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People

Teacher Training and Orientation Workshops

THE CXC® LEARNING INSTITUTE CONTENT/COURSE DEVELOPMENT
The Caribbean Examinations Council, in keeping with its Fourteen interventions across four departments have been
mandate to assist teachers in the delivery of new and revised identified for pilot/implementation on the CXC-LI. Syllabus
syllabuses has, over the years, partnered with Ministries of and Curriculum Development, Examinations Preparation
Education across the region to facilitate face-to-face Teacher and Development, Human Resources and Examinations
Orientation Workshops in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, and Security are the departments currently working with the
Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago. However, at the Instructional Designer to create/repurpose workshop modules
meeting of the Sub-Committee of the School Examinations (School-Based Assessments [SBAs] and Teacher Orientation
Committee (SUBSEC) in October 2018, approval was granted Workshops [TOWs]) and other short training interventions for
for Teacher Orientation Workshops (TOWs) to be conducted delivery via the Institute. It is expected that these initiatives will
online through the CXC® Learning Institute, which will serve as be offered between January and April 2020.
the training arm of the CXC®.
TENTATIVE TRAINING SCHEDULE –
Consequently, effective 2019, TOWs for the newly developed JANUARY TO APRIL 2020
or recently revised syllabuses offered using a combination of
TRAINING
synchronous and asynchronous modalities. EVENT # TITLE

1 SBA Workshop – CSEC English
PORTAL
2 SBA Workshop – CSEC Math
Work is steadily progressing on the CXC® Learning Institute
(CXC-LI). It is expected that by between early and mid-January 3 SBA Workshop – CAPE Accounting
2020, the Institute will be ready for the piloting of training 4 TOW – CAPE Logistics and Supply Chain
interventions and other stakeholder activities. Operations
5 TOW – CCSLC Digital Literacy
Notesmaster Caribbean Ltd continues development of the 6 TOW – CAPE Performing Arts (Cinematic Art)
CXC-LI portal. Beginning December 2, 2019, weekly updates 7 TOW – CAPE Performing Arts (Business)
and summaries with links to the updated portal will be shared 8 TOW – CSEC Music
with CXC® for input and monitoring purposes. 9 CVQ – Portfolio Development Workshop

10 Examination Committee Training
11 Moderators Training
12 Item Writing Workshop
13 Customer Service
14 Ethics

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