Overview by the Numbers:

Currently Serving: 2,500 teachers | 4,000 students

<aside> <img src="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" alt="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Summary of Team4Tech Contributions and Collaborations (2024):

Partnership began in 2022
2 projects with 18 volunteers
284 pro bono hours committed
$59,540 value of pro-bono consulting
$30,000 in grant support </aside>

Background:

<aside> 📌 CASME’s mission is to improve learning outcomes by providing quality teacher professional development opportunities for mathematics and science education in under-resourced and rural schools in South Africa. In executing this, CASME aspires to the following values: Integrity, Humanity, Resourcefulness, and Service excellence.

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🤝 Partnership Objectives:

With Team4Tech’s support, CASME is working to integrate a blend of computer-related learning activities into the curriculum for its teacher professional development program. CASME's goals include replicating all of its programs in an online format, enhancing their staff's digital skills, and supporting the creation of an online tutoring academy.

CASME Partnership Overview

📊 Metrics:

Learner Engagement

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Learner Growth

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Teacher and Staff Effectiveness

Competency in using online tools
Competence of educators in conducting experiments
Improvement in teachers' coding and robotics skills
Extent to which teachers incorporate coding and robotics concepts into their regular classroom activities
Conversion of marketing efforts into desired actions (increased enrollment or participation in events)
Retention of knowledge gained from the courses
Effective application of skills and knowledge acquired from the courses in teaching practices

Organizational Sustainability and Scale

Staff capability to develop online course content
Percentage of teachers involved in coding and robotics clubs
Evaluate the number of people reached through marketing and communicati-on efforts
Engagement levels on various communicati-on channels (social media, newsletters)
Number of teachers enrolling in the online courses and the percentage of those who successfully complete the courses

Grant Budget Analysis:

<aside> <img src="/icons/library_gray.svg" alt="/icons/library_gray.svg" width="40px" /> CASME puts their grant budget toward: