School Turn-around Methodology; Deep Change; Sources of our work; Construction of Lesson Plans; Personalised Learning; Target Setting; Learner Dreams; SiSopen (school intelligent system)

1. SiSopen'
Development'
to'date'–'21'
Oct'2015
Presenter:'
Dr'Muavia'Gallie'
SchoolTurnaround

2. Why'a'School'Intelligent'System?'
Data$
Data'is'an'item'or'
event'out'of'
context'with'no'
relaFon'to'other'
data'
Informa+on$
Knowledge$
Intelligence$
UNDERSTANDING'
RELATIONS'
Context$Independent$
Deeper$
Understanding$
$$
UNDERSTANDING'
PATTERNS'
UNDERSTANDING'
PRINCIPLES'
InformaFon'O'relaFonships'
between'data'and'
possibly'other'informaFon'
Knowledge'O'paRerns'among'
data,'informaFon'and'
possible'other'knowledge'
Intelligence'O'recogniFon'
that'knowledge'paRerns'
arise'from'fundamental'
principles'

3. An'example?'
Data$
A'learner'got'25%'
in'Math'during'
the'first'term'in'
2015'
Informa+on$
Knowledge$
Intelligence$
UNDERSTANDING'
RELATIONS'
Context$Independent$
Deeper$
Understanding$
$$
UNDERSTANDING'
PATTERNS'
UNDERSTANDING'
PRINCIPLES'
This'learner'has'been'
geWng'on'average'75%+'
for'the'past'4'years'
The'Math'teacher'is'actually'
not'a'Math'specialist'–'a'
history'teacher'who'is'now'
teaching'math'to'‘fill'up’'his/
her'workload'
Allowing'nonOspecialist'to'
a'subject,'just'to'‘make'
up’'the'workload'is'
harmful'to'learners'

6. hRp://www.sisopen.co.za''

7. 13'Different'levels'of'Portals'
1. District$Director$
2. District$Coordinator$
3. Circuit$Manager$
4. Circuit$Coordinator$
5. Subject$Advisor$
6. Teacher/Learner$
Welfare$
7. Principal$
8. Deputy$Principal$
9. Head$of$Department$
10. Senior$Teacher$
11. Teacher$
12. Learner$
13. Parent$
• Each$user$will$have$access$to$
data$relevant$to$that$
par+cular$(i)$func+on,$and$(ii)$
the$role$and$responsibility$of$
the$person$at$that$level;$
• Edi+ng$func+ons$will$only$be$
open$to$the$provider$of$the$
data,$and$the$supervisor$of$
the$provider$of$data;$
• Higher$levels$will$have$
‘viewing$rights’,$and;$
• The$ability$to$dig$deeper$in$
the$data.$

8. Principal$
Portal$

23. Planning'(mapping)'both'‘teaching’'and'‘nonOteaching’'
responsibiliFes'to'account'for'the'1800'hours'

24. Learner$
Portal$

46. Need'Help?'

47. Thank$You!$