ELOM 4&5 Assessor Training: 24-28 June, Knysna
Assessor training to administer the ELOM 4&5 Tool will take place 24-28 June 2024 in Knysna, Western Cape, facilitated through ELOM training partner the Knysna Education Trust. If you are interested in taking part, please complete this application form before 17 May. Training costs R5,500 ex. VAT per candidate, excluding travel and accommodation if required. More information on training […]
Exciting Opportunity to Partner with DataDrive2030 as an Accredited Training Partner
We are excited by the demand for our ELOM tools and thrilled that organisations find them valuable in supporting their work. To ensure that we have sufficient accredited assessors available to meet the demand for our tools, we have implemented a new model for accreditation and training. Our new model entails partnering with training partners who will implement […]
Understanding the behaviours of ECD practitioners in Positive Deviance environments
Why do some children thrive and outperform their peers despite their poorer socio-economic circumstances? DataDrive2030’s Positive Deviance Initiative (PDI) has sought to identify the factors associated with exceptional early learning outcomes for children from lower socio-economic backgrounds, whom we refer to as “positive deviants”. Our goal is to find ways to leverage these factors at […]
True North: rainbow approach to early learning
True North believes that every child can shine. Since 2007, the organisation has been instrumental in constructing a robust ECD ecosystem reaching 2,000 children across 33 early learning programmes in Vrygrond, an informal settlement in Cape Town. The organisation’s ELOM assessments, using the ELOM 4&5 Years Assessment Tool, have revealed school readiness levels on a […]
SUSTAINABLE EARLY LEARNING WITH SINGAKWENZA
Singakwenza Early Childhood Education supports informal and formal childcare facilities, parents and caregivers to make zero-cost toys from household waste. The organisation has been using the ELOM tools to measure impact and the results are remarkable, even though they primarily work in extremely poorly resourced communities. We chatted to three members of Singakwenza’s team – […]
The development of Cognitive and Executive Functioning through play
JET Education Services recently conducted research using ELOM data on the development of executive functioning, which is one of the most significant and earliest predictors of future academic success. We chatted to JET’s ECD Specialist Researcher, Rachel Neville, to discover what they’ve learned and how it can be applied in the early learning sector to give young children a better start in formal schooling.
The Early Learning Positive Deviance Initiative
The development and widespread use of the Early Learning Measurement (ELOM) suite of tools, has allowed us access to a large, nationally representative, and continuously growing preschool child dataset in South Africa. The ELOM 4-5 Years Assessment tool categorises children into those that are On Track for their development (i.e. meet expected development standards), Falling […]
How Blocks4Growth uses the ELOM tools to target support in rural areas
In rural areas children face even more barriers to accessing quality early education. Learn how the Knysna Education Trust, through the Blocks4Growth programme, and assisted by the ELOM tools, is using data to provide support where it is needed most.
TRANSFORMING EARLY LEARNING IN RURAL KZN: THANDA’S ELOM JOURNEY
Learn how Thanda, a pioneering community organisation in rural KwaZulu-Natal, uses the ELOM tools to measure the impact of their early childhood development programme and use data to drive change.