ECD Fundamentals: supporting teachers to teach and learn

Presentation to BRIDGE ECD CoP27 August 2013

Context

• ECD fundamentals a long standing issue.• Varying levels of capacity and quality of materials.• Collaborative initiative by Ilifa / DG Murray / Saide :

research reference group included a networking group and curriculum group.

• Still some issues to resolve, but developed a concept.

Fundamental issues• Integral to ECD qualifications pathways,

professionalisation of ECD, articulation of qualifications, bridging the occupational / professional divide.

• Access to high standard of ECD qualification and quality ECD teachers.

• Capacity of ECD trainers to offer fundamentals.• Funding• Cross-sector and inter-departmental: DBE, DSD,

DHET, occupational (QCTO) , professional (CHE)

Current context

• ECD to fall under QCTO;• New occupational qualifications and QCTO

requirements;• FLC will be one component.

Wha

t is

FLC?

A possible solutionECD foundational learning competence:

• Communications and mathematical literacy

• Use generic FLC curriculum framework

• Integrated or parallel, or stand-alone

Identified gaps:

• Verbal and extended writing skills;

• Methodology;• Academic skills.

Materials development:

• Identify existing high quality, relevant fundamentals materials;

• Collaborative shared materials;

• Core development team;• Parallel and aligned to

scoping of occupational qualifications

Providers:

• Interested RTOs / organisations / institutions register with AQP (IEB)

• Offer FLC to own and others

• Subject specialists• Training of FLC trainers• Additional support and

mentoring from core team

• Assessment centres for FLC – external assessment through bank.

Assessment:

• FLC bank of multiple choice assessment tasks;

• ECD preparation – adapt exemplars as formative, developmental assessment activities beginning and middle;

• Final external through assessment centres;

Way forward• Participate in QCTO scoping of ECD qualifications;• Get special dispensation for FLC to apply to current

qualifications;• Begin developing ECD FLC concurrently with scoping.• Broaden reference group – sheilad@saide.org.za

Thank you.