Coffee Bay and Teacher Training

Week 4 on the Global Teachers Programme
1st - 7th August

Building on the success of the cluster training workshops they organised last week, the Global Teachers (GTs) got together last weekend to plan another teacher training day. The GTs met Steve and Gcina from LCD South Africa in Coffee Bay, a small town on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape, to plan the training day, and to complete a mid-placement evaluation.

Helen and Gcina from LCD South Africa at the evaluation weekend in Coffee Bay with Global Teachers Máire, Loraine, Arlene, Vicky, Carmel and Clare.

The training day took place on Wednesday, and was attended by over 50 participants, including people involved in developing the South African school curriculum, staff from GT placement schools, and staff from other schools in the Dutywa District. The training was well received as demonstrated by the positive feedback from participants. The GTs identified teacher training sessions such as this as one of the most constructive and effective methods with which they could contribute to the school improvement programmes run by LCD South Africa.  

The GTs have been spending the rest of their weekdays working in their individual schools on a range of activities chosen to improve the quality of education in the schools, including a computer workshop run by GT Lisa this week.

This weekend is free for the GTs to spend as they wish, before they embark on their final week of placement.

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