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GMSAF’S EDUCATION MODELS. Effective classrooms; Effective schools; Effective external support . Assisting DoE with practical implementation of national WSD and WSE policies. GMSA Foundation’s Education portfolio. A District Office Model for the Eastern Cape.
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GMSAF’S EDUCATION MODELS • Effective classrooms; • Effective schools; • Effective external support. Assisting DoE with practical implementation of national WSD and WSE policies.
A District Office Model for the Eastern Cape The PE District Office Task Team Final Report – September 2001
Report Contents • Section 1 – Purpose • Section 2 – The Model • The Purpose of the District Office • The Nine Guiding Principles • The District Components • Operations of the District Components • Delivery Mechanisms of the District Components • Training Implications for the District Components • Functionality Implications for the District Components • Staff Implications for the District Components • Vehicle Implications for the District Components • Resource Implications for the District Components • Section 3 – The Application of the Model • Section 4 – The Cost of the Model
Building Criteria for District Components • District Office • A single & central location to enable coordination of activities in the district. • Education Support Centre (EDC) • EDC teams to be able to visit schools regularly without spending a disproportionate time travelling. • Larger single EDC - Urban area • Small central EDC with small outlying EDCs - Rural area • School Cluster Node • A base or bases for EDC staff & school cluster activities to be accessible & acceptable to all cluster schools.
Functionality Implications for District Components • Circuit Teams: Functionality-based staffing ratios: • Circuit Manager – 1 per 2 circuits • Whole School Developer – 1 per 12 dys/mar func schools • Curriculum Advisor (Primary) – 2 per 12 primary schools • Curriculum Advisor (Sec) – 2 per 12 secondary schools • Special Needs (Social Worker) – 1 per 12 dys/mar func schools • Special Needs (Psychologist) – 1 per 12 dys/mar func schools • Special Needs (Occ Therapist) – 1 per 12 dys/mar func schools • Special Programme Teams • Expanded SP teams for less functional districts. • School Cluster Resources • Larger resource allocations to less functional clusters
THE CIRCUIT TEAM PROJECTTHE CONCEPT • The Circuit Team concept allows for the most effective & direct interface with schools. • The make-up & operations of the Circuit Team are informed by the needs of the schools in their circuit. • A paradigm shift is required from DO staff to move away from their current modus operandi to a ‘school-focussed team-work approach’.
Subject Advisor EDO Pilot Pilot Circuit Circuit (4 clusters of 6 schools Team each) A PARADIGM SHIFT DO Staff Circuit 1 EDO WSDs Admin Circuit 2 Curr Adv Special Service Needs Providers Circuit 3 Circuit 4
THE CIRCUIT TEAM PROJECTA PRACTICAL PILOT PROJECT • Aim to establish a pilot Circuit Team to effectively serve a circuit of schools in PE. • Practical experiences to guide / shape / refine: • Policy & procedures. • Organograms. • Roll-out of Circuit Teams to other Districts. • Aligned to ECED Strategic Objectives. • Twinning arrangement secured with WC pilot project (relatively far advanced).
Circuit Manager Circuit 1 Cur Adv - Foundation Inst Man & Gov Adv Admin Dev Adv Cur Adv - Int / Senior Cur Adv - FET & Subject (part-time) Circuit 2 School Psychologist Learning Support Social Worker Admin Clerk Circuit 3 Circuit 4 THE PILOT CIRCUIT THE PILOT CIRCUIT TEAM A PE Circuit made up of 20 - 25 schools. A Circuit Team dedicated to one Circuit. Willing primary, secondary and special A Circuit Team made up of appropriately schools with HOR, DET & Ex Model C skilled DoE Staff and external Service backgrounds. Providers. THE CIRCUIT TEAM PROJECTPROJECT DESCRIPTION
Response from National DoEWhere to from here? • GMSAF to confine itself to PE pilot? • GMSAF to promote roll out of PE lessons into all 23 EC Districts? • GMSAF to interact with all 81 Districts in the 9 Provinces via MEC’s and SG’s? • GMSAF to interact closely with National DoE on: • Policy setting? • Cost benefit analysis of phased national rollout? • Assisting with delivery of national rollout (similar to Principal training ACE)?