World Teachers Day 2018

Teachers deserve to be recognised for the important role they play in building societies. Through our several teacher development projects, from research to developing teaching standards and materials, to supporting teacher training activities, JET is committed to contributing to the building of a well-trained, professional teaching force at all levels of the education system. 

Our work in teacher development includes: 

• The Initial Teacher Development Project (ITERP)
• The PrimTEd Project
• An Implementation Evaluation of the Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme for the Departments of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation and of Basic Education 
• The development of professional teaching standards with the South African Council for Educators
• Research on secondary level teacher education in Sub Saharan Africa for the Varkey Foundation
• Research on continuing professional development for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) lecturers
• Pan-Commonwealth Standards Framework for Teachers and School Leaders Validation Report prepared by JET Education Services
• The development of resources on vision and visual perception for early childhood development (ECD) practitioners
• Using learners' responses to inform the teaching of mathematics: Resource materials based on the Annual National Assessments
• Assisting the South African Democratic Teachers Union to establish the Curtis Nkondo Professional Development Institute and acting as the institute's managing agent
• eMpela: With Conda Technologies and with initial funding from the MRP Foundation, we have been working on the development of this blended learning teacher development programme which is accessible to teachers in rural areas.   

For more information, read the JET Bulletin: Focus: Teacher professionalisation. How can teachers become more professional?