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Foundation Contact: Tendayi Zhou, [tendayi@socialsurveys.co.za](tendayi@socialsurveys.co.za)[ ](tendayi@socialsurveys.co.za)Submitted 13 December 2021  \nContents  \n1 Executive Summary 4  \n2 Introduction 8  \n3 Overview of the EGRP 9  \n4 Purpose and Aim of the Case Study Research 11  \n5 Literature review 13  \n5.1 Promoting Instructional Change in Early Grade Reading 13  \n5.2 Impacting Change at the Instructional Core 16  \n5.3 Coaching 17  \n6 Case Study Methods 19  \n6.1 Rationale for use of a Case Study Methodology 19  \n6.2 Sampling and school selection 20  \n6.3 Instrument design 21  \n6.4 Research Methods 23  \n7 Overall findings 26  \n7.1 Differences and Similarities across Schools 26  \n7.2 The Breadth and Depth of Classroom Practice and Teacher Knowledge 29  \n7.3 Tensions related to Curriculum, Policy, Lesson Plans and Pacing 31  \n7.4 The Coaching Model 32  \n8 Conclusion and recommendations 35  \n9 Annexure I: Case Study Monographs 38  \n9.1 School 1 – Thursday, 17 June 2021 38  \n9.2 School 2 – Friday, 18 June 2021 48  \n9.3 School 3 – Monday, 21 June 2021 57  \n9.4 School 4 – Tuesday, 22 June 2021 66  \n9.5 School 5 – Thursday, 24 June 2021 74  \n9.6 School 6 – Friday, 25 June 2021 82  \n10 Annexure II: Data collection instruments 92  \n11 References 93  \nAcronyms and Acronyms  \nATP  \nCAPS  \nDBE  \nDH  \nEFALEGRPEGRS  \nHL  \nLTSM  \nSSA  \nSMT GEMS Africa SA-SAMSEMIS  \nFGD  \nIQMS  \nPLC  \nAnnual Teaching Plan  \nCurriculum and Assessment Policy Statements Department of Basic Education  \nDepartmental Head  \nEnglish First Additional Language Early Grade Reading Programme  \nEarly Grade Reading Study Home Language  \nLearning and Teaching Support Materials Social Surveys Africa  \nSchool Management Team  \nAn entity that offers educational advice to public and private sector clients SA School Administration and Management System  \nEducation Management Information Systems Focused Group Discussion  \nIntegrated Quality Management System Professional Learning Community  \n1 Executive Summary  \nSocial Surveys Africa (SSA) was commissioned by the Zenex Foundation to conduct a case study to create a baseline of qualitative data from a sample of six schools in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District in North West Province in South Africa. The case study was conducted in the first year of the project implementation (2021) of the Early Grade Reading Programme (EGRP) . The project is being implemented for the Department of Basic Education (DBE) from 2021 to 2023 by a South African language and early grade literacy non-profit organisation, Molteno Institute for Languages and Literacies. The EGRP intervention uses an experimental design to investigate if supported foundation phase Department Heads (DHs) in sampled primary schools can act as effective coaches to their foundation phase colleagues. The EGRP is the latest in an ongoing series of Early Grade Reading Studies (EGRSs) exploring cost-effective ways of improving learner performance in early grade reading.  \nThe objective of this case study is to profile six schools that would provide valuable evidence about the adoption, or the lack of it, of the DH coaching model whose efficacy is being tested in the EGRP. The research team has anticipated that – as the EGRP obtains data about the results of a range of different models of implementation – an understanding of which models are more successful than others will emerge. Therefore, the selection of the schools for this case study was based on a sample frame that aimed at selecting schools that were likely to implement the innovation. The data-gathering process collected information on a wide range of aspects of each school to capture as many factors as possible that might be associated with the adoption and adaptation of the DH coaching model , as well as with changes in both the teaching of early grade reading and the instructional core. 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