Value Proposition for Schools Enhancing your school through cooperation

1. Value Proposition for Schools Enhancing your school through cooperation

2. Agenda “In our highly technological, globalized economy, people without education will not be able to improve their economic situation” Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve • Background • Who is Cence • Cence Skills Programmes • Resource Questionnaire & Resource Base • Your School & the Community • School premises upgrade • 9. Strategic Questions

3. Background • Only 1 out of 12 learners, starting Grade 1 ends up with what we promise our learners when they start their schooling (based on 2005 data from EMIS) • The educational sector has very few models available for turning around under-performing schools • “Most of South Africa’s public schools are dysfunctional and the education system is failing to produce the skills required for job creation and poverty reduction” “despite increases in public spending on the education system” (SA Institute of Race Relations 2008)

4. Background: The Achievement Gap • Usually refers to the fact that poor students, as a group, score lower on student achievement measures than do middle-class students • Gap between female and male students • Gap between students of different: • Cultures • Primary languages • Ethnicities • Socio-economic statuses

5. Background: Causes of the Achievement Gap • School Related Causes • Inadequate funding • Under qualified teachers • Teachers having low expectations of students • Poor leadership & governance • Unclear academic standards • Poor curriculum delivery • Lack of planning & preparations • High rate of staff & learner absenteeism • High rate of staff turnover • Negative school atmosphere • High level of disruption & violence • Education premises middle class students • Socio-Cultural Causes • Poverty • Poor health care • Frequent changes in residence • Lack of books & educational resources in the home • Parents with lower levels of education • Unstable family structure • Cultural attitudes & racism

6. Background: Narrowing the Achievement Gap • High expectation for all students • Teaching strategies that promote meaningful participation • Smaller class size • Higher teaching quality • Implementing enrichment & development programs • Improving: • effectiveness of curriculum planning • management of the curriculum process • management of all resources • quality of assessment of learning • management of external examination processes • the management of learner & learning support • Monitoring the sustainability of projects implemented at schools • Integrating technology platforms

7. Who is Cence? • Launched in 2007 • Registered Non-Profit Organisation, Regno. 089-763-NPO • BEE Compliant: BBEEE classification as EME, level 4 contributor • Cence has been awarded Provisional Accreditation, accreditation no. 3806, as a Provider of Education and Training by the Services SETA of South Africa • Cence has submitted registration applications to Umaluzi for accreditation of their ABET Programme level 1 to 3 and the Higher Education Council (HEC) and is currently awaiting registration numbers & certificates • Investing in communities through the provision of training & development solutions • Development of Collaborative Partnerships • Implementation agency that facilitates development through partnerships

8. Model of Collaboration Churches Municipalities Schools Peer Groups • Collaboration & • Enablement • In 5 years, with 2 800 churches, 150 municipalities& 2 800 schools actively participating in our projects, we shall be able to : • Train 4680 M Students • Create 11 700 new • businesses • Government / • Millennium Goals • Economic Development • Employment • Enterprise Development • Eradicate Poverty • Food Security • Human Resource Dev. • Community Building • Universal Primary Education • Empower Women • Combat Diseases Corporates/Business CSI Initiatives Community Thought Leaders • Universities • Media • International Networks Technology

9. Cence Skills Programmes • School data base – physical assets, parents, employers • Turnaround Strategy for Schools • Reading Skills & Comprehension • Learn Well 4 Life learning programme & yogurt feeding scheme • Food Gardens / Agri Entrepreneur • Efficient & Effective School Management (leadership programmes, recycling, etc.) • Assistance with Mathematics & Accounting • Career Guidance • Assistance with Physical Science & Chemistry • Environmental Education • Community Enablement Centres • Computer Centres • Assistance with arts & culture museum • Stress / trauma management • Life Skills

10. Turnaround Strategy for Schools  Eight school readiness components Three year project with 4 core deliverables:  District cohort to ensure the maintenance & sustainability of the improvement  School based staff development programme – specific focus on curriculum management  Teacher professional training & development programme to respond to the skills gaps among teachers

11. Turnaround Strategy for Schools (cont) Outcomes • Baseline Evaluation • Developing: • Planning & Implementation strategies • Tools to ensure that the entire programme is mapped out • Capacities • The collective strategy • The capacity among school principals how to manage the teaching & learning process • The capacity among the deputy principals • The capacity among the heads of department • Capacity among teachers to facilitate learning • Transferring of skills to district officials on how to collect relevant data • How to analyze data • Support team building on relevant issues • Measure the functionality of schools

12. Reading Skills & Comprehension • Almost all children with a reading disability have difficulty with what they hear, not with what they see. • Such children have a problem with an aspect of spoken language know as phonological processing. • Decoding / deciphering of the alphabet, which is related to their inability / difficulty in letter recognition • Problems in distinguishing foreground (black/letters/words) from background white • Addressing: • Learning disabilities • Reaching a child’s potential to the fullest • Finishing test & exam papers in time

13. Food Gardens / Agri Entrepreneur • The Government School Feeding Scheme • Nutrition & better learners • Increasing access & affordability to fruit & veg. • Educational opportunities • Size of land, type of produce, where are seeds & tools to be sourced, watering of garden? • Volunteers must be committed to a long term project • Financial viability

14. Efficient & Effective School Management A training programme through which participants gain skills assisting them in running their schools efficiently & effectively Contents • The successful entrepreneurial school • Viability and Profitability • Strategic planning & management • Marketing • Operations & Maintenance management • Human resources management & general administration • Motivational leadership & teamwork • Strategic Implementation Recycling Programmes

15. Assistance with Mathematics & Accounting • Training of Educators & Learning Material for Grade R - 7 • Subtraction (Rules/graphics/vertical/Advanced vertical/Negative numbers • Multiplication (Time Tables/without graphics/spider/large numbers/vertical • Division (Without graphics/spider/Long Division/Enrichment work • Story sums • Copies patterns using drawings/ patterns using shapes • Number sequence • Recognise/identifies two and three dimensional shapes • Shapes and forms • Read/write analogues and digital clocks • Measures

16. Assistance with Mathematics & Accounting (cont) Grade 12 Mathematics • Basic Algebra • Non-Linear Inequalities • Simultaneous Equations • Exponents, Surds and Logarithms • Financial Mathematics • Graphs & Functions • Linear Programming • Number Patterns, etc. • Bank reconciliations • Debtors’ and creditors’ reconciliation • Companies and Close Corporations – concepts • Value Added Tax, etc. Grade 12 Accounting

17. Career Guidance • Determining strengths, attributes & aptitudes • DVD's demonstrating 260 career choices & guidelines World of Possibilities • Scientific continuous guidance to making informed subject choices Focusing children on their strengths & possible career choices from Grade 3 onwards

18. Assistance with Science & Chemistry • Training of Educators & Learning Material for Grade 10 - 12 • Physical Science: Modules Grade 12 • Mechanics • Waves Sound & Light • Electricity & Magnetism • Matters & Materials • Chemistry: Modules Grade 11 • Matters & Materials • Chemical Change • Chemical Systems • Small scale portable laboratories used in classroom – no laboratory, commercial electricity or running water needed • Science kits cover Natural Science, Chemistry, Biology & Physics experiments (Gr 4-12) • Unprecedented teacher support through the use of the iBox & clicker technology Student Lab Science Kits

19. Environmental Education Educational Aims • Guide youth to utilize their free time gainfully & live to the advantage of their fellow man • Nurture respect & love for environment • Green flag programme • Skills Development: Exhibitions, outdoor training, adventure projects, handcraft tuition • Educational Motivation: Outdoor educational programmes, leadership courses, lifestyle guidance • Conservation: Nature reserve/zoo visits, area rehabilitation, tours to institutions of natural history, science & culture • Culture: Tours to theaters & cultural festivals, leadership & skills development • Community Service: Cleaning rivers/parks, planting trees, look out for alien plants & • how to eradicate them Product Offering

20. Community Enablement Centres • Schools = custodians of all learning • Have existing infrastructure & capacity • High accessibility & driving costs down i.r.o training/transport • Mini community Centres/Business Hubs • Computer /scanning/internet facilities, e-learning, postal service, stationary distribution, skills development • Vocational training

21. Computer Centres • Computers essential part of modern day life • Open up world of knowledge & opportunity • Using technology to aid teachers / learning • Internet access – “hole in the wall” project

22. Linking School & The Community • Co-operation between the school & community • Mentorship programmes for Principals • School at the Centre of Community (S@CC) Project – Goals: • To support principals & develop their leadership skills • To create a context & opportunity for business & community leaders to develop their leadership skills whilst at the same time making a significant contribution to Education • To ignite active citizenship around the school (to engage parents & other members of the community so that the burden of responsibility for raising & educating our children is shared by more people than a small group of teaching staff)

23. School premises - upgrade • Redevelopment and maintenance of buildings • Use environmentally friendly building techniques & • job creation • Vacant land – food gardens & sport / recreation facilities • Maximize use of existing centres to the benefit of the local community & local businesses • Upgrading of school resources • School Audit

24. Resource Questionnaire & Resource Base • Questionnaire designed to find out all about your school & its opportunities • Parent Resource Base – a practical aid in knowing what skills you have available • Lead to helpful contacts within the community

25. Our Projects • Cence addressing Food Security • For the past 3 years Cence has piloted various Agri-Entrepreneur projects: • School Vegetable Gardens • Vegetable gardens & food security project at schools. • AgriSETA Learnerships Mitchells Plain • Student bursary learnerships monitored & managed by Cence. • Earthworm Composting Project • Earthworm farm for training purposes. • Community Development Projects • Camdeboo Comprehensive Rural Development Project • Comprehensive training in tourism, education, health & agriculture. • MTN Young Entrepreneurs Kgwebo ya Batsha Project • Entrepreneurship & business proficiency training in schools. • Agriculture Research Council (ARC) • Entrepreneurship & business management training for small scale • female farmers.

26. Strategic Questions • What would your ideal school look like? • How do you see private sector involvement? • What is your vision for your society? • How to communicate your successes & failures