Transcript CPTD SAPA KZN - SAPA KZN - South African Principals

OVERVIEW OF THE CPTD
SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN
Ella Mokgalane
SAPA KZN CONFERENCE
23 August 2013
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National Policy and
Legislative Context
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National Policy and
Legislative Context
• SACE is a professional council established
in terms of the SACE Act no. 31 (2000), as
amended
• The Act mandate SACE to:
– Register educators;
– Manage a system for Continuing Professional
Development of all educators;
– Ensure educators’ adherence to the Code of
Professional Ethics
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National Policy and
Legislative Context...
• SACE’s additional mandate comes from the
National Policy Framework on Teacher
Education and Development (NPFTED) in
South Africa, April 2007
• Section 53 of the NPFTED (2007) states that
“…the South African Council for Educators
(SACE), as the professional body for professional
educators, will have the overall responsibility for
the implementation, management and quality
assurance of the CPTD system. SACE will be
provided with the necessary resources and
support to undertake that role”
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National Policy and
Legislative Context...
• This mandate is supported and enhanced by the
Departments of Basic Education and Higher
Education and Training’s Integrated Strategic
Planning Framework for Teacher Education and
Development in South Africa, 2011 – 2025
• The plan indicates the following explicitly:
– that it (the plan) must be considered by other planning
processes such as those related to IQMS, WSE,
NEEDU and the SACE CPTD Management System
– The TED ICT support system will be linked to the
SACE CPTD Management System
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Teacher Development Framework and
CPTD Management System
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National Policy and
Legislative Context...
• Lastly, SACE’s role of managing the
CPTD Management System has been
strengthened further through National
Planning Commission’s (NPC) National
Development Plan released in August
2012.
• The Plan acknowledges SACE as key role
player in continuing professional
development of teachers and the
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promotion of professional standards.
National Policy and
Legislative Context...
• The NPC’s National Development Plan
(2012) specifically states the following:
”Teachers must take the initiative to identify the areas in which they
need further development and approach the department for
assistance to access training opportunities. Courses that are in line
with the requirements of the teacher’s job must be fully subsidised
by the government and should take place outside term time.
On completion of the course or professional
development activities, teachers should earn
points towards meeting the Continuing
Professional Teacher Development
requirements of the South African Council 8
for Educators (pp307-308).
National Policy and
Legislative Context...
• Secondly, with regard to providers offering
professional development activities to
educators, the Plan indicates that there is
a need to:
“Allow a wide range of training providers to
offer professional development courses for
teachers, subject to approval by the
South African Council for Educators
(pp307-308)”
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National Policy and
Legislative Context...
• Finally, it also recognises teacher unions’ role in
providing professional development by indicating
the need to:
• “Assist unions in developing the capacity to implement
continuous professional development strategies for their
members. Over time, accredit professional
development institutes linked to unions so that they
can offer continuous professional development that
earns points towards meeting the Continuing
Professional Teacher Development requirements of
the South African Council for Educators. (p. 308)”
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The CPTD Management
System
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Introduction….
• All workers, including professionals like
teachers, need lifelong learning to do their
jobs better
To improve their knowledge
To improve their skills
To keep up to date with new research
To learn from colleagues
• Better teachers will help learners to learn
better and become better citizens
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What is the CPTD
Management System?
It is a system for recognising all useful
teacher development activities
By approving quality and credible
professional development providers
By endorsing relevant and good professional
development quality activities and
programmes
By allocating professional development (PD)
points to such activities
By crediting each teacher’s CPTD account /
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Purpose of the CPTD System
– Ensure that all professional development
programmes contribute more effectively and
directly to the improvement of teaching and
learning;
– Emphasise and reinforce the professional
status of teaching;
– Provide educators with clear guidance about
which Professional Development (PD)
activities will contribute to their professional
growth;
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Purpose of the CPTD System..
– Protect teachers from fraudulent providers;
and
– Expand the range of activities that contribute
to the professional development of teachers
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Vision of the CPTD system
– To support and facilitate the process of
continuing professional development
– To give recognition to teachers who commit
themselves to continuing professional
development
– To revitalize the teaching profession
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What is SACE’s Role in Continuing
Professional Development
• It is very important to clarify the role of SACE in
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to
avoid confusing it with that of the employers
• “SACE IS NOT A PROVIDER OF CONTINUING
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT”
• The CPTD Management System will not provide
professional development activities to teachers.
• It will help SACE to work with teachers and
providers to improve the provision and take-up
of professional development activities and
manage that.
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CPTD System Target Audience
• In terms of the NPFTED (2007) the CPTD
Management System will be made
available to all school-based educators
(principals, deputy principals, HoDs,
teachers) whether:
– state-employed,
– employed by School Governing Bodies,
or
– employed by independent schools
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The Basic Structure of the CPTD System
• Educators engage in three kinds of SACE
Endorsed Professional Development (PD)
activities / programmes:
oTeacher initiated activities (Personal)
oSchool initiated activities (School)
oExternally initiated (Providers)
• Externally initiated activities will be offered by:
– Educators’ employers (PEDs, SGBs, Independent
Schools/Boards
– Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
– Teacher Unions
– NGOs / CBOs / FBOs
– Professional Associations, Private Providers and others
• Educators will earn their PD Points from each of the
three types of Professional Development Activities
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The Basic Structure of the CPTD
System
• SACE will allocate professional development
(PD) points to educators’ professional
development activities according to a schedule
of points approved by SACE
• Each educator will be expected to achieve 150
PD points on their PD points Account in
every three year cycle.
• SACE will issue a Certificate of Achievement
to each educator who achieves the 150 PD
points within the three years as follows:
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The Basic Structure of the
CPTD System
• Bronze Certificate of Achievement to
each educator who achieves 150 PD
points within the three years.
• A Silver Certificate of Achievement to
each educator who achieves 150+ to 300
PD points within the three years.
• A Gold Certificate of Achievement to
each educator who achieves 300+ PD
points within the three years.
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Professional Development
Portfolio
• Each educator will have a personal
Professional Development Portfolio
(PDP) developed according to SACE
guidelines.
• The PDP will provide advice and support
on professional development.
• It will also be a personal record of an
educator’s professional development
journey.
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What is the Professional
Development Portfolio For?...
• The PDP is a resource document to assist
each educator’s professional growth. It will
contain:
– Advice on understanding and analysing a teacher’s
professional development needs
– The educator’s analysis of professional development
needs and ways of addressing them
– Guidance on how the educator can undertake or
access professional development activities
information on the CPTD Management System
– A record and evidence of the educator’s PD activities
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and PD points earned
Will Educators Be Expected to
Submit their PDPs to SACE?
• No. The PDP will be the educator’s own
property, kept and signed by an educator.
• Educators will monitor their own participation in
PD activities, guided by their personal
Professional Development Portfolio (PDP).
• The principal and SMT in each school will use it
to monitor their educators’ PD participation and
discuss improvements in departmental and staff
meetings or with individual educators.
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Will Educators Be Expected to
Submit their PDPs to SACE?
• SACE will monitor a representative sample
of educators’ PDPs each year to see how
educators are using the system, and will
provide feedback on its findings to the
educators and schools concerned
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Who will Have Access to an
Educator’s PDP?
• The following persons will have access to
the PDP for developmental or monitoring
purposes:
– The school principal or delegated SMT
member
– An authorised representative of an educator’s
employer
– An authorised SACE representative.
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How will an Educator PD points
be reported to SACE?
• An educator will record Type 1 and Type 2 PD
points in the personal PDP according to the PD
Points Schedule.
• SACE expects educator to record their points
honestly. Dishonest reporting is unprofessional
conduct. It may also be a breach of SACE’s
Code of Professional Ethics
• Educators will report their participation in
Professional Development twice a year manually
on a form prescribed by SACE or electronically
on the CPTD self-service portal – in June and
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November
How will a Educators’ PD
Points be reported to SACE?
• In June and November a principal will
request staff members to report their PD
points for the year on a simple form
supplied by SACE or electronically.
• Educators (individually) will report their PD
points to SACE on a simple form supplied
by SACE, and will send the form to SACE
by:
– post, fax-to-email or
– Uploading them on the CPTD-IS through the 28
portal
How will Educators’ PD Points be
Reported to SACE?
• The following contact details should be
used in reporting your PD activities and
points earned:
• Manually
Post:
Attention: Provinces and Members Unit
SACE
Private Bag x 127
CENTURION, 0046
• Fax-to-Email: 086 571 5260
• Email Address: [email protected]
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How will Educators’ PD
Points be Reported to SACE?
• ELECTRONICALLY:
www.sace.org.za
Choose CPTD then click on self-service
portal
Choose Educator Login using your
username and password
Choose Record Points Tab on top
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Is participation in professional
development compulsory?
• Yes. Participation in professional development is
mandatory for all teachers.
• Professional development is part of SACE’s
Code of Professional Ethics for educators. All
teachers commit themselves to observe the
Code, so professional development is not an
option but an obligation for all teachers.
• Section 7 of the SACE Code of Professional
Ethics states that an educators:
– must keep abreast with educational
developments
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Is participation in professional
development compulsory?...
• Principals, deputy principals and heads of
department are required, as part of their duties
and responsibilities, to help teachers develop
professionally.
• They are also required to develop themselves
• So, professional development is an all-teacher
and all-school affair
• SACE expects and encourages all teachers to
sign up for the CPTD Management System as it
rolls out so that they keep up to date and on
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their toes professionally
What Happens if Educators don’t
Reach the 150 Points Target?
• For the first six years (starting from
2014) SACE will not impose a penalty
on educators who don’t achieve the
PD points target on time.
• After six years SACE will review the
situation and make a decision about
sanctions for non-compliance.
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Provider Approval and
Activity Endorsement
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CPTD System Quality Management
and Assurance Processes…
• SACE Quality Assurance Terms
– Approval of Providers, and
– Endorsement of PD Activities / Programmes
• Providers in this context refers to:
– Employers (9 x Provincial DoEs, SGBs, Independent Schools,
and others),
– Other Government Departments,
– HEIs,
– Private Providers
– NGOs / CBOs / FBOs,
– Teacher Unions,
– Professional Associations, and
– Others
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CPTD System Quality Management
and Assurance Processes…
• Providers must be SACE approved
• to offer SACE endorsed activities
• for which participating teachers get PD
points
• These are three separate operations
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Provider Approval
• Approval is a decision by SACE that a
provider meets its criteria and is fit to offer
quality PD activities
• All providers must apply for SACE
approval when they submit activities for
endorsement
• Only “SACE Approved Providers” may
provide SACE endorsed PD activities
• Provider Approval Status lasts for a period
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of three years
Endorsement of Activities /
Programmes
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Endorsement of Activities...
• Endorsement is a term introduced by the
NPFTED alongside the introduction of the CPTD
system
• Endorsement includes a process of examining
the quality of an activity with respect to how it
contributes to the professional development of
the teacher
• A process of evaluating and approving
professional development activities against a set
of criteria and coming up with an endorsement
decision
• Quality Councils – Accreditation and SACE Endorsement
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Endorsement of Activities..
• Applicable largely to Type 3 professional
development activities (Externally Initiated
Activities)
• Only SACE Approved Providers will
submit proposed teacher development
activity to SACE for endorsement
• SACE evaluators will evaluate the activity
and made a positive recommendation to
the Endorsement Sub-Committee
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Endorsement of Activities..
• SACE’s Endorsement Sub-committee will
certify that the activity meets each of the
SACE criteria at a satisfactory level
• SACE’s Endorsement Sub-committee will
endorse the proposed activity for a
maximum of three years
• The SACE Approved Provider may offer
the endorsed activity for a maximum of
three years
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Funding Principle
• Only SACE-endorsed activities offered by
SACE approved providers should be
funded by employers
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CPTD System
Implementation Plan
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CPTD Implementation Plan
• SACE approved Implementation Plan – November 2012
• Target Audience
– School-based educators only (NPFTED 2007)
– The CPTD system will be implemented for
approximately 450 000 educators in the public and
independent schools (including the ones on School
Governing Body posts).
– While teachers from the public schools are in the
majority, SACE is putting into place the CPTD system
implementation plans, processes, and procedures
that will accommodate educators in independent
schools and governing body posts as well
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Implementation Phases
PHASE 1: (August 2009 – May 2012)
• 2009 Pilot study
– 13 Pilot Districts
– 145 schools across the 9 provinces
– 3963 educators
• July 2012 Pilot Report Published
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CPTD PILOT
PROVINCE
No. Schools
No. Educators
GAUTENG
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719
LIMPOPO
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542
EASTERN CAPE
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520
NORTHERN
CAPE
12
428
FREE STATE
12
421
KWAZULU-NATAL 24
394
NORTHWEST
12
376
MPUMALANGA
12
252
WESTERN CAPE
12
311
TOTAL
145
3963
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Implementation Phases....
PHASE 2: (June 2012 – December 2012)
• Post Pilot Phase
• Approval of the Pilot Report and
Implementation Plan by SACE and DBE
Principals
• Address challenges raised by the CPTD
Status report and follow-up on the
recommendations made (develop various
proposals)
• Finalising the CPTD Implementation
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Cohorts
CPTD IMPLEMENTATION
COHORTS
• CPTD System to be implemented with
three different cohorts as follows:
– 1st Cohort : Principals and Deputy Principals
(40 474)
• the numbers are small as compared to the
HoDs and the rest of the teachers.
• create a culture of ongoing development in
their schools
• be in a strong position to support their
educators from an informed position
• manage the implementation of the CPTD 48
system at school level.
CPTD IMPLEMENTATION
COHORTS
– 2nd Cohort : HOD (55 032)
• a better position to support their staff on the
implementation of the CPTD system.
– 3rd Cohort : Teachers (342 680)
• buy-in into the CPTD system will be
enhanced since their seniors would have
gone through the process already
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Implementation Phases....
PHASE 3: (January 2013 – December 2013)
• Put national and provincial CPTD structures in
place – stakeholders should participate in this
• CPTD Orientation and Signing-Up Workshops
by the 1st Cohort
• Needs Identification Instrument
• Advocacy
• Provider approvals
• Endorsement of Professional Development
activities
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Implementation Phases....
PHASE 4: (January 2014– December 2016)
• January 2014
December 2014
– 1st cohort starts the 1st year of the three year CPTD
cycle
– 2nd cohort engages in the CPTD orientation and signup workshops
• January 2015
December 2015
– 1st cohort starts 2nd year of the three year CPTD cycle
– 2nd cohort starts 1st year of the three year cycle
– 3rd cohort engages in the CPTD orientation and signup workshops
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Implementation Phases....
• January 2016
December 2016
– 1st cohort starts 3rd year of the first three year CPTD
cycle and earn 150 points by the end of December
2015
– 2nd cohort starts 2nd year of the first three year cycle
– 3rd cohort starts 1st year of the first three year CPTD
cycle
– Impact study of the 1st cohort’s first three year cycle
NB: In January 2017 the 1st cohort’s 150 points fall
away as the cohort starts 1st year of the second
three year cycle
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Implementation Cycle...
2014 - 1st cohort’s year 1 of 3 year cycle
- 2nd cohort’s orientation and sign-up
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2015 – 1st cohort’s year 2 of the 3 year cycle
- 2nd cohort’s year 1 of the 3 year cycle
- 3rd cohort’s orientation and sign-up
2016 – 1st cohort’s year 3 of the 3 year cycle
ends
- 2nd cohort’s year 2 of the 3 year cycle
- 3rd cohort’s year 1 of the 3 year cycle
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Reflections and Feedback
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Clarity, Questions
Inputs
Discussions
Recommendations
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WAY FORWARD
• Go and share the information in your school
• Sign-Up for the CPTD System this year
• Participate in your 1st cycle of the CPTD System
from January 2014 onwards
CPTD
System
THANK YOU
Ella Mokgalane
Senior Manager: Professional
Development and Research
012 663 9517 / 012 679 9709 – direct
083 380 9879
[email protected]
[email protected]
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