“This internship […] changed my whole idea of what teaching is and what the role of a teacher is.” – Lusanda Vongwe (FET)   In 2020, Acorn Education launched a Teacher Internship [...]

From The Desk Of: Sakeena on Instructional Coaching November 2020 In order for learners to have choices post-matric – their classroom teachers must be immersed in a culture of instructional [...]

From The Desk Of: Abraham and Sanrie on TIP September 2020 According to a UNESCO report in 2019, South Africa’s teacher institutions currently graduate 15,000 new teachers per year. This is below [...]

From The Desk Of: Anco Booysen August 2020 With Spring arriving and the last grades having returned to school, we are starting to move back to more familiar territory – albeit with social [...]

“This internship […] changed my whole idea of what teaching is and what the role of a teacher is.” – Lusanda Vongwe (FET)   In 2020, Acorn Education launched a Teacher Internship [...]

The Department of Basic Education has presented the latest findings of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2019 (TIMSS), showing how South African students compare to the [...]

Today, in Coffee Chats, we are talking to Apex High School’s SGB Chairperson and parent, Shantel Olivier, and Principal, Renate van der Westhuizen, about their response to the 2020 COVID-19 [...]

Acorn Education Foundation Phase Instructional Teacher Coach, Celeste Abrahams, interviews Dalene Uys from Apex High School about her experience with instructional coaching.

In an interview with Acorn Education’s Lead Instructional Teacher Coach, Sakeena Elloker, and Foundation Phase Instructional Teacher Coach, Celeste Abrahams, they discuss the groundbreaking [...]

A wooden sign outside Apex High School displays in bright white letters: “Whatever it Takes!” The principal of Apex High School, Renate van der Westhuizen, says: “We’ll do [...]