Our approach

The partnership will improve teaching practices through

the provision of a structured lesson plan (hard copy or tablet-based)
the provision of Learning and Teaching Support Material,
providing upfront centralised training to teachers
providing on-going support, which will be varied in the interventions i.e. providing a higher dosage of on-site coaching to teachers and using an on-site coach to initiate a Community of Practice, in which the coach eventually takes on the role of a virtual coach to support the Community Of Practice

Previous interventions have shown that the largest impact for children was observed when the form of professional support to teachers included on-site coaching.

Coaching is not intended to be universal in its application; rather it is intended to be provided to a cohort of the most disadvantaged schools, where performance is lowest. Nevertheless, as part of a sustainability plan and with the intent of scaling the overall approach nationally, it is necessary to identify the most cost-effective solution to on-site coaching (which is currently not accounted for in provincial budgets).

That is why the approach will include documenting and comparing the effect of different dosage of on-site coaching.