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NEWS
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Rubricate PLUS ...
is an
essential resource to guide, assist, support, and develop South African
teachers.
Rubricate PLUS
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mentors teachers through vital lesson planning,
design, creation and implementation to excellent classroom
practice.
Rubricate PLUS
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complements the National Department of Basic
Education's 'Action Plan to 2014' - keeping teachers abreast
of curriculum change in each Grade and Subject.
Rubricate PLUS
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produces an Assessment Plan, correlated Learner Task
Sheet and Assessment Record for a teacher's Preparation
File.
Rubricate PLUS ...
facilitates and promotes reflection and evaluation of
a teacher's teaching and their learners' learning.
Rubricate PLUS
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like all earlier
versions of Rubricate software, is tested and approved for use in
South African schools.
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ABOUT
US
Rubricating Works CC was started in
2002 to develop and sell the uniquely South African
educational product, Rubricate. It was founded by Tracey
Butchart, a teacher, educational writer/consultant and assessment
specialist.
Rubricate has
been conceived and developed over a
period of 16 years by Tracey Butchart working with teams
of educational experts, subject- and phase-specialists to
write the detailed Rubricate databases.
Many of these
specialists were in the employ of the National and
Provincial Education Departments at
the
time and some were contributors to the National Curriculum
Statement policy documents.
Rubricating Works CC is a
member of ADESSA
Rubricating Works CC
provides:
ICT
Infrastructure
Rubricate – as
educator software - is a powerful tool for building teachers'
capacity to use ICT to strengthen their classroom practice.
Rubricate empowers teachers to quickly and efficiently
plan and design their assessment
strategies, create appropriate assessment tools aligned to the policy
documents and collect learner achievements on assessment records
for their classes. Rubricate is an authentic and most
relevant translation of the use of computers to support
and enhance teaching practice. Rubricate support materials
and training assist teachers in optimally using the
software. Incorporation with Microsoft Word and Excel
enables Rubricate to develop teacher’s skills in these
essential software packages and provides a vehicle for
developing basic computer literacy in disadvantaged
educators.
Professional Development
Rubricate provides for all of
the assessment needs of both the primary school
(Rubricate Junior) and the high school
(Rubricate Senior) from the task planning and design stage,
through implementation to the feedback stage. Rubricate
software uses assessment FOR learning to strengthen teaching
and learning. Teachers are guided through important
decision-making required in planning and designing their
lessons
- integrated with their
assessment tasks, creating their assessment tools and
compiling their assessment records. Rubricate provides
access to the latest ideas in assessment and
translates this into meaningful use in the classroom enabling
teachers to completely fulfil their professional role as classroom
assessor.
Curriculum and Content
Support and Development
Rubricate translates
South African education policy into appropriate and
relevant assessment strategies comprising
of assessment tasks, tools and records for
classroom use. The flexibility of the Rubricate software
makes it possible for users to add to, and
customise their Subject databases of assessment tool entries and to share these
additions with their colleagues. This has great potential
for teacher load-sharing and teacher development. Rubricate supports
South African teachers through periods of curriculum change
and builds teacher competency, capacity and
confidence.
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