SACE PRESENTATIONTO

PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ONBASIC EDUCATION

18 AUGUST 20151

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Invitation 3- 4 

Strategic plan & APP Highlight 5

General SACE Status 6 - 10

Finance  11 - 16

SACE Registration 17 - 20

SACE Ethics  21 -  24

Professional Development  and  Research report 25 – 37

Outreach and Advocacy 38 - 39

SACE Registration Form  Annexure

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CONTENTS

INVITATION

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INVITATION

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A. Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan

- SACE  and DBE have agreed to fine-tune S/Plan and APP’s prior to submission and to forward advance copies to portfolio Committee.

- Departmental experts assisting SACE on S/Plans , APP’s ,Quarterly and Annual reporting.

- New S/Plan and APP’s in draft stages – Council – DBE – Council – Portfolio Committee.

- Vigilance for adherence to National Development Plans (NDP) and Action Plan  to 2030.

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B. GENERAL SACE STATUS

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1. FINANCE AND ADMIN

R10 per educator per month  levies, Registration fees and Department (DBE) grant for R9m per annum guaranteed till 2017/18 years (approx.) revenue of R60m p.a.

DBE funding to be negotiated for  minimising period and top-ups. Projected levy increase of 50% in 5 year term. SACE premises purchased (R60m) and two Provincial offices have been established (KZN & FREE 

STATE). Other provincial offices within two years. SACE current staff complement (100 approx.)  Resource persons (100 approx.). PDE’s and SACE collaboration on payment of levies and fines. ICT Audit underway to ensure all 

registered teachers  are paying levies. PPE’s  and SACE collaborate to round-up unregistered educators.

Prognosis: SACE project sustainable at an enhanced level for the five year period 2015/16 to 2019/20.

GENERAL SACE STATUS CONT..2. REGISTRATION: Certificates within 7 working days of office receiving applications;

 At least 80% of all applications to be finalized annually;

All educators to be vetted and all qualifications verified in the 5 year period;

Validation, categorization of register to be completed;

SACE and PDE’s collaborate on registration status and standing of educators (current and new);

Implementation of “fit to teach” hearings; GOALFully categorized, validated and current data base.

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GENERAL SACE STATUS CONT..3. ETHICS: All complaints to be processed within a three month cycle;

At least 80% of all complaints to be finalized annually;

SACE code  and procedures to be updated annually;

Intensive Outreach to reduce breaches of Code;

SACE and PDE’s exchange information regularly on complaints received, processes  outcomes;

Publishing of names of educators struck  off;

Emphases on: follow up of sanctions; victim support; panel expertise; regulation of legal representation; and double checking of cases withdrawn in coming year

GOALPDE’s and SACE  to produce consolidated stats.

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GENERAL SACE STATUS CONT..4. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: All educators to be participating in Continuing Professional Development activities by end of 

five year period; At least 80% of approval  and endorsement requests processed within 3 months; Professional standards, induction methodology and designations to be established and 

operationalized within the five year period; SACE’s research agenda to be broadened to complement national efforts  re educational and 

professional matters; PDE’s to update SACE on PD provisioning and uptake; SACE and DBE’s to collaborate re:

- Appropriate provisioning;- Information sharing;- Advocacy;- Orientation; and- Needs determination;- Monitoring of uptake, provisioning and impact.- Simplification of model including services of principals.

GOALEnsure all educators are participating in relevant CPTD activities and programmes throughout their 

career.

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GENERAL SACE STATUS CONT..5. OUTREACH: SACE call centre and assistance facility operational; Regular meetings with National and Provincial Stakeholders; Electronic facilities viz Facebook, twitter, e-mails and telephone for  communication purposes 

functional; Regular publications and updates on Website affected; Electronic and print media interactions facilitated; SACE addresses conference, imbizos and seminars; International profile:

- Member of the International Forum of Teacher Regulatory Authorities (IFTRA) and;- CEO is President of the African Forum for Teacher Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA).- SACE facilitates annual programmes to appreciate and support teachers.

GOALIncrease SACE visibility.

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1.FINANCE : REVENUE

2015.06.30

Source of Revenue annual budget budget 30.06.2015 Actual 30.06.2015 varience    R'000 R'000 R'000

Registration fees 4,800 1,200 1,323 -123

Subscription fees 52,080 13,020 12,467 553

Reprints of certificates 400 100 377 -277Interest receivable 768 192 318 -126CPTD Subsidy 11,557 2,889 2,889 0Sundry income 200 50 09 41

TOTAL REVENUE 69,805 17,451 17,383 69

1.1 EXPENDITURE

2015.06.30  

annual budgetbudget 30.06.2015

Actual 30.06.2015

Varience 

    R'000 R'000 R'000  

Registration 1,500 375 123 252Professional Development 12,557 3,139 1,190 1,949Code of conduct 2,000 500 416 84

Publicity and Communication  2,000 500 138 362Staff cost 32,182 8,046 7,256 789Office rental 2,013 2,013 2,013 0provicial office reserve  1,421 355 480 -125Others 16,132 4,033 2,406 1,628

Total 69,805 18,961 14,021 4,939

1.2 VARIENCES: REVENUE

• Subsidy of R8.9 million for CPTD was transferred within this first quarter;

• Under collection of subscription  income which resulted in R69 000 under performance;

• The council has put in place new measures in place to improve revenue collection to be effective from 01.09.2015.

1.3 VARIENCES: EXPENDITURE

• Council operated within the budget;

• Council is monitoring possible under performance against financial performance;

• Details of performance levels are clarified in operational sections.

1.4 SACE ACQUISITION OF BUILDING

The Council considered the rental and purchase options of office space taking into account the future  economic viability as follows:

RENTAL (10% escalation) PURCHASE2012/13 4 667 000 price R60 978 7382013/14 6 529 000 Transfer cost R 141 6162014/15 7 516 000

Projected

2015/16 8 26762016/17 9 094 3602017/18 10 003 7962018/19 11 004 1762019/20 12 104 593

TOTAL 69 186 525 61 120 354

Term 8years 3years savings full ownership of property.

Ownership None

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1.5 SACE ACQUISITION OF BUILDING

The rental amount of 71/2  is equivalent to the purchase price today;

Purchase price was accumulated with a 3 year period;

No property after 8 years and had to continue paying rental for life;

The rental amount is directed towards service delivery after purchase  of own building;

The rental escalation  is high and not viable in long term;

Council can expand the office space should the need arise.

The building  has been  purchased and the Council has taken full responsibility from the 1st July 2015. Conditional fixtures such as repainting and demarcating are in progress.

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2. REGISTRATION Strategic objective Programme performance

indicatorAudited Audited Medium-term targets

  2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20

To register all qualified educators.

Number of educators registered in the reporting period including on-line registrations.

25 314 29 483  

20 000 20 000 20 000 20 000 20 000

Number of registrations updated in the reporting period.

20 000 39 296 30 000 30 000 30 000 30 000 30 000

Vetting of educators and verification of qualifications

- - 80 000 (or 25% of registered educators).

50 000 (or 80% of all new applications.

80 000

50 000

80 000

50 000

80 000

50 000

80 000

50 000

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PROGRAMME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND ANNUAL TARGETS FOR 2015/16

REGISTRATION (APRIL 2015 – 30 JUNE 2015)

Quarterly targets 2015/16

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Performance Indicators Target for 2015 as per APP 1st quarter target as per APP

1St quarter actual output validated

Deviation of planned targets

1. Number of educators registered in the reporting period including on-line registrations.

20 000  (or  80%  of applications)

3 000  8 453 5453 more than the target, this is due to the delays in Post Office strike and promotional bulletins that were released by different provinces.

2. Number of registrations updated in the reporting period.

30    000  (or  80%  of applications)

6 000 10 706

4706 over the expected target.

 

3. Vetting and verification (new applicants)

       50 0000 9 000   0  see narrative 

4. Vetting and verification of already registered educators.

80 000 10 000 0 see narrative

REGISTRATION NARRATIVE        (a) Vetting and verification  is a new target for this financial year. The first term was dedicated into:

– Cleaning the database; – Setting up meetings with different stakeholders that will assist in ensuring that the process goes smoothly;– Meetings were done with DBE,DSD and Justice;– More meetings are set with DHET, and Provincial Departments

In the second term:All new applicants will be vetted and all their qualifications verified

(b) Registration to date provisional stats       FULL REGISTRTAION: 589 267       PROVISIONAL: 98 339 (20 287 foreign educators)       INCOMPLETE: 20 287       TOTAL ON DATA BASE: 707 893        FEE PAYING: 407 104

Data clean –up receiving attention.       – Application form being updated.

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JULY 2015 PROVINCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: SACE

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JULY 2015 PROVINCIAL CONTRIBUTIONSSOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATORSFrom: 2015/07/01

To: 2015/07/31

Customer Province Subscription fee Amount Contributed Number of EducatorsPRONA NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS 10 161 710.00 16171PROV01 KWAZULU/NATAL 10 936 990.00 93699PROV02 EASTERN CAPE 10 563 170.00 56317PROV03 LIMPOPO 10 534 610.00 53461PROV04 GAUTENG 10 636 150.00 63615PROV05 NORTH WEST 10 269 430.00 26943PROV06 WESTERN CAPE 10 310 550.00 31055PROV07 FREESTATE 10 221 730.00 22173PROV08 MPUMALANGA 10 342 610.00 34261PROV09 NORTHERN CAPE 10 94 090.00 9409Total 4 071 040.00 407104

Strategic objective Programme performance indicator

Audited Audited Medium-term targets

  2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

2018/19 2019/20

To maintain the ethical standards of the teaching profession.

Number of beneficiaries to be apprised of the Code of Professional Ethics, i.e. Educators, parents and officials.

10 000 5 786 15 000 20 000 20 000 15 000 10 000

The number of concluded cases as measured against the number of cases received for the year.

600 647 700 700 600 500 400

343 869 720 (or 80% of all cases received within a 3 month cycle).

740 600 400 300

3. ETHICS

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PROGRAMME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND ANNUAL TARGETS 2015/16

ETHICS cont.. ( 1 APRIL 2015 TO 30 JUNE 2015)

Quarterly Targets 2015/16

Performance Indicators Target for 2015 as per APP

1st quarter target as per APP 1st Quarter actual output validated Deviation of planned targets

1. Outreach Target   15 000 5000 Actual number of educators conscientise on the code:  241

 99% below target.

2.        Case Management        700 200 / or  80% of cases  

86 or 135 cases processed

 

 11% below target.

Finalized investigations : 12

Finalized disciplinary hearings: 09

Finalized meditations: 01

Advisory letters sent: 57

Referrals to other institutions: 07

TOTAL 86

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Programme performance indicators Reporting period

Annual target2015/16

Quarterly targets

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Number of beneficiaries to be apprised of the Code of Professional Ethics, i.e. Educators, parents and officials.

Quarterly 15 000 5 000 5 000 2 500 2 500

The number of concluded cases as measured against the number of cases received for the year.

 Total number of cases received per year. 

Quarterly

700 200 or 80% of the complaints received per quarter.

200 200 100

Total number of cases to be finalized per year.

720 120 300 200 100

ETHICS cont…

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QUARTERLY TARGETS FOR 2015/16

ETHICS NARRATIVE

(a) A lot of advocacy was done through the following radio stations: Ikwekwezi FM, Thobela FM, Energy FM, Lesedi FM, Motsweding FM, SAFM, Umhlobowenene FM, Ligwalagwala FM, Turf FM, Kaya FM, Power FM and SABC Africa Channel 3.Council to review outreach stratergy. (b) More hearings have been rolled over to into the next quarter and same goes for workshops on the Code of professional ethics.

( c) advertisement and selections for more panellists, investigators, prosecutors and presiding officers. 

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4. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT4.1 CPTD SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION STATUS AT GLANCE IN THE LAST 2

YEARS

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PROGRESS ON THE 2015/16 CPTD SYSTEM TARGETS

2015/16 TARGETS PROGRESS TO DATESign-up and Orientation of 110 000 PL1 teachers in secondary and combined schools

29 093 PL1 Teachers signed-up electronically as at 3 August 2015CPTD Orientation Sessions started in the Western Cape Province and other provinces will be starting from August onwards

Sign-up of 7000 final year student teachers from 2nd quarter onwards

Planning through HESA EDF, PTEDCs502 student teachers orientated and signed-up for the CPTD system 

50% of the signed-up principals, deputy principals, HODs participating in the CPTD system

23% Professional Development uptake and reporting by the signed-up principals, deputy principals and HODs 

200 approved providers 98 Approved providers 

500 endorsed PD activities 243 Endorsed PD activities 6 Not Endorsed

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (1 APRIL 2015 TO 30 JUNE 2015)

Performance Indicators

Target for 2015 as per APP

1st Quarter Target as per APP

1st Quarter Actual Output Validated Deviation from Planned Targets

1. Number of educators orientated and signed-up for participation in the CPTD system.

110 PL 1 secondary and combined school teachers.

10 000

18 332 PL1 Teachers Positive deviation by 8 332

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2. Number of signed-up principals, deputy principals and HODs undertaking PD activities/ programmes.

55% of signed-up principals, deputy principals and HOD’S

0 (Bi-Annual)

0 All signed-up Principals, Deputy Principals and HODs report their professional development uptake to SACE twice a year (end June and end November). Analysis of the submitted PD participation reports will be done in the next report.

3.  Number  of providers approved.

200  or  80%  of applications.

0 (Bi-Annual) 

91 new providers were evaluated and approved. 

The provider applications processed for approval were 97 during this quarter and this resulted in the following:              

 

Total number of providers approved = 91

Total number of providers not approved= 06

 

91 Indicating progress made to date. Actual reporting against the Bi-annual target will be done in the next quarter.

4. Number of professional development activities endorsed.

500 or 80% of applications.

0 (Bi-Annual)

243 Endorsed PD Activities 243Indicating progress made to date. Actual reporting against the Bi-annual target will be done in the next quarter.

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PD NARRATIVENumber of signed-up principals, deputy principals and HODs undertaking PD activities / Programmes Principals, Deputy Principals are in their 2nd year of the three year cycle and had 3 reporting periods from January 2014 to date. The HODs are in their 1st year of the three year cycle and 1st reporting period from January 2015 to date.There is generally low level of reporting Professional Development Uptake by teachers (principals, deputy principals and HODs, schools and providers due to:

Low level of CPTD advocacyAttitudes towards professional development, especially from the aging teaching cohortCulture of Professional Development not existing in most of the schools visitedProviders that are not SACE ApprovedProviders that have not yet submitted their Professional Development Activities / Programmes for Endorsement and allocation of PD Points. Time for professional developmentFunding Minimum intake numbers by the private providers

Research Project underway to analyse the PD provisioning and uptake by the 2 cohorts (principals and deputy principals and HODs) and the extent at which they are responding to the national/provincial priorities. SACE is liaising with all PEDs, District Offices, PDIs, DTDCs, E-Learning Centres, Teacher Unions, other stakeholders on PD Uptake and Reporting .

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4.2 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

Programme Purpose: Working collaboratively with stakeholders and partners in setting, upholding and monitoring professional standards to enhance teacher professionalization. Key functions:- Develop standards in the following areas: 

–  entry into the teaching profession from admission to full registration,– IPET and CPTD programme content, and –  professional practice

 Award teacher designation.

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Performance Indicators

Target for 2015 as per APP

1st Quarter Target as per

APP

1st Quarter Actual Output Validated Deviation from Planned Targets

Set and implement professional standards.

Report is produced on the consultative process on the standards for entry into the teaching profession.

Progress Report (Annual Target)

Work in progress (See Narrative Part)

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1. Number of newly qualified educators being awarded professional designation status.

Recognition of SACE as a Professional Council by SAQA.

Progress report (Annual Target)

Work in Progress (See Narrative Part)

NARRATIVE•Set and implement professional standards.•Final Draft Teacher Professionalisation discussion paper has been developed and presented to the SACE Council structures.  •On the basis on this discussion paper, full scale Teacher Professionalisation research is underway looking at the broader literature review, interviews and focused group sessions with stakeholders and employers, and looking at the broader implementation implications for SACE and the profession and education sector as a whole. •A paper on the Role of SACE in Enhancing Teacher Professionalisation in SA” was presented by the SACE Professional Development and Research Division at the African Forum for the Teaching Regulatory Authorities International Conference on 10 June 2015 in Namibia. This conference was attended by the teaching regulatory officials and partners from Namibia, South Africa, Nigeria, Lesotho, Angola, Zambia, Ghana, and Uganda. The paper presentation assisted in:

•Inputs, ideas and feedback received from member countries•Lessons from the Namibian Education Ministry on its existing Teacher Professional Standards and ongoing collaboration and exchange of information and ideas•Follow-up visits to SACE by Namibian Education Ministry and Zambian Teaching Council on collaboration on the Professional Standards and Professional Development

Professional Designation  The NQF Act (2008) requires that both statutory and non-statutory professional bodies be recognized by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). Part of that recognition process and criteria requires that professional bodies develop the professional designations which will be registered on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).  Against this background, SACE has commenced an application process with the support of SAQA. A SACE report responding to the professional bodies recognition criteria is being drafted. In line with this, SACE is discussing the 1st draft report with SAQA for further guidance and support.The Teacher Professionalisation research being conducted SACE, will also incorporate the teacher professional designation issues.

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4.3 PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH

Performance Indicators

Target for 2015 as per APP

1st Quarter Target as per

APP

1st Quarter Actual Output Validated Deviation from Planned Target

1.The number of research reports produced.

6National Report on the utilisation of the SACE research by internal and external stakeholders.

Progress Report

Work in Progress (See Narrative Below)

 

2.Number of professional magazines/journals produced.

2 Progress report.

Work in Progress (See Narrative Below)

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PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH NARRATIVE

(a)The number of research reports produced

 SACE has a five year research policy that is driving its research agenda, scope and priorities. The research being conducted is responding, largely to this policy. In this section we briefly outline the 2015/16 professional research projects and progress made in this reporting period: 

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RESEARCH PROJECT SUMMARY PROGRESSHODs Needs Analysis 14 129 HODs completed the needs 

identification questionnaires during the CPTD orientation and sign-up processes across the 9 provinces in the previous financial year. The data has already been captured in the previous financial year as well

Analysis of captured data in progress currently with the ultimate goal of producing the HODs needs analysis report by the end of the year (2015) 

Administering the Needs of the Post Level 1 Educators Just like the needs identification process followed with the principals, deputy principals and HODs, the same process will be followed with the Post Level 1 Teachers during the 2015/16 CPTD orientation and sign-up sessions and processes.

PL1 Teachers needs identification Questionnaires have been developed and printed. They are also available on the SACE website. The process of administering the questionnaires will take place through the CPTD orientation and sign-up process when the schools re-open in July 2015. 

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH NARRATIVE cont..

HODs CPTD Sign-Up Data Analysis (HODs Profile) Over 32 000 HODs signed-up for participation in the CPTD system by the end of the 2014/15 financial year. This data will be analysed for purposes of understanding and informing the teacher supply and demand issues in the DHET / size and shape of the HODs and teacher profile project in the DBE.

Data clean-up is in progress with the support of the VVOB. This will be followed by the analysis from the third quarter.

Finalising the Principals and Deputy Principals CPTD Sign-Up Data Analysis (Principals and Deputy Principals Profile)

Same as above.   The draft report is available. However, it will be revised on the basis of the data clean-up process

Professional Development provisioning and uptake by principals, deputy principals and HODs

The principals, deputy principals and HODs are currently participating in a three year CPTD cycle. Part of their three year CPTD cycle involves recording and reporting their participation in the three types of Professional Development. Currently the reporting levels are low and some of the PEDs have not yet submitted their PD activities for endorsement so that the teachers can begin to earn the PD Points from them. 

The research project has not commenced as yet.

Teacher Professionalisation Research (Linkages with Programme 2 on Professional Standards)

Most the work for this research project is done through programme 2.

Literature review, document analysis, interviews and focused group sessions taking place in the next quarter.

Comparative study on national professional councils and international teaching regulatory authorities

SACE is repositioning itself to professionalise and regulate the teaching profession effectively. Part of the research project involves learning experiences / best practices from the other teaching councils, other professional councils and public entities of similar nature. 

Desktop research in progress, this will be followed by visits to a limited number of national professional councils and public entities of the similar nature.

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PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH NARRATIVE cont..

Finalisation of the Research project on the Five Year Analysis of the educator misconduct cases referred to SACE

This research project has been carried over from the previous financial year.

Data analysis and the qualitative aspects of the research are in progress. This will be followed by the report writing.

Follow-up Provider Capacity Research The initial provider capacity research was conducted at the initial stages of phasing-in the implementation of the CPTD system. The findings indicated low levels of providers in most of the provinces. Most of the professional development providers are concentrated in Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal. SACE has advocated the process of approving the providers and endorsing their PD activities. Provider forums are held in provinces on an ongoing basis to advocate the CPTD system and support providers in developing programmes and submitting their approval applications effectively. There is a need for a follow-up provider capacity research project given the fact that the PL1 Teachers will be starting to participate in their three year CPTD cycle from January 2015. 

The research project will start in the next quarter.

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PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH NARRATIVE cont..

Teachers’ reflections on the implementation of CAPS. This is part of research to understand teaching as a professional practice.

This research project will also start in the next quarter.

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(b) Number of professional magazines/journals produced

A number of articles have already been collected on the 1st edition of the SACE professional magazine for 2015.

5.OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY

5.1 2014/15

1.National Stakeholders-Jan 2014: SOSHANGUVE-May 2014: NORTH WEST (2 Districts)-August 2014: BOTSHABELO FREE STATE (Approx. 3000)

2.Meetings with Teacher Unions and participating in their functions .

 - 13 Engagements – approx. 6000 teachers

3. Meetings with all PDE’s , principals Ass, Governing bodies Ass, 4 universities, Educational Bodies. 4. International :   - AFTRA Board meeting (April 2014 – Namibia)   - IFTRA Conference (Nov 2014 – Toronto)

5. Media: Interacted with 12 radio stations and held 2 media conferences.

6. Social Media: Website, Facebook  and Twitter.

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5.OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY

5.2 2015 / 2016

1. STAKEHOLDERS: 

-5 engagements: OFS and Teacher unions.

2. INTERNATIONAL:

-AFTA roundtable and conference (June – Windhoek)

3. ELECTRONIC / MEDIA ACTIVITY:

-+_ 3000 Interactions

4. CALL CENTRE:

-Approx. 1 800 calls per week.

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