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Northern Cape Project (Phase 1, 2019-2020): Visit One to John Taolo Gaetsewe

Monday, February 4, 2019 - 08:00 to Friday, February 8, 2019 - 16:30

First Visit to the Project:

The main purpose of the first visit is to initiate the project.

The teachers will receive two days of training and be exposed to the first two conceptual domains of the programme: Colour and Shape.
 
Refer below for more details about the forthcoming training.
 

Date: 4 + 5 February 2019

Time: 8:00 - 16:30

Place: Davince Hospitality, Kuruman

Number of teachers: 41

Number of District Officials: 3 (JTG) + 3 (Frances Baard)

Number of Provincial Officials: 1

Number of Volunteers: 2

 

The teachers will start with the implementation of the Basic Concepts Programme immediately after the training on February 6th.

Support and mentoring visits to the teachers will be initiated immediately after the training on the 6th to the 8th February.

The visits will be lead by district and provincial officials as well as by the project team leaders.

Community volunteers will accompany the class vistors on their mentoring visits - they will receive on-site training to provide additional support to the teachers.

See programme for visit in documents below.

  • Wrenchville
  • Wrenchville
  • Debin, Community Site
  • Debin Primary
  • Debin Primary
  • Rabonyane Primary
  • Rabonyane Primary
  • Provincial & District Officials (Dips, Ruth and Olga)
  • District officials and Volunteers
  • Training: Session 1+2
  • Training: Session 1+2
  • Training: Session 1+2
  • Training: Session 1+2
  • Maralodi Primary
  • Training: Session 1
  • Training: Session 1+2
  • Debin, Community Site

The BCP focuses on the learner… where the teacher acts as a mediator, prompts to access logical thinking and develops language.

Metro Central: Training, October 2014

Good work, keep it up and do the same for my colleagues. This work could help save the children of South Africa … and give them hope for a better future.

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

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)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)

Today’s workshop was very interesting because it shows us where to start when you teach letter, e.g. I can see, sound, feel, touch and draw the letter A...

Kwena Basin Education Trust: Project Visit, September 2016

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)
 INTSHAYELELO PRIMARY

‘It was one of the best training sessions that Metro North has presented….’ (Metro North, 2009)

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