Professional Development
The Mentor Teacher course has been developed to capacitate classroom teachers as expert mentor teachers during student Teaching Practice in schools. The Mentor Teacher course is collaborative project with the Cape Teaching and Learning Institute (CTLI) and the four public universities in the Western Cape, and supports teachers in the mentoring and training of student teachers during the Teaching Practice component of their Initial Teacher Education. The Mentor Teacher course is a blended learning programme that runs over ten weeks. It comprises of six units that are presented online, supported by face-to-face contact sessions held at the CTLI. The mentor course will be implemented in two cycles each year, in semester one and semester two. Mentor Teachers from a diverse range of schools (both rural and urban), primary and high school educators from the eight school districts in the Western Cape are invited to take part..