james stiles, associate professor university of witwatersrand
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Urgency of Change Overwhelming Poverty GROWING divide Union – Government relationship Weak results Achievement Gap International Comparisons Personal AuthorityTRANSCRIPT
James Stiles, Associate ProfessorUniversity of Witwatersrand
Pre-1990Separate Systems Based on Race
Post-1990Reorganization and Conversion
Current School ContextFormer Model –CAfrikaans ModeFarm SchoolsTownship Schools
Urgency of ChangeOverwhelming Poverty
GROWING divideUnion – Government relationshipWeak results
Achievement GapInternational Comparisons
Personal Authority
Partnership – GDE and Wits
Ten month Certificate of Attendance
Monthly seminars
FocusProfessional RespectResearchAttitude ShiftCommunity
Focus on teaching and learning
Focus on the desktop
Moving from blame to action
Syndicate groups
Geographic
Mixed levels
Process of change
Explore plenary issues more deeply
Modeling assignments
Offered in 2008-2009 and again 2009 – 2010
780 SMT and district officials
Program issuesSelectionSupportCollaboration
Teaching and Learning Improvement Plan3-4 issuesConcrete outcomes
585 SMT members “graduated” the program75% completion rate
Creation of an Alumni Forum
Will be conducting research in the coming 3 years
Cooperative Large-Scale Narrative Study
In-depth case studies
Additional interventions in selected schools