Teaching Experience Co-Ordinator - Gqeberha at IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College

Duties and Responsibilities:

Building Partnerships and Schools Database    

• Sources and identifies new schools to establish relationships with.
• Builds partnerships with schools to source and secure school placements for students on the identified campus.
• Manages all communications with identified partner schools and maintains records of contacts and progress.
• Establishes and maintains schools database.
• Identifies and sources opportunities for service learning.
• Approaches relationships in a manner to ensure a professional and harmonious relationship with partner schools.
• Support the campus/es in the organisation of partner school acknowledgments.  

Student Placements Co-ordination                                                                 

• Consults and reviews placement forms from registered students at start of year and allocates students to schools.
• Manages communication process to students of final placements.
• Tracks student school placements over the required years of the programme to ensure diversity in school experience.
• Tracks lecture attendance of students across identified modules.
• Identify and flag at risk students for TE.
• Advise students that have been denied access and advise on remedial steps.
• Keep records of students and TE placements.
• Police clearance certificates:  Sources independent companies and manages the process.

School Communication                                                                                              

• Compiles all written communication to be sent to partner or potential schools including placement requests, placement confirmations and thank you notes.
• Collate the information of the student and supervisor for the ‘Mentor Teacher Information’ pack.
• Liaises with Programme Manager on campus to review and sign off on communications.
• Follows up with schools to check on students at inception of TE and maintain contact.
• Deals with any issues that may arise during TE and resolve effectively.                                   

Co-ordination of Teaching Experience Supervisors                                                   

• Sources TE supervisors as per the required scope.
• Onboards TE supervisors including briefings and training.
• Plans the supervision allocation of supervisors in collaboration with the Programme Manager and deals with any day to day operational or scheduling issues.
• Establishes and updates the database of TE supervisors.                                                   

Competencies required:                                                                                                         

• Administrative Skills – computer literate
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills
• Organizational skills
• Heightened time management Skills
• Microsoft skills – Word & Excel

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Minimum of an Advanced Diploma or Bachelor's Degree.
• Postgraduate Qualification advantageous.

Minimum Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years administration experience in a similar role (school or education context ideal).