[justify][size=100][size=150]Welcome to the Centre for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics Education (CASME).[br]CASME is a non-profit education development agency that was established in 1985. CASME possesses a wealth of experience and expertise in teacher professional development and implements a range of interventions in partnership with the Department of Education, parastatals, government agencies, Corporate Social Investment programmes, universities and national development initiatives amongst others.[br]The Centre's focus is on the advancement of mathematics and science teachers' subject competence and teaching skills in South African schools.[br][br]OUR VISION: To be a leading agent for helping learners excel through the professional development of mathematics and science teachers.[br][br]OUR MISSION: Advancement of mathematics and science education through the development of sustainable models for the professional development of teachers.[br][br]CASME has adopted a number of key implementation models:[br][br][b]The Vacation School Model[br][/b]Large groups of teacher are brought to a central venue during vacation time where topics are dealt with in great detail to ensure a better understanding of the content and new approaches to teaching and diagnosing learner problems.[br][br][b]Learner Schools (Learner intervention programme)[/b][br][br]Learners are brought together on weekends or school holidays where problematic topics are addressed in collaboration with their teachers.[br][b][br]Resource Centres[br][br][/b]CASME operates six Resource Centres which provide videos, charts, experiment kits and other educational resources to teachers on a two-week loan basis. Resource Centres are usually coupled with a professional development programme that addresses content knowledge and the effective use of equipment through workshops and classroom support.[br]In addition to these models, CASME provides a range of individual education [/size][/size][/justify][justify][size=150][size=100][/size][/size][/justify][justify][size=150][size=100][/size][/size][/justify][size=150][justify][size=100]development services:[br][/size][/justify][list][*]Workshops on Specific Topics[/*][*]School based support[/*][*]Resource Provision[/*][*]Materials Development[/*][*]Evaluations of Projects[/*][*]Educational Research[/*][/list] [br]Should you require further information please contact us or browse this site for information on specific activities. [br][b][center][/center]                                   www.casme.org.za[/b][/size]