ISASA
Associations in Sandton

It draws on the quality education offered by ISASA member schools to help solve a root cause of South Africa’s pressing skills shortage: the critical lack of qualified mathematics and science teachers. Teacher internships provide an alternative, robust training model to supply quality teachers in the scarce subject areas of mathematics and science. Based on a decade of ISASA schools’ experience, they involve school-based training, mentoring, and completion of a university degree by the trainee teachers in member schools. School-leavers, graduates and mid-career professionals will be targeted in the recruiting drive. The learnerships involve four years of study to obtain a degree in education, or two years (part-time) for a professional teaching qualification. The ISASA Weekly Bulletin is a summary of important developments during the previous week, as well as a means of alerting members to future events. ISASA is the oldest, largest and most inclusive independent (private) schools association in Southern Africa. It is a non-profit organisation that provides its members with services to protect their interests, promote best practice and support quality education. Membership is voluntary and ISASA is not a governing body for schools. Our member schools educate more than 168 000 pupils. This one-day workshop (previously called Fair Employment Practices and the CCMA) assists schools in dealing with legal issues in the employment environment, including fair employment practices and disciplinary issues involving staff. This one-day workshop (previously called Fair Employment Practices and the CCMA ) assists schools in dealing with legal issues in the employment environment, including fair employment practices and disciplinary issues involving staff at a school. It gives a broad overview of important legislation all management should be aware of, as well as employment issues around dismissals and an understanding of CCMA processes. To assist its member schools in understanding their rights and responsibilities, ISASA has produced a set of Guidelines for independent schools which have been prepared with legal assistance and are. To assist its member schools in understanding their rights and responsibilities, ISASA has produced a set of Guidelines for independent schools which have been prepared with legal assistance and are based on the Constitution, relevant legislation and key principles. ISASA has an unequivocal commitment to transformation and diversity and has developed, together with independent diversity professionals, a Transformation and Diversity Toolkit to help schools that wish to embark on. ISASA has an unequivocal commitment to transformation and diversity and has developed, together with independent diversity professionals, a Transformation and Diversity Toolkit to help schools that wish to embark on courageous conversations about these issues. To ensure that this Toolkit is fully understood and to assist member schools on their transformation journey, a one-day workshop is given to school teams to equip them with the necessary skills to drive transformation and diversity. ISASA offers one two-day workshop covering a range of critical issues around performance management and its implementation in schools. Good governance is an essential factor of any successful independent school. The ISASA School Governance workshop covers underlying principles of good governance and international best practice in independent schools. This workshop assists schools in ensuring that their serious learner disciplinary processes are conducted strictly according to laid down regulations, thus insuring themselves against costly legal comebacks.