Our Mission
Tina Cowley Brackenfell provides a stimulating, motivating and diverse atmosphere in which we identify ways for all to exceed their goals by enhancing their reading skills.
About Tina Cowley Brackenfell
Tina Cowley developed the unique “Cowley Technology assisted reading methods” during her relentless pursuit to overcome her son’s reading problem. The reading methods go back to the very basics of decoding and deciphering the alphabet, often the root of a reading disability. A research project to evaluate reading problems in schools has been carried out among numerous schools. In all cases it was established that there exists a serious short-coming in reading and learning. Just taking 20% (as a conservative estimate) of all learners in the country, which gives you 2.4 million, it becomes obvious that not being able to read is a serious problem. According to a census taken by the Department of Statistics (1996), there were 4 million illiterate adults (20 years and older) in this country.
We aim
- Develop good readers from Grade R to Grade 12 and beyond
- Improve the reading speed of students that habitually read slowly
- Help students who tend to be dyslexic
- Improve listening skills and pronunciation
- Continuously assess progress of student
- Ensure comprehensive facilitator training to ensure professional support to each