Teacher Centre Managers’ Course

10 – 15 August 2014

Day 1

Outline of this course

• Current status of Teacher Centres

• Reflections on future potential

• The Moral Imperative – why we are here

• Familiarity with policy documents

• Vision building

• Resources at our disposal

• Understanding the change process

• Solving problems at centres

Day 1: Teacher Centres in Context

By the end of this session

you will be able to:

• List what you hope to achieve from the Teacher

Centre Manager workshop

• Describe the current status of your Teacher

Centre

• Summarise the key points of Action plan 2019

and the National Development Plan

• Visualise your hopes for your Teacher Centre

Activity 1: Who are we?

• Meet and Greet – move to a new table –

form pairs – answer these questions:

– Which Teacher Centre are you from?

– How you came to be there.

– One interesting fact about yourself

– How you would like to be remembered

• Introduce your partner to the larger group

Activity 2: Chalk and Talk

No one may talk – this is a silent activity

• Circulate around the room

• Comment on the four questions

• You may question other people’s comments

• Add your own reflections to other people’s

• You may connect ideas with lines

• You may add question marks, ticks and stars

Activity 3:Verifying data on current status

• Surveys completed previously will be

circulated

• Review and edit where necessary

• Return surveys

This data will be used to map progress of centres

Activity 4: Making use of centres

• Work with group at table

• Brainstorm answers to four questions

• Brainstorm - NO ONE may comment on

what anyone else suggests:

• Complete 4 tasks in files

Activity 5: Mapping the road

Answer the 6 questions – silent reflection:

1. Do we do enough as a centre to serve our

clients?

2. Do we reach everyone that we can reach?

3. Do we make use of opportunities presented to

us as individuals and as a centre?

4. What do we do well?

5. What do we do badly?

6. Where would I like my Teacher Centre to go?

Activity 6: Scavenger Hunt

• Each group will start with a coloured piece of paper with 10 questions. Decide on a TEAM NAME

• Answer all questions on the sheet of paper to proceed to the next stage

• For your next clues find:the pirate (sitting with his Captain Morgan at the bar)the person with the Guinness hat in the parking lot at the car (CR 84 HT GP)

the Red and white HATthe PATRIOTIC hat

the RED witch

• Finish the activity in 40 minutes

• Get back to table groups- half the group

will motivate the case; half the group will evaluate

the case. Tally the groups scores. The people with special hats have the final say in arbitration

• Crowning of the winning group

Yellow

GREEN

BLUEPINK

Purple

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Congratulations!

You have completed DAY 1

of the Centre Managers’ course

Review

of

Chalk- Talk Protocol

What skills do I hope to acquire for

running a teacher centre

What knowledge do I hope to acquire for

running a teacher centre

What skills and knowledge do I already have for

running a Teacher Centre

What am I anxious about?

Making use of our Centres

- The functions we perform

Report back on Brainstorm

Functions performed by centreWe do

this

We could do

this

Not

required/

not

possible1. We provide teaching spaces for professional development

29 7 1

2. We provide access to a science laboratory8 17 8

3. We provide access to an ICT lab 22 14 1

4. We provide access to a library or media centre18 15 3

5. We provide access to the internet for members of the public to use13 30 3

6. We provide access to special needs training equipment4 29 1

7. We run courses for professional development of teachers19 12 2

8. We provide access to training on using ICT for teachers29 8 1

9. We provide access to skills training for community members21 13 2

10. We provide a meeting space for district or provincial meetings27 7 1

11. Mobile bus could provide more projects 1

12. We provide ECD services 1

13. We provide a space for social development 3

14. Examination Centre / ABET 2

15 Out of school Youth community projects 5

16 Manufacture Learning apps 1

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15 16

Functions performed by Teacher Centres

Functions performed by a teacher centre We do this We could do this Not required/Not possible

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