The vision of Mindset Teach is to help re-professionalise teaching and rebuild the esteem of teachers by treating teachers as PROFESSIONALS and VALUED members of society.

Education outcomes in South Africa are very poor.

McKinsey and Company, in their report "How the world's best performing school systems come out on top" state that:

• The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers.
  
• The only way to improve outcomes is to improve instruction.
  
• The only way for the system to reach the highest performance is to raise the standard of every student.
  

In other words...
We need to get every teacher to teach well to every learner

Specific Systemic Issues

• The majority of teachers are demoralised.
  
• Many current teachers received their education and training under Apartheid and therefore received poor quality
  
• There is generally inadequate content and pedagogical knowledge among teachers
  
• Many schools and teachers are poorly managed
  
• The professional is not attracting enough quality entrants

Mindset Teach Guiding Principles

• Teacher development needs to be activated not delivered
  
• Teachers need to be given good reasons to develop and change
  
• Teachers need safe spaces to confess their inadequacies
  
• Teacher development is a heart and mind exercise

Mindset Teach Materials

• Are developed to broadcast television production standards
  
• Are "coffee break" length - 15 minutes and shorter
  
• Are authentic - real teachers in real classrooms
  
• Aim to change habits rather than just knowledge
  
• Promote reflective learning and mentoring