Metro Central: Western Cape Department of Education (February 2017)

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 13:30 to Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 16:00

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 13:30 to Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 16:00

Part of the Project

Metro Central Education District, Cape Town

Training Details:-

Purpose of the training: How to adminster, score and interpret the results of the Test of Basic Concepts Knowledge (TBCK-R)

Target Group: Learning Support Teachers

Number of participants: 70 (35 + 35)

Venue: Metro, Ndabeni, Cape Town

Dates: 21 + 23 February 2017 (Cluster 1) 28 February + 2 March (Cluster 2)

For more information: Contact Kristin Poulter (see email address below).

Note: Training is open to Learning Support Teachers from Metro Central only.

Email

Kristin.Poulter@westerncape.gov.za

The course was clear, open and easy to understand basic concepts. What I liked most was that it links with the curriculum and it really works. It needs to be implemented at my centre.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (June 2013)

Goals and objectives were clear, easy to grasp and manageable. The enthusiasm and energy with which the course was presented made for an enjoyable 3 days!

Open Public Training, 2015 (Cape Town)

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

My concern about my learners’ language barriers and how to overcome these barriers has been solved for me.

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (October, 2015)

I found all aspects of the course very effective. I now have a very good understanding of how to teach all the concepts. I am going to be more specific and detailed when I teach. I need to research and plan my basic concepts lessons ...

Ikwezi: Schools Development Unit, July 2014

‘BCP is foundational to a child's learning. It is the building blocks on which all other concepts are built. A concept needs to be fully understood by a child before a new concept can be taught. We often rush children's learning due to time constraints which is not correct.’ (KIDZPOSITIVE, Occupational Therapist, 2011)

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