Clients and Projects

Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Numeric: team leader of an (annual) evaluation of the impact of an after-school Mathematics programme (2015 to current)
  • Praekelt Foundation and Investec: team leader of an outcomes evaluation of dig-it, an online FET Maths programme
  • GreenCape: team leader of an outcomes evaluation of the Atlantis branch of Ikamva Youth
  • Zenex Foundation and WCED (and other funders) (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): co-project manager in an implementation and impact evaluation of the R-Maths project (Mathematics teacher training for Grade R practitioners in the Western Cape Province of South Africa)
  • Zenex Foundation (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): senior project manager of the implementation and impact evaluation of the Gauteng Department of Education’s four-year Grade R Maths and Languages Improvement Project
  • Innovation Edge and Western Cape Department of Social Development (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): Implementation evaluation of the CareUp intervention, pilot phase (CareUp is an app aimed at the parents and practitioners of pre-Grade R children at township ECD centres)
  • Microsoft (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): project manager of a two-year evaluation of an online Mathematics service aimed at senior high school learners (Microsoft Math)
  • UNICEF South Africa (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): project manager and lead researcher in the evaluation of the ukuFUNda virtual school
  • UNESCO (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): lead researcher in the evaluation of the teacher development programmes in 4 countries (Nigeria, Senegal, Pakistan and Mexico)
  • GiZ (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): project manager and lead researcher in the evaluation of the Grade 12 learner support component of the LAIS intervention in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
  • Sesame Workshop (New York) (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): lead researcher in the evaluation of the Play Well & Be Happy programme, as rolled-out in the Eastern Cape province
  • South African Education and Environment Project: annual evaluation of the academic components of their Hope Scholars’ Programme (2013 to 2017)

Project Management

  • Andreas and Susan Struengmann Foundation: project-managed the set-up of a brand new, state-of-the-art Disa Primary School in the township of Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay.
  • UNICEF South Africa (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): project-managed the research team compiling SA educational data at ECD, primary and secondary school levels
  • UNICEF Nambia (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): project-managed a review of the Namibian Examinations and Assessments System (involving substantial qualitative data collection, analysis and report-writing, and the development of a ‘blueprint’ for improvements to the national system)
  • Zenex Foundation (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): project-managed an Initial Teacher Education project called Mathematics 4 Primary Teachers implemented at seven South African universities.
  • The Maitri Foundation (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): project-managed an Initial Teacher Education project called Primary Mathematics @ UNISA implemented at the University of South Africa
  • Anglo America (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): team leader on a research project to gather baseline data from 134 secondary schools for Phase II of the Anglo America South Africa Education Programme
  • Sesame Workshop (New York) (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): project-managed the Play Every Day (beta phase) research
  • Sesame Workshop (New York) (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): project-managed Takalani-Sesame show and character research

Mathematics Education: Resource Development

  • GiZ (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): reviewed proposed new Yemenese Mathematics curriculum (and related) documents, for Grades 1 to 9
  • Valenture Institute: authored and reviewed over 35 modules for online teaching at each of the following levels: Junior Higher, International GCSE (Higher tier) and International GCSE (Foundation tier)
  • SAILI: authored foundational Mathematics assessments and a remedial programme based on the problems identified by the assessment results
  • Namibian Ministry of Education (sub-contracted through Brombacher and Associates): project-managed the development of continuous assessment materials for Grades 5 to 10
  • Microsoft (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting):  authored and edited Grade 10 to 12 material. Microsoft Math was a service (now discontinued) aimed at enabling free cell-phone access for disadvantaged learners to the South Africa FET (Grade 10-12) Maths curriculum
  • Ukuqonda Institute: authored all the revision chapters for the DBE Mathematics textbooks at GET Senior Phase (Gr 7-9) level (CAPS curriculum)
  • Oxford University Press (South Africa): authored four textbook chapters for the Lesotho National Curriculum, Grades 10 and 11
  • Pearson Education (South Africa): authored Mathematical Literacy materials for the South African TVET curriculum (levels 2 to 4)
  • MacMillan South Africa: edited new Grade 10 and 11 Maths Literacy textbooks
  • The Learning Channel (sub-contracted through Brombacher and Associates): project-managed the development of the Grade 11 scripts for their Mathematics curriculum DVDs; and authored Grade 10 and 11 lessons

Mathematics Education: Teacher Training

  • Sci-Bono (Gauteng) (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): trained Intermediate Phase lead teachers in various topics (e.g. number and geometric patterns)
  • Aga Khan Foundation (East Africa) (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): developed numeracy/Mathematics training manuals for Lower Primary & Upper Primary, and trained primary school trainers and teachers in numeracy pedagogical practices – in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
  • Departments of Education (Northern Cape and Western Cape) in South Africa (sub-contracted through Brombacher and Associates): trained Foundation (Gr 1 to 3) and Intermediate (Gr 4 to 6) Phase educators in Number Sense, and Maths Literacy (Gr 10 to 12) educators in Measuring Skills
  • Focus on Primary Maths Project (sub-contracted through Kelello Consulting): teacher support and training in the Foundation Phase (Grades R to 3) in two Cape Town schools.
  • South African Education and Environment Project (educational NGO): acted as Mathematics subject advisor and Mathematics staff mentor

Corporate Training/Facilitating

  • Learn to Lead (associate trainer): delivered experiential learning courses to organisations such as GrandWest, Pep Stores and Ackermans.