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Metro Central: Western Cape Department of Education (February 2017)

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 13:30 to Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 16:00
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 13:30 to Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 16:00

Part of the Project

Training Details:-

Purpose of the training: How to adminster, score and interpret the results of the Test of Basic Concepts Knowledge (TBCK-R)

Target Group: Learning Support Teachers

Number of participants: 70 (35 + 35)

Venue: Metro, Ndabeni, Cape Town

Dates: 21 + 23 February 2017 (Cluster 1) 28 February + 2 March (Cluster 2)

For more information: Contact Kristin Poulter (see email address below).

Note: Training is open to Learning Support Teachers from Metro Central only.

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Email

Kristin.Poulter@westerncape.gov.za

I now have a broader knowledge of how to teach various concepts and reach all intelligences and learning styles.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

Now I can help the learners from our poorer areas to verbalize for themselves…  they are becoming more confident and starting to love their educational journey.

Metro Central (2013); Training

‘BCP is foundational to a child's learning. It is the building blocks on which all other concepts are built. A concept needs to be fully understood by a child before a new concept can be taught. We often rush children's learning due to time constraints which is not correct.’ (KIDZPOSITIVE, Occupational Therapist, 2011)

Teacher Feedback

We were taught the theory as well as the practice.  I now feel confident to start to implement the programme with my class and even with my nieces and nephews.

Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015

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

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

I am extremely grateful for being exposed to this programme … I'm always worried about those learners who are not progressing. The programme can support these learners in order to lay the foundation for academic progress. Practically my whole class needs this Foundation!!! How can I start with formal teaching if they do not know their Basics.

Metro South Education District: Training (January, 2013)