Xhariep  ERC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOPS FOR OFFICE BASED OFFICIALS AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT TEAMS OF THE XHARIEP EDUCATION DISTRICT

 By SSS KAU

 Support for Office based officials, School Management Teams and educators in their personal and professional development is one the cornerstones in the teaching profession to ensure high profile productive schools. Seminars and workshops should be run for educators irregardless of rank in order to empower them in various fields, e.g. listening skills, team-building, managing change, setting goals and developing creative thinking skills, etc.

 Educators are the most valuable resource of any school and should be supported and nurtured with vigour and in a well-structured manner. The Xhariep Education Resource Centre is the vehicle to address the issue by keeping in touch with schools in the District and providing a forum for exploring whole-school development. It is for this reason that the ERC organized a series of workshops for SMTs’ around the District. The theme of the workshop was Enhancing team effectiveness,  Communication and Customer Care.