Workshops for High School Educators are held on Saturdays twice per term, i.e. eight workshops per annum.
Objectives
These workshops aim to enhance the teacher's knowledge and skills regarding the design of learning programmes. These include:
designing learning programmes, i.e. subject framework, work schedules and lesson planning
research skills (internet & libraries)
planning assessment within the learning programmes assessment techniques & tools
Closing the knowledge gap by providing a forum to discuss teaching techniques & Developing modules for the content subjects
Mathematics and Mathematical Literacy
These subjects assist teachers to teach:
Mathematics:
Basic Maths concepts
Closing knowledge gap on:
-Content: Transformation Geometry,
- Number Patterns, - Financial
-Mathematics, -Trigonometry,
-Data Handling
Mathematical Literacy
Content: Number operations in context, Functional relationships, Data handling
Physical Sciences
Educators and learners are assisted on the design a project, Content and practical work where difficulties arise.
Life Sciences
Educators are allocated this subject, although they were never trained on the teaching of this subject.
Topics treated are:
Practical work on gaseous exchange, pulse rate of the heart and dissection of the kidney, eye, heart and chicken wing.
Practical investigation on population and calculations- Structure, control and process tissues, cells and molecular studies.
Model of the eye
Life Orientation
Topics covered are:
Restoration of lost values using heartlines series. The following topics are addressed in this series: responsibility, forgiveness, perseverance, self control, honesty, compassion & second chances .
These values are integrated into the various learning outcomes and assessment standards of Life Orientation.
English
Topics covered are:
Communication skills among learners by using debate and essay writing competitions
Parts of speech using simple teaching aids accessible to all educators.
Figures of speech
Debating/public speaking and essay writing competitions are conducted at Regional and Sub-Regional level among learners from the schools which participate in our workshops .
Computers
Equipping teachers in computer skills so they can teach learners and be able to do their lesson plans on the computer.
These teachers do ICDL (computer Drivers' Licence). They write exams online and on finishing all the 7 modules, they get an accredited certificate.
During these sessions the following are addressed:
Basic concepts of IT, Managing Files, Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Access, Ms PowerPoint and Information and Communication