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SADTU Statement, 2 February 2015 Model to Assist Grade 8 and 9 Mathematics Teachers SADTU supports teacher training and development but questions the latest intervention model to assist Grade 8 and 9 Mathematics teachers. SADTU welcomes the development of teachers but the model for professional development should be examined thoroughly. The Department has come up with the 1+4 Programme following unacceptable low 2014 ANA results for Grade 9 Mathematics of 10,8%. The Programme will require that Grade 8 and 9 Mathematics teachers attend Professional Learning Communities workshops one day per week where they will share knowledge and come up with solutions to implement in their respective schools. SADTU is of the opinion that the Plan will adversely affect school organisation as it will affect time-tabling and increase the workload for some teachers. The absence of teachers for a day would lead to disruptions as some learners would not be attended to. Schools need to be effective every day. The Department should also take into account that teachers teach more than one grade and more than one subject. This plan of the department will solve a crisis by creating another crisis. Do they imagine the disciplinary challenges to be caused by unattended learners? This plan will further compound our challenge on the current post provisioning which for years remains unresolved. Teacher development should be complimented by favourable class sizes and the provision of more teachers. SADTU welcomes Professional Learning Communities but is concerned at the manner in which they are introduced. Professional Learning Communities begin at school level and gradually increase to clusters and not the other way around. Professional Learning Communities need to be supported at school level over time for them to become effective and sustainable means of promoting teacher development. Lastly, we would like to make a call to the Department of Basic Education to engage and consult with teacher trade unions on professional development so that a workable solution is found on this important matter. If the department had consulted, a better model would have been agreed upon. Issued by: SADTU Secretariat Contact: General Secretary, Mugwena Maluleke, 082 783 2968 Deputy General Secretary, Nkosana Dolopi, 082 709 5651 Media Officer, Nomusa Cembi, 082 719 5157 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
