Kwena Basic Education Trust: Project Visit, October 2014

Monday, September 29, 2014 - 08:00 to Friday, October 3, 2014 - 12:00

Part of the Project

Kwena Basin Education Trust (Phase 1 + Phase 2)

Visit 1 to Kwena Basin Trust

The goal of the first visit to the project is to orientate and introduce teachers to the Basic Concepts Programme. Teachers will be trained to mediate the first two conceptual domains (colour and shape) and will thereafter receive support inside the classroom as they start to implement the programme.

The project leader will also make contact with key project role players, namely trustees of the Kwena Basin Education Trust, officials of the Mpumalanga Department of Education and local community leaders.

Visit Programme:-

Day 1, 29 September: Full day training 1

Day 2, 30 September: Full day training 2

Day 3, 01 October: School Visits (x2 schools)

Day 4, 02 October: School Visits (x2 Schools)

Day 5, 03 October: Meeting with local role players

Click here for an electronic survey from training (1)

Documents

Encourages children to be observant and provides opportunity for building language skills - from basics to more complex.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

‘All foundation phase educators, esp. Grade R, should attend this workshop. If everyone in the education system uses this BCP model, we should see remarkable improvements in the learners' LIT/NUM over a couple of years.’ (Metro North, 2009)

Teacher Feedback

I love the programme. I was not aware of how to introduce a concept … . If I could reverse my years in teaching, I bet I would have produced mathematicians, scientists and doctors.

Metro Central Teacher Comment (July, 2013)

I was very happy about my development on this course… often as teachers we do not pay attention to detail, but because of Basic Concepts I was aware of the lack of language use in my class. I am now using a different approach with my learners and being aware of the small details that make a big change in the way I teach and learners learn. Thank you for this eye opening course.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)