Northern Cape Project (Phase 2a | Frances Baard, 2022-2023): Training Programme 2022

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 13:00 to Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 14:30

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 13:00 to Wednesday, April 6, 2022 - 14:30

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:30

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 - 13:00 to Wednesday, August 3, 2022 - 14:30

Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - 13:00 to Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - 14:30

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 13:00 to Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 14:30

Part of the Project

The Northern Cape Project (2018 - 2024): Reaching All Grade R Learners

Frances Baard: Training and Mentoring Programme

A group of 30 teachers will be added to the current cohort of 56 teachers in 2022.

Each of the three officials from the district has invited 10 new teachers mostly from their current schools to join the project.

The teachers will attend two training sessions per conceptual domain over the course of the year. See the programme below.

The teachers are required to apply what they have learnt during training inside their classes and share best practices on a dedicated social media site.

It made me rethink how I teach and how I can change the language I use.

Christel House Training, July 2014

‘Although I have been teaching Grade R for 23 years... I have learnt so much over the past 2 weeks and have already seen a change in most of my learners.’ (Metro Central, 2012)

Teacher Feedback

‘It is an excellent programme. Just a pity that not all reception year educators are exposed to the training. My understanding of the programme- it is developed to systematically mediate concepts so that learners are guided to develop an understanding and so that learning is meaningful.’ (Metro Central, 2012)

Training Feedback

‘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

The Basic Concepts Programme is basically the same as Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development. It is a way of teaching… it gives individuals a way to structure their thinking and reasoning.

Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015