The Field Education

We encourage and support those involved in education by providing unique opportunities for:

– Training and development

– Organisational learning and innovation

– Conferencing and networking

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The Field Education is a collaboration by Rooken Podesta and Dylan Wray, who are founding partners of:

  • The Building on Success Programme for Curriculum Advisors
  • The South African Curriculum Advisor and Teacher Support (SACATS) conferences in 2007 and 2008
  • The Education Week Conference and Learning Expo which now incorporates SACATS
  • Education Conversations which engage South Africans in constructive, solution-driven conversations about the issues facing education today
  • The Education Action Scorecard Initiative which encourages and enables stakeholders from government, labour, business and civil society to collaboratively manage key variables and desired outcomes
  • Conversations for Action and Change. A personal effectiveness and collaboration programme for School Management Teams and Leaders.

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We strive to ensure that all our initiatives are relevant, practical and purposeful by:

  • Engaging collaboratively with education departments and other stakeholders from civil society, labour and business
  • Familiarising ourselves with the specific and unique contexts and challenges faced by each stakeholder
  • Understanding the strategic imperatives of the Education Department, Provinces and South Africa
  • Enrolling support and involvement from key stakeholders to co-design effective solutions
  • Sourcing, briefing and collaborating with outstanding service providers
  • Ensuring that solutions are specifically designed and/or tailored
  • Researching, designing and developing innovative new ways to nurture and support exceptional performance and development