Ready, Steady…action!
November 2023
Teachers received certificates (displayed on screen) for completing early literacy training. Schools and organisations were acknowledged with certificates of service. The team went the extra mile and awarded long service certificates to coordinators who have been running the Ready Steady Read Write program for five years or more — a celebration of commitment to early childhood literacy programs.
Our Ready Steady Read Write (RSRW) team held a celebratory graduation ceremony yesterday for all the new RSRW Programme coordinators. The event took place live on YouTube, and backstage, the cameras and the excitement were rolling! The event also applauded coordinators that have been working with the RSRW programme for five or more years! Wordworks’ RSRW Programme manager, Paulene Solomon elaborates on what this accomplishment means: “Participants who complete Coordinator training are equipped to train tutors to work with Grade R and Grade 1 children using the RSRW Programme, to set up and manage a RSRW site and to administer early literacy assessments.”
Wordworks director, Mammuso Makhanya sent a few words that were shared with the audience, “Congratulations on successfully attaining this important milestone. As Wordworks we are highly blessed to add another cohort of graduates into our reach.”Kerry Saadien-Raad says that practitioners are “the ones that keep the spirit of the programme alive and through doing this touch each of the children you work with.” RSRW coordinator graduates were encouraged to send in pictures of their lessons.
Children get a chance to build their vocabulary as they discuss pictures in books or sequence stories. With the help of their tutor, they practise reading independently. Teachers received certificates (displayed on screen) of training. Schools and organisations received certificates of service.The team went the extra mile and awarded long service certificates to coordinators that have been running the RSRW Programme for 5 years or more. Paulene says, “We thank these women for their commitment and dedication to the tutoring programme and time spent with children in their communities.”
The graduates and long service awardees will be receiving hard copies of their certificates, together with some gifts from Wordworks.
