Being a Teacher: Section One - Introducing the module
Being a Teacher: Professional Challenges and Choices. This section argues the case for studying what ‘being a teacher’ means in relation to national needs and those of individual learners, and explains how the writers intended the module to be tackled. This module sets out to address each of these issues in ways that will enable you to teach with greater confidence based on deeper... more
Being a Teacher: Cover, title and imprint pages, with contents list and preface
Being a Teacher, Professional Challenges and Choices. Teachers are not just teachers. They are also people. In straddling issues of both professional and personal identity, this module comes to grips with the professional choices teachers are required to make, and do make, in developing the knowledge, skills and values of learners. This module is suitable for both inducting novice teachers... more
Creating a Caring School: A Guide for School Management Teams. Toolkit: Unit 7 - Counselling support for vulnerable learners.
The purpose of this toolkit is to conduct a situational analysis or assessment that will help you to understand the size of the challenge and the current capacity of your school to set up a counselling service. To assist you to decide on the most suitable options for implementing counselling support in your school context. more
Creating a Caring School: A Guide for School Management Teams. Toolkit: Unit 6 - School-based aftercare.
The purpose of this toolkit is to use a brainstorming technique to come up with creative ideas respond to the challenge of providing aftercare support for vulnerable learners. To use the ideas from the brainstorming session to inform the development of a draft set of ideas for an aftercare strategy. more
Creating a Caring School: A Guide for School Management Teams. Toolkit: Unit 5 - Good nutrition for learning.
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide a helpful, detailed checklist for SMTs to plan and manage their school nutrition programme. more
Creating a Caring School: A Guide for School Management Teams. Toolkit: Unit 3 - Care for vulnerable learners
There are different ways of combating discrimination and creating a safe and nonthreatening environment at school. An important contribution can be made by implementing an Anti-Bullying Policy more
Creating a Caring School: A Guide for School Management Teams. Toolkit: Unit 2 - Schools as centres of care.
The guidelines and the five priority areas identified by Department of Education offer a framework that supports the development of a school HIV and AIDS policy. The guidelines and priorities can also be used to review your school's existing HIV and AIDS policy and determine how adequate it is and what changes may be necessary more
Creating a Caring School: A Guide for School Management Teams. Toolkit: Unit 1 - How responsive are schools to the socio-economic challenges in South Africa today?
The purpose of this toolkit is to understand what threatens the quality of education in your school so that you can take informed action to remedy the situation. more
Managing teaching and learning: ACE School Management and Leadership
We begin by exploring the school as a learning organization and promoting a culture of learning and teaching, which is dedicated to constant renewal and improvement. We will also tackle the issue of context, and will look at the ways in which the physical environment of the school impacts on the quality of learning. This leads us into an exploration of the challenges of effectively planning... more
Lead and Manage people: ACE School Management and Leadership (PDF)
You will find that there are therefore constant cross references between this module and the other modules. This is because in working in schools we constantly need to lead and manage other people in the processes of teaching and learning and in the supporting development and implementation of policies and procedures. more
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