Using CPD to mentor newly qualified co-teachers

Grade R (Reception) and Grade 1 teachers were joined by two newly qualified teachers (NQTs) responsible for large groups of reception children at Moromogolo Primary, Phokeng. After discussing the purpose of the Shayer lessons and how they are taught currently in Grade R, the conversation turned to how best NQTs could teach Shayer lessons to their very large classes. The group decided to plan a lesson collaboratively next week and for Jane and Brigette to teach a Shayer lesson in that week, which will be video taped. In the third week the group will reflect on the lesson, facilitated in part with Sean Tunmner, Educational Psychologist at the Royal Bafokeng Institute.