Ella mokgalane south african council for educators

IQMS Professional Development Workshop Ella Mokgalane South African Council for Educators 1 CONTACT DETAILS ELLA MOKGALANE Professional Development Manager SACE P/BAG x 127 CENTURION 0046 012-663-9517 086 626 8631 (fax) 083 380 9879 Ella.za 2 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND IMPORTANT FACTORS TO CONSIDER Lifelong Learning / Ongoing Learning / Empowerment Upliftment Capacity Building Skills Development In-service Training Training and Re-training Workshops Continuing Professional Teacher Development 3 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND…. KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, Attributes/ Attitudes) Academic, Professional and Personal Development Community Development Awareness, Orientation and Re-orientation, Information Sharing Collaboration / Collegiality / Peer Review /Professional Communities 4 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND…. Different Educational Organisations Use Different terms: ‰ Professional Development (PD) • SACE (also IQMS PS #5 refers to PD on issues pertaining to Professional bodies) ‰ Teacher Development (TD) • DoE and PDoEs ‰ In-service Teacher Education (INSET) • Previous Departments of Education ‰ Continuing Professional Teacher Development • National Framework on Teacher Development 5 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND…. ‰Whole School Development • Individual development and organisational factors ‰Skills Development • SDA and SETAs (Learnerships leading to a whole qualification and Unit Standards with Credits.g New Teacher Qualifications Offered through Learnerships ) 6 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND….

Some Important Conditions: Needs Driven: Individual, School, System (e. PGP/SIPs/DIPs or WSP, SSP, NSDS) Consideration: Age, teaching experience, post levels, learning areas, life stages, phases, bands, career levels, employment status Self-development, Commitment, and taking responsibility for one’s own professional development Dedicated Time for Professional Development / Time Management Resources and Resourcefulness Right and Conducive Learning Culture (Individual / School) 7 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND…. Stages of Professional Development in Teaching: Induction Stage: Learning the teaching and learning ropes, survival strategies Adjustment Stage: Educators are enthusiastic, actively developing, and trying to implement what they have learned Maturation Stage: Self-actualisation, confidence, secure, and at ease 8 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND…. Mid-Career Crisis: Educators tend to focus on themselves and their survival.

In this stage they experience discomfort and no longer feel good about teaching Leadership Stage: they see themselves as effective professionals who are very knowledgeable, confident, secure, and flexible. In this stage, they tend to believe that their own professional lives, classrooms, and schools are running smoothly 9 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND…. Ongoing Feedback and Support Mechanisms / Spiral Model Ongoing Monitoring and Evaluation Reflection Professional Development is about everyday learning and development. The difference is, we learn and develop in different ways using different models and strategies.

10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS…. EINSTEIN ONCE SAID “As long as you are living you are learning. If you are not learning you are dead”. Therefore: We need to make professional development as important as eating our breakfast, lunch and supper.

So that at the end we can benefit the Learners, our Schools, and the entire Education System 11 Types of Professional Development Activities Provider Driven PD Activities – Employer – HEIs – Unions – Schools – NGOs 12 Types of Professional Development Activities Self-Directed PD Activities – Self-Study (CE, ACE, DE, BEd, BEd Hons, PGCE, PGDE, MEd, DEd/PhD, and various accredited US courses with credits) – Reading Journal Articles, General Education Literature, Literature Specific to your Learning Areas – Writing and Publishing Articles – Conducting Workshops, Seminars – Presenting Conference Papers – Developing Learning Material – Participating in various Conferences, Seminars, 13 Workshops etc Types of Professional Development Activities School-Based PD Activities – Projects – Mentoring novice educators – Collaborative Research – Sports and Cultural activities – Workshops, Seminars, Forums – School Nutrition Programme – etc 14 Types of Professional Development Activities Community-Based Activities – Projects – Vegetable Gardens to assist the Community – Counseling – Home-based care 15 What are the Sources of Professional Development Activities ‰Employer-Driven PD Activities • Misguided conception that employer-driven activities are the only “legitimate forms of PD activities” • Employer has minimum PD provisioning obligation and responsibility towards employees • Educators are entitled to some form of policy orientation and policy support in order to implement new changes taking place in the educational and schooling system • Hence major focus on implementation of gvt Legislation, policies and programmes such as, NCS, RNCS, IQMS, MST, NPDE, ACE, NTA, EMGD etc • Policy overload, Coordination 16 • Cascading Model Higher Education Institutions Qualification Driven Activities Accredited Professional and Academic Qualifications Perceived high status and quality because of accreditation Cash-Bonus Incentive Distance Education Mode Dominating in the Profession Vertical Progression: REQV level (e.g 4 – 5 or 6-8), qualification level (e.g BEd to BEd Honours Masters / Phd), Gain fully qualified status in terms of the Un/under qualified (e.g NPDE 360 credits and 240 credits) 17 Higher Ed. Institution Qualification Driven PD…… Horizontal Progression: Re-training, Re-skilling, Re-orientation (e. Various ACE Qualifications) – Qualified educators who choose to develop their own knowledge, skills, and competencies in new areas related to their professional teaching/office duties (e.g educators teaching learning areas/subjects not qualified to teach) – Qualified educators who wish to pursue more in-depth competence in their current areas of specialisation – Qualified educators who want to develop new knowledge and skills related to their new roles in, for example, management, professional development and support person, school psychologist, labour relations officer, head of department, and senior teacher playing mentorship, curriculum and learning programes designers etc 18 Teacher Union Driven Activities All the 4 national educator unions play a critical role in promoting the ongoing professional development of their membership In this case we cannot, therefore, talk about a dichotomous relationship between unionism and professionalism Educators can be both unionists and professionals at the same time Issues of Labour Relations / Conditions of Service become equally important as those of quality education provisioning for all 19 Teacher Union Driven Activities… Union Political Education Desks and Administrative Professional Development Wings become key and central to PD activities Examples of Union PD Activities:Learning Area / Subject Committee workshops, IQMS, Assessment, HIV/AIDS, Code of Conduct for Teachers, Alternatives to Corporal Punishment, etc Union Publications 20 School-Based PD Activities School/Institution can identify PD Programmes that are based on the needs of the educators (e. from PGPs, SIPs, WSPs) Cluster of Schools can also identify PD Programmes in line with their SIPs and DIPs Educators within the school can develop programmes to develop one another HODs and Principals have professional development as part of their roles and responsibilities 21 School-Based PD Activities….

In some instances the school may choose to use external providers for their own school-based PD activities – NGOs, – District Office, – Research Institutions, – HEIs, – Professional Associations, – ELRC, – SACE, – Teacher Unions, etc – Nearby Clinics and Police Stations 22 – Social Welfare Examples of School-Based PD Activities…. Projects: initiating and Sustaining Projects at school level for educators/ learners/ Community Research: (e.g Participatory Action Research in your own classroom / office / institution, to improve teaching and learning or deal with school discipline issues) Engage in research activities that will enhance some learning experiences Encourage research into topical issues and assist and encourage other educators to publish their findings 23 Examples of School-Based PD Activities…. Peer–group Learning. As educators, you come together to share ideas and experiences.

Participants learn from each other. It increases group expertise and it is cost effective. This also involves the process of Drawing on experiences from colleagues 24 Examples of School-Based PD Activities…… Others: Encourage reading culture among educators in your school Extend invitation to guest speakers to present papers or address educators on topical issues. These topical issues could be discussed at regular seminars or staff meetings within the schools Holding regular staff development programmes at your school in which different members of staff rake turns to lead discussions Job-rotation within the institution 25 Educator Exchange Programme Examples of School-Based Activities Learning In Every Day Work: – Engaging with learners and Colleagues in topical national regional, and international educational issues – Action Research (Classroom-based/work-based Research – Reading Educational Literature within Your learning Areas and Profession as a whole – Information Searches (Education Related Web-Sites) – Making use of ICT at work/classroom – Viewing/Listening and discussing professional videotapes and audiotapes 26 Examples of School-Based Activities……… Professional Networks: – School representative in the SGB/ School Nutrition etc, – participate in the union site PD activities, – peer review, reflection, feedback and support activities, – Establish and participate in the learning area committees, – Initiate and Support team teaching and collaborative practice activities, – Serve as examiner or moderator at provincial or 27 national levels Initiatives of Other Providers Range of providers who have influence over the PD of educators through direct or indirect focus on issues that are related to educational matters.

For example: – NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, Professional Bodies / Associations / Councils, Statutory Bodies – Other government departments such as Health, Safety and Security, Social Services, Labour Environmental Affairs, Public Works, Home Affairs – Organisations such as, SAHRC, IEC, NPA, Public Protector Office, ESKOM, TELKOM, Rand Water Board, Weather Services, CSIR, City Power, SABC Education, Microsoft, SAFA, Cricket SA, SARU, PSL, SWIMMING SA, SAA, 28 Tourism Boards, Parks Boards, etc Example of Activities Offered by Other Providers HIV/AIDS and other Health Related Programmes Anti-Racism, Human Rights Education, and values in education School Safety and Security Alternatives to Corporal Punishment Rights and Responsibilities of Educators 29 Example of Activities Offered by Other Providers Social Grant Issues in cases where there are AIDS Orphans and Child-Headed Families Water, Electricity, Sanitation ICT Stress Management Motivational Programmes Future Careers for Learners First-Aid Courses Extra-Curricula Activities such as sport, music, art, dance, debate,etc 30 Travel and Tourism, Hotel Management PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Unpacking Criteria A and B by understanding the following: – Types of Participation: Forms, Kinds, Categories, Nature, Style, Manner, Variety 31 PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES And PROFESSIONAL BODIES Participation Involvement Attendance, Organising, Planning, Monitoring Membership and other Positions Partnerships Initiating, Follow-Ups, Support, Mentoring Informing and Sharing Gathering Information Contribution, Serving Implementation 32 Feedback and Reflection LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION Roles we play Impact and Difference we make Intensity Ranks and Positions Echelons Stages and Phases Quality Issues 33 DEGREES OF PARTICIPATION Amount Extent Quantity Measure 34 Active Participation in Professional Bodies Professional bodies/associations/councils / Professional Councils established in terms of Act of Parliament, where members of the profession are compelled by the law to be members: – SACE: registration of all educators, professional development and ethical conduct of educators (SACE Act no.31 of 2000) Health Professions Council of South Africa: registers and develops school therapists (e. OTs, Physio, Play), and psychologists who are also employed by the GDE as educators, in terms of the EEA and ELRC Resolution. 35 Active Participation in Professional Bodies Dual Membership (SACE and HPCSA by virtue of belonging to two professions in the education and health sectors) 36 How Can Educators Participate? How can educators participate more in the SACE programmes? – Active participation in PD Programmes workshops, seminars, forums, – Serving in the council and its sub-committees through your union, panels for dealing with misconduct cases – Voluntary service to Council activities (workshop facilitation, representing SACE in various provinces, calling on SACE to start any kind of project where educators offer their services voluntarily,etc) – writing articles on various educational issues, contribute to the journal/magazine (see sample of publication where educators participated) – Contributing to SACE research by writing classroom or school-based articles or gathering research information that forms part of the bigger research – Make use of the SACE Educator Help Desk on any 37 educational matter Educator Unions Four National Unions and their Provincial Affiliates Activities: – Serving as an office bearer and ordinary member at various levels of the union (national, provincial, regional, branch, site) – Organising and / or Conducting workshops, seminars, campaigns, information, conferences, congress, sharing sessions for the union – Writing and Presenting papers and speeches – Contributing to the union publications – Material Development – Union Learning Area, Education, Sports and Culture, and Labour Relations Committees 38 Educator Union Activities….