Metro East Focus Schools Project - Support Visit 4 (Position), August 2026

Taking POSITION Learning into the Classroom

The Basic Concepts Foundation recently completed its fourth round of support visits to schools participating in the MEED project, visiting five schools and working alongside ten teachers and their learners.

These visits are an important part of our approach to supporting teachers beyond formal training. Teachers and schools had prepared for the visits, with session planners, learner workbooks and POSITION materials ready for observation and demonstration. We were also often accompanied by Departmental Officials, HODs, Learning Support Teachers and other BCP teachers, creating valuable opportunities for shared learning.

Working directly in the classroom allowed us to see how teachers are applying the BCP, identify areas requiring further support and model approaches alongside teachers and their learners. A key learning from this round was the importance of progressive complexity when introducing the Position Board. Learners can move from Top–Middle–Bottom, to Left–Right, then to combining positional dimensions, increasingly precise positions, multiple instructions and eventually perspective taking.

We were particularly encouraged to see how learners often became more verbal, engaged and confident when teachers shifted from simply giving instructions to asking questions such as: "Where is it? How do you know?”

These visits demonstrate the value of combining training, classroom modelling, reflection and ongoing mentoring to support teachers as they translate BCP principles into everyday practice.