About The Centre for Creative Education
Educating dedicated teachers through accredited programmes since 1993 and connecting every child in South Africa through creative Education.
Who We Are
Our Vision
The Centre for Creative Education’s vision is to provide relevant, contemporary teacher education born out of a dynamic understanding of pedagogy and social responsibility. It strives to be a creative, active centre of learning and endeavor's to develop motivated graduates with innovative approaches to education, critical thinking, and insight.
Furthermore, CCE aims to make significant contributions towards transforming education through supporting the building of a just and empowered nation for all its citizens. We will continue to educate dedicated teachers until every child in South Africa is connected through creative education
What We Do
Our Mission
An independent provider of Tertiary Education, CCE, equips future teachers with relevant, reflexive, ethical practice in education and self-development through furthering imaginative, innovative, arts and activity-based learning and teaching approaches. We strive to empower future teachers to meet their vocation with love, expertise, integrity, and professionalism.
The Centre for Creative Education, Iziko labantu be Afrika is a non profit organisation focusing on early childhood care and education (ECCE), teacher education (B.Ed.) and Arts (BA). The CCE exists to connect every child to themselves and the environment through conscious creative education based on the principles of Steiner-Waldorf education.
Through the three focus areas the CCE aims to reconnect every child to their passions, their culture, their imagination, their spiritual potential. It does this within the context of building relationships to nature, society, the past, the present and the future.
Our Three Pillars
Our purpose and mission are guided by and aligned with these three pillars, which serve as the foundation for our decisions, actions, and long-term vision.
Our creative teaching modes combine traditional academic rigour with creative approaches that consciously engage students with the current educational requirements and possibilities on multiple levels. Our faculty are not just experts in their fields, but skilled educators committed to student success. Using an integrative curriculum that is grounded in the Steiner-Waldorf holistic approach and aligned with the CAPS curriculum, the CCE is inspired by diverse educational approaches, including:
An imaginative approach
An arts-based approach
An active learning approach
CCE understands the need for educators to actively engage with the healthy development of children from birth to nine years. It fulfils this need through supporting practice and research in learning and teaching spaces. CCE’s education actively engages with the context of home environment, mother tongue and beginning knowledge held by children. The objective of this focus area is: To adapt, practice, research and improve early years education in order to connect every child in South Africa to themselves and their environment through conscious creative education, which includes the following:
Play-based learning
Arts integration
Social-emotional development
CCE believes that education extends beyond the walls of the classroom. Learning also happens when students are given the chance to engage with the world around them in meaningful ways. Such collaborations provide our students with hands-on, real-world learning experiences. These not only enrich their academic journeys and deepen their understanding of social responsibility, but also impact the environment. Apart from student education, community advocacy further supports:
Service learning initiatives
Work Integrated Learning
Community art projects
Public workshops and events
Our School
Founded by the Centre for Creative Education, Zenzeleni brings the transformative power of holistic education to children in Khayelitsha.
Zenzeleni Waldorf School
At Zenzeleni, children are taught in their home language, isiXhosa, from kindergarten through grade 3. In grade 4, they transition to learning in English, and by grade 5, English becomes the primary language of instruction. Nevertheless, the curriculum includes multiple weekly lessons dedicated to teaching both isiXhosa and Afrikaans, ensuring students maintain proficiency in these languages.
Zenzeleni alumni are always welcomed and included in the school community. During the farewell ceremonies for the class 7 children, alumni often join to offer support and share their experiences. This interaction helps the graduating children prepare for the transition to high school and navigate the opportunities and challenges ahead. Alumni of Zenzeleni have pursued various fields of study, including theatre, agriculture, and education.
Meet Our Team
Our staff are a dynamic group of individuals, passionate about what we do and committed to teaching, supporting, and inspiring our students.
Alifa Halidi
Operations Team Member
Asia Baś
BA Eurythmy Lecturer
Carole Scott
ECD Lecturer
Cindy Fredericks
Admissions Clerk
Cobie Roelvert
BA Eurythmy Lecturer
Glenville Leedenberg
B.Ed Lecturer
Helen Stotko
Managing Director
Joan Sleigh
Head of B.Ed Department
Kelly Collier
ECD Lecturer
Khanya Fusa
Operations Team Member
Maria Msebenzi
Head of ECD Department
Marlin Echard
LMS Administrator, Student Records & IT Support Technician
Anah Mabuza
Marketing Activator
Michelle Kaplan-Stodal
BA Eurythmy Lecturer
Nadia Woodward
B.Ed Lecturer & Education Partnership Developer
Natasha Saule
Operations Manager
Nokhanyile Maqungo
ECD Lecturer, Education and Training Advisor
Sibongile Somchiza
Information Systems Activator
Sydney Gum Henry
Driver and Security
Sisanda Nkowane
B.Ed Lecturer Activator
Sumika Klaasen
Marketing Activator
Theresa Giorza
Head of Programmes
Vuyokazi Ndinisa
Front Office Administrator
Wesley Erasmus
Information Systems and Software Manager
Willington Sminini
Driver and Security
Xolelwa Madotyeni
Social Worker Activator
Zethu Xapa
Front Office Assistant and Debtors Controller
Zimasa Dlungane
HR Activator
Meet Our SRC
Meet our passionate student representative council, committed to representing and supporting our campus community.
Cleonah Erasmus
BA Dance, 4th Year
Kelly Newman
BA Dance, 4th Year
Brilliant Mandyera
BEd, Year 1
Melodi Buirski
BEd, Year 1
Daiyaan Israel
BEd, Year 2
Melissa Holloway
BEd, Year 2
Ongeziwe Pakade
BEd, Year 3
Tunisha van Rooy Venancio
BEd, Year 3
Ammaarah Ismail
BEd, Year 4
Hannah Reeves
BEd, Year 4
Megan Sijadu
ECD Level 4, Year 1
Zandile Ludada
ECD Level 4, Year 1
Britney Mathee
ECD Level 4, Year 2
Sphenathi Soboyisa
ECD Level 4, Year 2
Sasha Peterson
ECD Level 5, Year 2