Through our involvement in projects designed to empower and develop educators, we acknowledge the critical and influential role played by teachers in the development of children. We current involvement extends to three inspiring programmes: The Coronation Reading Adventure Rooms, established in January 2010 in collaboration with Education Alive, is an intervention aimed at addressing literacy at foundation phase - the greatest hindrance to a successful school career. The programme comprises specialised training sessions, teacher manuals and the provision of stationery and workbooks for students. On-site monitoring is conducted three times a week throughout the school year. While still only in its second year, the results received from the five schools involved in the programme confirm the positive impact already being made on the lives of learners. Within the two schools that adopted the programme at launch in 2010, literacy rates have increased from 79% to a commendable 83%. While the three schools brought on board just over a year ago have seen vast improvements from as low as 30% to 87%. The Western Cape Primary Science Programme Trust (PSP), through its Cluster Schools Project, develops primary school teachers' content knowledge of the Natural Sciences and provides in-depth coaching and support for good teaching in the classroom. During 2011 the PSP facilitators focused on integrating Mathematics and Numeracy, and Language and Literacy development techniques into their practical classroom support. This project works with small clusters of schools in urban townships and rural areas and focuses on intermediate phase (grades 4 - 6) and foundation phase teachers (grades R - 3).  The LEAP Science and Maths Schools' Future Leaders Programme aims to create a teacher development model that addresses the severe shortage of qualified teachers in South Africa. The programme includes practical classroom training, dedicated mentoring and specialised tuition for students studying their Bachelor of Education degree through the University of South Africa (Unisa). LEAP aims to recruit 10% of each year's matriculating learners for this programme.