CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT MINUTE: DCF 0003/2010 |
TO: | DEPUTY DIRECTORS-GENERAL, CHIEF DIRECTORS, DIRECTORS, HEADS: CURRICULUM CO-ORDINATION & ADVICE, CIRCUIT TEAM MANAGERS, IMG MANAGERS, DEPUTY CHIEF EDUCATION SPECIALISTS, FET LIFE ORIENTATION CURRICULUM ADVISERS AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS |
| LIFE ORIENTATION (FET) - TRAINING OF TEACHERS IN TODAY'S CHOICES |
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Life Orientation has four focus areas: Personal Well-being, Citizenship Education, Recreation & Physical Well-being, and Careers & Career Choices. |
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Training courses in the Personal Well-being focus area were offered during April 2010 to master trainers selected by the districts. The courses covered the content applicable to this focus area. |
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Since April 2009, the WCED has issued each learner in Grades 10 and 11 with a book, entitled Today's Choices for FET Learners, and a separate set of Today's Choices dealing with the content for Grade 12. Each school has also received a set of teachers' guides per Life Orientation teacher, with accompanying CDs. All the material should be regarded as resource material to complement the Life Orientation text book and other resource material. |
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All FET Life Orientation teachers are invited to attend workshops on 10, 11 and 12 June 2010 in the various districts, when use of the material will be explained. The workshops will start at 8:30 and end at 16:00. The venues are listed in Annexure A. |
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Teachers are requested to complete the attached registration form (Annexure B) and fax it to Mrs Hazel Visser, Directorate: Life Skills and HIVI/AIDS, at fax number 086 567 9334 before 24 May 2010. Mrs Visser may be contacted at tel. 021 467 2631.
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Teachers from the rural districts will be reimbursed for travelling expenses. Teachers who intend to claim for these expenses must have the following information available at the course:
- PERSAL number
- Engine capacity of the vehicle used and year of manufacture
- Kilometre distance from the school to the venue
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Teachers from the rural districts who require accommodation must contact the district's Life Orientation curriculum adviser. These teachers must submit their claims before they leave on the day of the workshop. |
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Principals are requested to bring this minute to the attention of Grades 10 to 12 Life Orientation teachers. |
SIGNED: BK SCHREUDER
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2010-05-14
Grand Central Towers, Lower Parliament Street, Private Bag X9114, Cape Town 8000
Please quote reference numbers in all correspondence
SAFE SCHOOLS: 0800 45 46 47
CLIENT CALL CENTRE: 0861 92 33 22
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