Senior Officer (P9): Teaching Practice at Sol Plaatje University

Minimum Requirements 

• A relevant B.Ed degree or an equivalent teacher qualification (NQF07)
• Two years teaching experience at school level.
• At least 2 years administration experience at a Higher Education Institution.
• Evidence of competence in administrative and logistical tasks at departmental level.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Excellent report writing- and conflict management skills.

Recommendations 

• A B.Ed Honours degree (NQF08)
• Evidence of good administrative and organisational skills
• Experience of working with online platforms- Zoom, Moodle, Teams, ect.
• Evidence of SACE registration

Duties and Responsibilities

Assist the Teaching Practice Academic coordinator with the mentorship programme in terms of:

• Identify and facilitate the training of the mentors (retired principals and teachers)
• Annual orientation and discussions with the teacher/ principal mentors
• External mentors’ orientation and meetings twice per year
• Copy and distribute the documents which the mentors will need to assess the lessons of the students at schools
• Liaise with HR and finance in term of employment contracts, accommodations and travel expenses of the mentors
• Arrange and participate the annual meetings with mentors
• Capture and monitoring the marks of students from the various mentors

Teaching Practice: School Visit:

• Liaise with schools.
• Arrange information sessions with mentors.
• Compile and distribute relevant documents to students and mentors.
• Place students through the approved business process.
• Plan for the logistical arrangements.
• Manage placement at schools.
• Sustain partnerships with mentors and stakeholders.
• Manage databases.
• Request requisitions and purchase orders.
• Invoices and payments.
• Staff Queries.

Micro-classes:

• Manage the weekly attendance registers of students for the micro-class sessions.
• Hand out and collect before and after sessions.
• Capture attendance electronically.
• Contact absentees.
• Distribute and collect these attendance registers from the lecturers.
• Manage the schedules, activities and venues of micro classes and skills development of students according to different year groups.