THE RALLY TO READ PROGRAMME
The Rally To Read purpose is to train, coach and support the teachers in the Rally schools through structured, in-service teacher training and dedicated support in the classroom. This is supplemented by quality resource provision to improve the literacy, language and comprehension skills of primary school learners in the Rally schools.

All Rally school teachers are trained in the modern, internationally endorsed (although thoroughly South African) Balanced Language approach now entrenched in the National Curriculum in South Africa. READ provides a carefully selected range of teaching resources and books so that teachers can implement the methodologies systematically and explicitly.

The READ trainer visits each Rally teachers’ classroom regularly to support the teachers in the implementation of the programme objectives and with their teaching practice. During these visits the impact of the project on learners are assessed.

The dedicated educators who have managed to turn their schools around within the three Rally years are evidence that the Rally can serve as a model for wide-scale rural education. Project schools that often begin with bare classroom walls and dispirited teachers respond well to the intervention. Colourful classrooms conducive to learning, teaching methodologies that are user-friendly, child-centred and produce results, combined with relevant resources that are meaningful to the learner are the key factors that build up over time and contribute towards a model of best practice.

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