Basseterre: St. Kitts, Friday, August 29, 2025: Lecturers from main and secondary colleges in St. Kitts who had been chosen primarily based on their disciplines and grade ranges participated in a sequence of two-day workshops hosted by the Curriculum Growth Unit within the Ministry of Training.
Coordinators of the workshops gave temporary insights
Mrs. Ornella Halliday-Bacchus defined why there’s a want for a workshop on the Key Stage Evaluation of Studying (KAL) which is presently administered on the grades 4 and 6 lessons within the main colleges.
“KAL is a nationwide evaluation which is run on grades 4 and 6 within the topic areas of Language Arts and Arithmetic. Our periods this morning had been to refresh the lecturers’ reminiscence of what’s anticipated of them, and what the KAL is about and reorient the brand new lecturers on the method.”
ICT Curriculum Coordinator at CDU Ms. Merellia Delsol, communicated
“Our lecturers assembled right this moment to assessment a typical SBA query in IT. This session is supposed to make sure that when the lecturers enter the school rooms in September, they achieve this with consistency, and confidence with the intention to information the scholars by means of the SBA course of.”
Director of the Alliance Francaise de St. Kitts and Nevis, and facilitator for the Coaching Program for Secondary Faculty French Lecturers, Madame Lucille Caulliez elucidated,
“The Coaching is organized by the Ministry of Training and the Alliance Francaise of St. Kitts and Nevis. The principle goal of the coaching is to reinforce motivation in studying Trendy Languages, particularly French. The course is designed to equip the lecturers with the theoretical frameworks and sensible methods that assist a dynamic and student-centered instructing. The important thing parts of the trainings are the CEFR (the Widespread European Framework of Reference of Languages. It’s a really great tool to construction studying aims to evaluate progress and to organize the scholars for the DELF: the internationally acknowledged French Diploma made by the French Ministry of Training. We’re additionally trying on the communicative and the action-oriented strategy that prioritize significant interplay, actual life duties and likewise learner autonomy. And at last, the lecturers are studying how you can design actions foster engagement and deepens language acquisition.”
Director of CDU Mrs. Amanda Serrant Edmead expressed,
“On the Curriculum Growth Unit, we’re dedicated to offering assist to lecturers each in curriculum improvement and curriculum implementation. It is a fruits of all of the work that we’ve got completed all year long in evaluation, French pedagogy, and within the curriculum for kindergarten to grade 2.”
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