Northern Cape Project: Master Trainers- Part 2 (2023)

Monday, October 23, 2023 - 08:30 to Friday, October 27, 2023 - 12:30

Part of the Project

The Northern Cape Project (2018 - 2024): Reaching All Grade R Learners

Master Trainers: Final Training Week

The focus of this week's training will be on the final conceptual domains that were not covered earlier in the year.

In addition, the week will give us the opportunity for the Northern Cape Officials to support and mentor educators in the last two domains of the programme.

The prospective trainers would thus have had the opportunity to see the entire process, from the training of the teachers and reflection on the process to the follow-through inside the classroom.

This makes for a fully immersive experience for the new trainers.

Masters Training Programme:

23th Oct:
Session 1: Participation in the Number training session (8h30-16h00)
Session 2: Reflection and consolidation session (16h00 - 18h00)

24th Oct:
Session 1: Participation in the Letter training session (8h30-16h00)
Session 2: Reflection and consolidation session (16h00 - 18h00)

25th Oct:
Session 1: Support and Mentoring Visit to Schools (8h30-12h30)
Session 2: Feedback and reflection session (14h00-16h00)

26th Oct:
Session 1: Support and Mentoring Visit to Schools (8h30-12h30)
Session 2: Feedback and reflection session (14h00-16h00)

27th Oct:
Session 1: Support and Mentoring Visit to Schools (8h30-12h30)

Note:
I. See the school visit programme below.
2. All reports from the visits are available online.

Documents

ZFM SUPPORT PROGRAMME (OCT 2023)

The Basic Concepts Programme is basically the same as Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development. It is a way of teaching… it gives individuals a way to structure their thinking and reasoning.

Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015

I am blown away!!! This is most definitely the most useful course that I have ever attended.

Overberg District, Western Cape Department of Education (February, 2019)

The training was very effective and informative … and gave us insight into how to teach and develop language. I wish there could be more of such training to develop ourselves further.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (February, 2014)

Very informative. Very well presented. Very good use of visual aids.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 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

Practical demonstration of mediation. Louis is an excellent mediator and it really helped to see it demonstrated. Loved the dedication, enthusiasm and firm belief in worth of BC approach to learning. I really think you opened our eyes to new methods of promoting learning and especially development of language.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (June 2013)