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Life Orientation, a fundamental subject offering in the FET band to which all learners in Grades 10 to 12 will be exposed, has four focus areas, namely Personal Well-being, Citizenship education, Recreation and physical activity, and Careers and Career choices. |
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Training courses in two of these areas, namely Personal Well-being and Career and Career choices, will be offered during the March/April 2005 school holidays. |
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The course in Personal Well-being, which supports the WCED's National Curriculum Statement (NCS) training to be provided in the June 2005 vacation, will cover the content applicable to this outcome and will be offered on 31 March 2005, and 1 and 2 April 2005 (3 days). It will have both a paper-based and a CD-ROM application and all schools with appropriate computer facilities will be issued with an electronic version, a teacher resource manual and a learner book. |
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The PACE “Advise and Refer” course, which is an accredited course on NQF level 5, will be offered on 29 to 31 March 2005 (3 days). The course aims to empower teachers to give learners advice and to guide them to make informed subject and career choices. It furthermore supports the implementation of certain assessment standards in Outcome 4 (FET) and Outcome 5 (GET) and will assist with teaching and learning in Life Orientation. Presentation will be both paper-based and computer based. Participants will be awarded 6 credits on completion of the portfolio and will have to complete follow-up assignments for their portfolios. |
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In each case only one teacher per school may attend the first round of training. Please refer to Annexure A for the correct venue in the case of the Personal Well-being course and to Annexure B in the case of the PACE “Advise and Refer” course. Both courses will commence promptly at 8:30 in the morning and will close at 16:00 in the afternoon on all three training days. Note that only teachers who have attended the initial PACE Career Guidance course may attend the Pace “Advise and Refer” accredited course. |
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Teachers will be reimbursed for travelling expenses. Teachers who intend to claim for these expenses must have the following information available at the course:
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Teachers from rural EMDCs who require accommodation must make their own arrangements. Suitable bed and breakfast accommodation is recommended. These educators must submit their claims before they leave on the last day of the course. |
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In the case of both courses principals are requested to return the completed registration forms to the Project Manager, Ms BJ Prince at Head Office by mail, fax 021 467 2256 or e-mail Brenda Prins (bprince@pgwc.gov.za) by no later than 14 March 2005. |
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The above courses will be offered again in March 2006. Teachers will then have the opportunity to attend the course that they have not yet attended. In the course of the second and third terms of 2005 additional PACE Career Guidance courses will be offered to Life Orientation teachers who did not attend a course in 2004. |
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Principals of all high schools are requested to bring the contents of this minute to the attention of their Life Oriëntation teachers. The attached relevant questionnaire must be completed and submitted to the Project Manager, Ms BJ Prince, at Head Office by mail, or fax 021 467 2258 or e-mail Brenda Prins (bprince@pgwc.gov.za) by no later than 14 March 2005. |
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Principals are reminded that attendance of the above courses may be taken into consideration when completing teachers' IQMSs. |
SIGNED: J.P. RAULT-SMITH
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2005:03:02
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