TICZA is a collective impact partnership, convened by JET Education Services and involving government, NGO implementers, higher education institutions (HEIs), funders, SACE and teacher unions. Initial Teacher Education (ITE) students studying through distance learning while based in schools are supported by various NGO Implementing Partners, in what TICZA calls extended student teacher internships (ESTIs) as an enrichment of the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) element of teacher education. TICZA aims to show how and under what conditions ESTIs can provide high quality student teacher training, and how the model can be institutionalised within the broader ITE system.

The TICZA Common Competency Framework (CCF) is an output of the Teacher Internship Collaboration South Africa (TICZA). TICZA Webinar 2 hosted by NASCEE explored the purpose of the CCF, its key features, and how it can be applied by TICZA partners – and, potentially, by other stakeholders in initial teacher education and professional development.

NASCEE’s recent regional event brought funders and education NGOs together to increase mutual understanding by sharing thoughts on funder roles, grant-making strategies and NGO-funder relationships.

NASCEE partners with the New Leaders Foundation (NLF) and the Department of Education (DBE) to share information about the Data Driven Districts (DDD) Dashboard, a key component of the DBE's Data Driven Districts Initiative featured in four recent NASCEE events (March to May, in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal and Cape Town).

On 15 May 2025, NASCEE and TICZA hosted the first in a webinar series exploring what it really takes to shift systems in teacher education.

Knowledge management transcends the mere collection and storage of information—it is a dynamic process that involves sharing, transferring, and utilizing collective knowledge to foster innovation and drive transformative change in education.

NASCEE is inviting you to be part of our ‘Let Us Put You On The Map’ mapping initiative. Before you decide to participate, it is important for you to understand why the initiative is being undertaken, and what it will entail. Please take the time to read the following information carefully.

The Bridge Story: Learning through Communities of Practice

The BRIDGE Story: Learning through Communities of Practice is a legacy narrative covering lessons learned by BRIDGE Innovation in Learning over its fourteen years of work (2009-2023) convening communities of practice in five focus areas, and processing and disseminating the knowledge that came out of these communities of practice.