Penreach Courageous Leadership Development Programme and the DDD Dashboard

One of the flagship interventions that Penreach implemented was the Penreach Courageous Leadership Development Programme. The programme was a role model approach of training, coaching and mentoring to boost the delivery capacity of school leadership and management teams. Launched in July 2016 and concluded in June 2018, the programme supported 24 schools in two circuits of the Ehlanzeni district. Several of the key impacts of the PCLDP were:

• Improved mentoring and coaching skills amongst principals, deputies and HODs
• The development of effective financial management skills amongst principals
• The development of skills to analyse attendance and learner performance data to monitor outcomes and implement remediation plans
• Increased accountability amongst school staff
• Improved self-reflection amongst principals
• Increased community participation in the running of schools
• Increased collaboration and skills-sharing between neighbouring schools