Can I Teach Grade R With Educare Diploma?

Can I Teach Grade R With Educare Diploma?

No, you cannot teach grade R with an Educare Diploma, However, A Bachelor’s Degree in Education is needed to teach grade R. Educare National qualifications allow people to work in early learning environments such as Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres. The following requirements are needed to Teach Grade R in South Africa;

• 3-year Diploma in Grade R Teaching OR
• 4-year Bachelor of Education: Foundation Phase Teaching (B. Ed. Foundation Phase) OR
• Bachelor’s Degree (other than a B. Ed.) plus a 1-year Post-Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE), specialising in Foundation Phase teaching

Grade R was intended to assist children in preparing for the commencement of primary school in Grade 1. In school jargon, pupils formally become learners in Grade R. Students in Grade R go from uncontrolled to organized learning, where they learn to sit quietly for the first time and engage in regular classes with a specified curriculum. Students with Grade R can decide to look for job opportunities or further their education. Educare Diploma holders can study the Bachelor of Education: Foundation Phase Teaching (B. Ed. Foundation Phase). This certificate allows you to teach not only Grade R, but all grades in the Foundation Phase, from Grade R to Grade 3.

What Are Some Of Grade R career opportunities

Having Grade R increases the holders’ high career opportunities which may include;

• Start your Own Creche or Daycare
• Day Care Manager
• Babysitter
• Au Pair
• Day Care Administrator
• Daycare Manager
• Child Health and Nutrition Caretaker

Responsibilities Of Grade R Teachers

• Expose students to language incidentally through planned interactive activities and through play-based learning.
• Expose students to the following mathematics content areas through play-based activities
• Numbers, operations and relationships;
• Patterns, functions and algebra;
• Space and shape (geometry);
• Measurement
• Data handling.
• Develop learners’ life skills in the following areas:
• Beginning knowledge and personal and social well-being;
• Creative arts
• Physical education

A Bachelor’s Degree in Education is needed to teach grade R. Educare National qualifications allow people to work in early learning environments such as Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres. Hope the provided information is helpful and useful, kindly leave a comment below. for additional information visit here