute synthesis debriefs
- •Physical question box vs chalkboard corner
- •group assignment criteria
- •cross-subject schedule
+28% sustained question-generation rate measured during end-of-unit formative assessments.
- •Real community problem framing
- •4-phase design sprint (Discover, Build, Test, Share)
- •prototype display
- •Material salvage lists
- •timeline span (1 week vs term-long project)
- •external community showcase format
88% of learners demonstrated independent hypothesis formulation and applied engineering reasoning.
- •1 targeted diagnostic prompt
- •two-finger thumbs check
- •3 focal student check-ins before dismissal
- •Response format (individual mini-boards, finger voting, or notebook spot-checks)
Teachers altered subsequent lesson plans within 24 hours in 78% of observed cycles.
- •4 tiered challenge stations
- •explicit peer answer keys
- •self-paced checkpoint passport
- •Station topics
- •timing intervals (10-15 mins)
- •individual vs paired station navigation
Average 22% improvement in retention scores across baseline trial groups over 6 weeks.
Have a classroom practice ready for testing?
Work with our teacher changemakers and PLCs to document, validate, and build practical evidence for your school.
Partner With Us to Spread Promising Classroom Practice
We work alongside educators, school networks, county leaders, and researchers to turn everyday classroom discoveries into verified, scalable solutions across Kenya.
Classroom Practice Testing
Schools & PLCsJoin 50-teacher cohorts testing and refining promising teaching practices through structured improvement cycles.
System-Wide Learning
County Education OfficesCollaborate on county-level evidence hubs that adapt validated classroom methods to regional curriculum priorities.
Evidence & Improvement Science
Academic & Research PartnersCo-author rigorous evaluations using Positive Deviance and Networked Improvement methodologies.
Catalytic Program Scaling
Philanthropic FoundationsInvest in teacher changemakers and accelerate the transfer of practical knowledge across Kenya.
Direct Inquiries & Head Office
Peter Tabichi Foundation: Create • Share • Transform