Metro Central Training, Western Cape Department of Education, 2013

Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 09:00 to Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 09:00

Part of the Project

Metro Central Education District, Cape Town

Target Group: Grade R, Grade 1, and Learning Support Teachers

Number of participants: 30

Dates: 23, 27, 28 February and 2 March 2013

Note: Training is open to teachers from Metro Central only.

For more information: Contact Michelle Lothian (see email address below).

See teacher feedback below.

Documents

Email

mlothian@westerncape.gov.za

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)

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

The BCP provides "tools" for higher-level learning.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

I have learned so much through the Kwena Basic Education Trust and for that I would like to take this opportunity to say: thank you.

Kwena Basin Education Trust: Project Visit, May 2016

‘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

The course was very helpful to me as a teacher, excellent and exciting, because it opened my mind … how to integrate basic concept in all learning areas. It also showed that children should not be limited and their understanding should be developed step-by-step.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)