The South African Quilters’ Guild, in its continued commitment to serve
the quilters of South Africa, will be offering all its members the opportunity
to take part in a one-year Quilt Teaching Accreditation Course as well as a
further one-year Guild Quilt Judging Accreditation Qualification.
Those who successfully complete the Quilt Teaching Accreditation Course
will have their names put on a list of SAQG Accredited Quilt Teachers, and will
be given a certificate and badge as proof of their status. In future, we will encourage Guilds and
Festival Committees to choose quilt teachers from this qualified group.
Candidates having successfully completed the first year of study will
also be eligible to continue to the second year of study, in which they can
obtain their Guild Quilt Judging Accreditation Qualification, which will enable
them to act as quilt judges for local and regional guilds. Candidates who wish to study further to
obtain the National Accredited Quit Judge certificate/accreditation will be
chosen from successful candidates from this second year.
Structure of the SAQG Quilt Teaching Accreditation Course:
·
The Quilt Teaching Accreditation Course
is run under the auspices of the SAQG, and participants will therefore receive
their accreditation through the SAQG.
·
The course will run from January to
November 2014.
·
The course is a self-study correspondence
syllabus, with assignments in the following subjects:
o
Teaching Theory
o
Quilting Techniques and Quilting
Terminology
o
History of Quilting
o
Copyright
o
Practical Work
·
There is a panel of 6 tutors, all experts
in their fields, who are each in charge of one aspect of the course. These
tutors are:
o
Louise Combrink – Teaching Theory (English and Afrikaans)
o
Jenny Hermans – Quilting Terminology and Quilting
Techniques (English)
Lubi
Koorts - - Kwiltterminologie en
Kwilttegnieke (Afrikaans)
o
Elsa Brits – History of Quilting (English
and Afrikaans)
o
Trienie Krugel – Copyright (English and Afrikaans)
o
Marline Turner – Practical Work (English and Afrikaans)
·
Sue Prins will act as co-ordinator of
the course.
·
Each subject consists of three (3)
assignments, with the exception of Copyright, which has only one assignment.
·
The candidates will receive all of the
assignments at the beginning of the course, in order to facilitate the
borrowing/acquiring of study material, which is each candidate’s responsibility.
·
It is essential that communication by
e-mail is possible for all the candidates.
·
All written assignments must be typed
(no hand-written assignments).
·
Candidates may write their assignments
in either English or Afrikaans.
·
Assignments are due to be returned to
the tutors at the following intervals:
o
the first set of assignments is due at
the end of April 2014
o
the second set of assignments is due at
the end of July 2014
o
the third set of assignments is due at
the end of October 2014.
·
Most assignments can be sent by e-mail
to the relevant tutors, with the exception of the practical work, which will be
of a small format and easily sent through the post.
·
All candidates must obtain a minimum of
at least 80% in all of their first assignments in order to continue with the
course.
·
The assignments, with relevant comments
and a percentage mark, will be returned by email to the candidates as soon as
possible after submission.
This must look daunting to anyone
thinking of doing the course, but if any qualification is to be worthwhile, it
must involve real effort and commitment in order to have sound merit.
Who can take part in the Quilt Teaching Accreditation Course:
- Any
SAQG member (whether a member of SAQG through their representative Guild
or as an individual SAQG member), who submits an application and pays the
required course fee and commits to the course is eligible to take part.
- Payment
of the non-refundable Course Fee of R1500 (fifteen hundred rand) for the
first year.
- You
do not need to be a quilt teacher or to be currently teaching to take part
in this course.
Send your completed application forms
by e-mail to Sue Prins at sjprins@mweb.co.za as well as proof of payment
of the course fee.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Sue at 028
314 1918
or 072 248 3425 or
sjprins@mweb.co.za.
Kind regards
Elsa Brits
SAQG President
