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CURRICULUM VITAE
Louise Caro] Vale

Univ. of London Levels (8 subjects)
Cheltenham Ladies College, Cheltenham, U.K.

Matriculation, First Class.
San Souci Girls High School, Cape Town

B.A (English and Xhosa)
University of Cape Town.

H.D.E (English, Xhosa and Biology)
Rhodes University

B.A (Honours) Applied Linguistics
University of the Witwatersrand.

PG Dip. Education Policy and Development
University of Cape Town.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1976:

1977:

1978 (Jan -April)

1978?9:

1980:

1981-2:

1983?4:

1984?5:

1985?8:

St. Mary's Adult Education Centre, Grahamstown.
Classes taught: 8 and 10 English.

Greenside High School, Johannesburg

Classes taught: 6 English, 9 Religious
Instruction.

Other Duties: School newspaper and magazine,
swimming

Blairgowrie High School, Johannesburg.
Acting Head of Department, English.
Classes taught: 9 and 10 English

St Mark's High School, Mbabane, Swaziland
Classes taught: level English

Other duties: Hostel mistress senior girls, school
newspaper and magazine, swimming, school outings.

1. Evaluation of Soweto English Language Project
Project (SELP), as part of Honours thesis

2. Teacher training for SELP

3. Editor -The Reporter, English Language
Teaching Information Centre (ELTIC).

Emadwaleni High School, Mzimhlope, SOWETO
Acting Head of Department, English.

Classes taught: 9 and 10 English

Other duties: Debating, drama, art societies,
school magazine, bursaries, Disciplinary
Committee, English Examiner for all schools in an
area of the circuit.

South African Institute of Race Relations, Johannesburg.
National Director (Bursaries): overall responsibility for the
management, administration, distribution and control of
R4million bursary fund, also the provision of intensive student
support

Institute for the Study of English in Africa, Grahamstown.
Researcher.

South African Committee for Higher Education Trust
Grahamstown. Centre Co?ordinator.

Responsible for overall management and administration of the
Centre including all information and ?nancial systems and
controls; the initiation and implementation of support
programmes for adult learners studying for tertiary, senior and
junior secondary certi?cates, - developed EWE a support

1989:

1990:

1991:

1992?1995:

programme for detainees and ex-detainees across the
educational spectrum.

University of Cape Town.

Fellow in the Department of Adult Education.
Wrote Education is Ours."

[published David 1990.]

SACHED Trust Khanya College, Cape Town.

Director. Overall responsibility: the re?development

and implementation of the provision of a tertiary
access/bridging programme for disadvantaged youth

from the Northern, Western, and Eastern Cape provinces. This
included conceptualisation, planning, redevelopment of the
existing curriculum, appointment and development of staff,
student selection, the design and implementation of
management information systems, development of budgets and
?nancial control systems, bursary award and control, fund
raising and reporting.

1. SACHED Trust.
Researcher.

2. University of Cape Town.
Consultant - curriculum design for the Certi?cate Adult
Education Programme (CAEP)

SACHED Trust.

National Programme Director, A Secondary Education
Curriculum for Adults (ASECA). Overall responsibility for the
design, development and production of a new curriculum for
adults at secondary level for delivery through distance
education; the piloting of this curriculum with 1000 learners
in 10 community learning centres in 5 provinces; the selection,
appointment, development and management of approximately
50 full time staff and 250 part time staff; the development and
implementation of training courses for educational managers,
tutors, examiners, markers; the publication of 48 self?
instructional workbooks; the development and implementation
of management information systems; development and
implementation of accreditation and assessment processes;
planning, budgeting, fund-raising; negotiation and development
of agreements and contracts with organisations such as
publishers and outside agencies wishing to deliver ASECA.

Also participated in numerous national and provincial Ministry
of Education policy development teams.

1996:

1997:

Sabbatical in the Netherlands.

Presented several seminars on curriculum and materials
Development for the Centre of Curriculum
Development: RijksUniversiteit, Utrecht

1. Materials development:

1.1. SACHED Trust.

Writer: Self instructional workbook for social studies.

1.2. Peninsula Technikon, Education Development

Centre. One week introductory training course on the writing of
distance education learning materials introduction

2. Planning
2.1. Centre for Adult and Continuing Education, (CACE),

University of the Western Cape.

Co-ordinator: Development of Masters programme in Adult
Education. Responsible for design and management of
research; planning; budgets; development of proposals for
various university committees; investigation of possibilities for
cross?faculty development and delivery; staff development.

2.2. National Ministry of Education, Directorate of Adult
Education.

Member of 8 person Technical Task Team to develop and
write the National Multi Year Implementation Plan for Adult
Education and Training: Provision and Accreditation
published by the Department in October, 1997.

2.3. Eastern Cape Provincial Ministry of Education, Sub-
directorate: Adult Education.

Consultant. Facilitation of the development of the provinces
multi year plan for the provision of adult education and
training within the framework of the national plan; writing of
the plan.

3. Evaluation.

3.1. Peninsula Technikon. Education Development Centre.
Evaluator of the information literacy programme for ?rst year
students piloted in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

3.2. Primary Open Learning Pathway.
Evaluation Committee: to design and support an in-depth
evaluation of all aspects of the project.

3.3.Centre for Adult and Continuing Education, (CACE),
University of the Western Cape.

Evaluator of distance education learning materials for
Advanced Diploma in Adult Education learners in the Northern
and Western Cape.

1998: 1. Planning
1.1. Centre for Adult and Continuing Education, (CACE),

University of the Western Cape.

Co-ordinator: Development of Masters programme in Adult
Education. Responsible for design and management of
research; planning; budgets; development of proposals for
various university committees; investigation of possibilities for
cross-faculty development and delivery; staff development.
1.2. Primary Open Learning Pathway Trust.

Consultant: Strategic planning. Development of long term
vision, 3 year organisational and business plans, staff
assessment.

2. Materials Development.

2.1.Imbewu Project.

Writer: Development of a module of management training
materials for 500 primary schools in the Eastern Cape province.
2.2.National Department of Education, Adult Education and
Training Directorate in conjunction with the Eastern Cape
Province Sub Directorate of Adult Education and Training.
Development of management training materials for adult
learning centres.

2.3. Centre for Adult and Continuing Education, University of
the Western Cape. Development of training materials on
facilitation skills for educators of adults.

3.Evaluation

National Access Consortium.

Assisted Dr Wood with research.

1999 1. Curriculum and materials development,
1.1.Primary Open Learning Pathways Trust. Assisted
organisation to streamline their curriculum and materials
development and production processes.
1.2. National Department of Education, Directorate: Adult
Education and Training. Development of curriculum
framework for Adult Basic Education and Training in South
Africa.

2. Evaluation

2.1. Advisor in evaluation of (Gender Education and Training
Network) GETNET

2.2. Evaluation of the school management training component
of Science and Industrial Leadership Initiative.

2000-2003 Director, Grassroots Adult Education and Training Trust. Cape Town

2003 2010 General Manager; David Rabkin Project for Experiential
Journalism, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.

20] present.

Executive Director: Association ot?lndependent Publishers
Key roles: Research. advocacy, funding. representation ol?communily media at many fora,

Board member: Media Development and Diversity Agency

Council member: Press Council

Member: Unesco SA Cmnmunications Committee

Dept of Communication Research Committee: Media Diversity and
Transformation

AMLF National Organising Committee. Chair - now complete
Audit Bureau of Circulation

ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE

1974:

1982/3:

1983/4:

1985/8:

1989:

1990:

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1993/4:

National Union of South African Students (NUSAS),
Cape Town. Secretary, Aquarius (cultural section).

National Education Union of South Africa (NEUSA),
Southern Transvaal, Executive Committee.

NEUSA. National Vice-president

Grahamstown Democratic Action Committee. Executive
Committee.

Black Sash, Grahamstown. Executive Committee.

United Women's Congress, Observatory.
Black Sash, False Bay.

National Education Crisis Committee (NECC), Education
Development Trust. Consultative Committee, Western Cape.
Black Sash.

ANC Two Oceans Branch.
ANC Regional Education Desk.

ANC Two Oceans Branch.

Trustee: Khanya College, Cape Town
Adult Basic Education Services
World University Service (SA)

Trustee: Khanya College, Cape Town
Adult Basic Education Services
World University Service (SA)

Member:

1)African National Congress (ANC)/Congress of South African

Trade Union, National Education Policy Working Group

National Curriculum Working Group

3)National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa

(NUMSA), National Curriculum Working Group

4)Advisory Board, Department of Extra Mural Studies,
University of Cape Town.

1995: Trustee: Khanya College, Cape Town
Adult Basic Education Services
World University Service (SA)

Executive Council: Development Resource Centre
Selection panel: ASHOKA fellowship programme

Member:
1) National Advisory Committee on Adult Basic Education
and Training (ABET) to the National Ministry of Education.
2) Provincial Advisory Committee on ABET to the Western
Cape Ministry of Education.
3) Advisory Board, Department of Extra Mural Studies,
University of Cape Town.

1996: On sabbatical in The Netherlands.

1997/2003 Trustee: Adult Basic Education Services
Chairperson: Muizenberg 
Vice Chairperson: Governing Body, Muizenberg Junior School
Community Police Forum, Muizenberg
Advisory Board: Department of Extra Mural Studies,
University of Cape Town.
Selection panel: ASHOKA fellowship programme

2003 2011 Member of Board of Trustees of the following:
Communitv bodies
Umtathi Training Project until 2008
Child Welfare, Grahamstown
Spirals Trust

Professional Bodies

Association of Independent Publishers until 2008
CAPRO until 2008

Eastern Cape Communication Forum