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Northern Cape Project (Phase 1, 2019-2020): Visit One to Pixley Kaseme

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

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: De Aar Country Club, De Aar

Number of teachers: 43

Number of District Officials: 1

Number of Volunteers: 3

 

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.

I am really glad I made an effort to attend: Fantastic, enlightening, empowering.

Metro Central Education District, March 2014
Metro Central Education District, Teacher Training, March 2014

‘The trainer was very good and it was refreshing to be part of a workshop that can actually make a difference in the lives and minds of learners.’ (Metro North, 2010)

Teacher Feedback

Before the course, I never focused on the main concepts as I never really thought them essential to "real life" as a speech-language pathologist. I now have a very different perspective on why these aspects are important and how they move cognition forward.

ZOOM TRAINING 2 FEEDBACK

The BCP is the best place to start for learners with limited vocabulary and for closing the vocabulary gap.

Christel House Training, July 2014

I really cannot wait to start- I want all my children to be Grade 1 ready at the end of this year.

Metro South Training, Western Cape Education Department, 2015

Training was out of this world. I would definitely recommend this training to everyone ...

Christel House Training, July 2014