Continuing Professional Teacher Development
Professional Teacher Development
Research-informed training that strengthens teaching practice, lifts learner outcomes — and can be recorded towards your SACE CPTD points.
Every teacher needs 150 points. Make them count.
Continuing Professional Teacher Development is mandatory for every SACE-registered educator in South Africa. Teachers must earn 150 professional development points over each three-year cycle, spread across three kinds of activity: teacher-initiated (Type 1), school-initiated (Type 2) and provider- or employer-initiated (Type 3).
CHASE training is designed to serve all three. A teacher who attends our training on their own initiative can record it themselves on the SACE CPTD-IS self-service portal. A school that books training for its staff builds it into the school’s own development programme. Either way, the professional development you are already doing with Amira, Studyclix and Key Links need not go unrecorded.
150
Points required
Over each three-year CPTD cycle, for every registered educator.
3
Activity types
Teacher-initiated, school-initiated and provider-initiated. You need all three.
Type 1
Self-reporting
Teachers log their own Type 1 activities on the SACE CPTD-IS portal.
Our SACE accreditation status
CHASE Education Solutions has applied to SACE for endorsement as a professional development provider. Once endorsed, our training will carry SACE-allocated CPTD points directly.
In the meantime, teachers can already record their participation in CHASE training on the SACE CPTD-IS self-service portal as a self-initiated activity. Point values and activity categories are set by SACE and published in its CPTD Management System documentation.
How we train
CHASE was founded on award-winning MBA Systems Thinking research into the causes of systemic education failure. Every module we run rests on the same three foundations.
Systems Thinking
Educational improvement needs a holistic view of the school ecosystem and the many variables acting on performance. Our training moves teachers beyond isolated interventions towards integrated solutions that fit the South African context.
Collective Teacher Efficacy
John Hattie’s Visible Learning research identifies collective teacher efficacy as one of the strongest influences on learner achievement. We build the shared staff belief that, together and with evidence, they can move outcomes in any context.
Response to Intervention
All CHASE training is anchored in the RTI framework. We equip educators to use technology and data to deliver tiered, targeted instruction — identifying learner needs early and intervening in time to matter.
Training happens in your school, with your teachers, using the tools they already have in front of them.
Our training modules
Three modules, each delivered on site at your school or online, and each built around a tool your teachers can use the following Monday.
Module 01
AI Tools in the Classroom
Platform: Amira AI reading tutor
What AI-driven reading support actually looks like in a South African classroom — the opportunities, the practical realities of rollout, and what it means for the teacher-learner relationship at the heart of good teaching.
Teachers leave able to:
- Read the granular data Amira produces on each learner
- Identify specific reading difficulties and act early, within RTI
- Position technology as an enabler of teaching, not a replacement for it
Format: [half day / full day] · Delivery: on site or online · Phase: Foundation & Intermediate
Module 02
Optimising Matric Exam Practice
Platform: Studyclix
How to get real value out of Studyclix, the NSC exam preparation platform that is free to teachers and supported by the DBE and Provincial Departments of Education.
Teachers leave able to:
- Target revision using the past-paper bank, memos and Exam Builder
- Read learner performance data to find gaps before the exam, not after
- Hand learners genuine ownership of their own exam preparation
Format: [half day / full day] · Delivery: on site or online · Phase: FET / Grade 12
Module 03
Balanced Language Approach & the Science of Reading
Platforms: Key Links & Amira
Integrating the Science of Reading with a Balanced Language Approach, so that phonics, fluency and comprehension are taught as one system rather than three separate programmes.
Teachers leave able to:
- Pair Key Links levelled readers with Amira’s assessment data
- Accelerate reading proficiency in the Language of Learning and Teaching
- Build comprehension as the foundation for every other subject
Format: [half day / full day] · Delivery: on site or online · Phase: Foundation & Intermediate
What educators say
“I would strongly recommend this training — both the AMIRA-specific instruction and the broader framing on AI and technology integration in classrooms — for any teacher, school, or Department of Education seeking practical, theoretically grounded guidance on implementing and evaluating educational technology.”
Prof Jonathan Jansen
Faculty of Education, Education Policy Studies
Stellenbosch University
Get started
Find out more, or request a date
Tell us a little about your school and which module interests you, and we will come back to you with available dates. Training is currently offered at no charge.