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4: Effective entrepreneurship education ensures continuous educator development within the field of entrepreneurship education and provides incentives for those educators who are in pursuit of such excellence.
11 PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE IN THE PROVISION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION (EE) AT SCHOOL LEVEL: 1. Clear definition of entrepreneurship includes: thinking, feeling and doing in practice - amongst all at secondary school. 2. School Entrepreneurship Education use quality classroom content across range of subjects, fit within curriculum statement. 3. Teachers involved follow innovative facilitation approaches to teaching. 4. Continuous teacher development takes place in field of EE." 5. "in-the-classroom entrepreneurship education theory is linked to the practicals there-off within extra-mural activities." 6. A culture of entrepreneurship created at school through engagement of all stakeholders - focus upon learner development. 7. Agreed aims & objectives by school's EE: measure achievement, direct efforts & new strategies. 8. Learner initiated & lead EE projects secure support from the school enhancing self-motivation. 9. Co-ownership of EE in the school illustrated - joint action involve staff, management, Department. 10.Learners of the school receive exposure to career options open to entrepreneurs" 11.School use effective outreach & networking strategies - integral to provision of EE.

HOW DOES EWET GO ABOUT IT?

EWET provides the following training workshops to capacitate teachers for the delivery of entrepreneurship education at secondary school level: 3.2.5.1 EWET Workshop: Teacher or YES Advisor training that covers: what is YES (entrepreneurship education); club operations; club structure; starting clubs at my school; a local partnership, teachers as facilitators (brief introduction); facilitating activities; running the clubs: activities of whole society, activities of teams; the YES & EE Simama Ranta competitions, and ends the workshop with evaluation. Teacher training here serves as an induction to entrepreneurship education which enables educators to immediately apply what they learned. 3.2.5.2 EWET Workshop: Business training for teachers: this workshop compensates for the low levels of business ownership rates often found within communities that EWET service. As such, the workshop covers small business content such as registrations, employment and labour legislation, pricing options, market research, tax, wholesale and retail, and other core elements. This workshop enables teachers to be more effective in their support to learners

within the context of entrepreneurship education, while it also happens that the workshop awakens the entrepreneurial spirit amongst educators. Many teachers developed the competence through YES to operate a business on the side-line in order to enhance their income that bodes well towards the creation of a culture of entrepreneurship. The possibility exists for the education and training of teachers within EE to gain credits in terms of the Skills Development Act, within the context of Further Education and Training (FET) which is important for EWET to continue to pursue. Entrepreneurship education (EE) became a key to unlock the involvement of teachers within the broad context of child and youth development. EE touches on academic achievement, personality development, livelihood challenges, leadership, career guidance, economic participation, roles and responsibilities of a broad range of stakeholders inclusive of policy and decision makers as well as officials. Clubs developed support group characteristics. Central to these complex interchanges is the teacher, often with an extended work load. A group of teachers involved within YES got together some years back, to work toward the establishment of something such as an association of entrepreneurship education teachers, similar to AMESA the Association of Mathematics Education of South Africa. This initiative was a response to the unique challenges that teachers face such as a small knowledge base, when they engage within entrepreneurship education. The South African Council for Educators (SACE) encourages the involvement of teachers within activities such as EE while teachers receive recognition within the context of their Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) for such involvement. In excess of 1000 teachers had been involved in EE since 1994 with some of them doing exceptional work demonstrated through the achievements of learners from their schools. These teachers could serve as a base for membership of the intended association, while the award winning exceptional achievers could serve as the founders of the association. The harnessing of these talents, knowledge and experience is an important foundation for the training and mentoring of teachers who newly enters the field of entrepreneurship education. Dissemination of Entrepreneurship Education (EE) within their areas could be done, by the schools with a proven track record in entrepreneurship education as anchored by the specific teacher/s involved. They serve as pockets of excellence in EE. An association will enable such sharing while contributing to achieve impact on scale, in assistance to EWET that requires such additional capacity amongst its educator beneficiaries. EWET will provide institutional support and coordination for the Association of Entrepreneurship Education of South African for efficiency and cost saving benefits. Compiled by: EWET Education With Enterprise Trust, not-for-profit: PO Box 150, Harrismith, Free State Province, South Africa your partner in youth entrepreneurship development.