Systemic school improvement interventions in South Africa : some practical lessons from development practitioners / edited by Godwin Khosa ; copy editor, Leigh Darroll ; coordinator, Maureen Mosselson ; photographs, Hannelie Coetzee.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 15, 2014).

Introduction -- The systemic school improvement model / Godwin Khosa -- Lessons learnt in teacher dvelopment -- JET's approach to teacher development / Chimwemwe Kamanga -- Teacher development interventions in the GET Band / Chimwemwe Kamanga -- Standardised teacher testing in GET / Roelien Herholdt -- Teacher development interventions in the FET Band / Patience Voller -- Further lessons -- Cost (Benefit) analysis of FET teacher development / Double-Hugh Marera -- Parental involvement in improving schooling / Kedibon Boka -- Lessons on district-level support and integration / Godwin Khosa, with Dina Mashamaite and Koleka Ntantiso -- Stakeholder involvement in the BSSIP and COEP / Muavia Gallie and Aneesha Mayet.

Looking at two smaller-scale systemic school improvement projects implemented in selected district circuits in the North West and Eastern Cape by partnerships between government, JET Education Services, and private sector organisations, this book captures and reflects on the experiences of the practitioners involved. The Systemic School Improvement Model developed by JET to address an identified range of interconnected challenges at district, school, classroom and household level, is made up of seven components. In reflecting on what worked and what did not in the implementation of these diffe.

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