Detail Information
Job Summary
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Job Description
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Key Skills / Requirements
- B ED/ BA/ BSC / Post Graduate Certificate of Education.
- SACE Registered.
- 1 – 2 year’s Grade Head experience.
- Clear criminal record.
The responsibilities are:
Grade planning, administration, and academics
- Collate and communicate grade planning schedule across the grade and manage the execution thereof.
- Create and distribute the termly plans for the grade.
- Create and distribute termly assessment plans for the grade.
- Create and distribute the staff duties plan for the grade.
- Create and distribute the afternoon academic plan.
- Maintenance and update of all information relating to events, incidents, absenteeism and issues across the grade.
- Manage absenteeism across the grade of learners
- Review teacher comments on termly report, suggest corrections and then submit to the phase head.
- Manage and plan weekly meetings and filter down relevant information from phase heads
- Discuss grade requirements with teachers, gather quotes and submit a proposed grade budget to the phase head
- Compile schedules of learners for the following year and suggest class splits for new academic year across the grade with teacher inputs
- Update grades learners as per applicable system
Staff management and mentoring
- Mentoring and management of tutor teachers
- Provide input into tutor teacher appraisals
- Communication with tutor teachers to ensure that they have all the relevant information relating to the grade and requirements
- Advising and supporting tutor teachers on policies and processes
- Ensure that all grade staff know how to use the report generation process
- Assist new teachers with various systems
Interventions and discipline
- Implementation of policies and procedures in conjunction with school management
- Management of interventions regarding learner discipline and monitoring of intervention plans
- Review of academic needs and set up interventions and individualised plans
Grade Event management and planning
- Set up grade calendar events annually.
- Design and manage duty roster for grade events in conjunction with other grade heads.
- Management and execution of grade events from start to finish
- Monitor assigned budgets for grade events.
- Innovation relating to new events.
- Management of students with regards to the function
Planning and own class management
- Plan and set up assessment roster for the term
- Set up the demarcation for each assessment during the term as per the grade
- Monitor and adjust planning throughout the term as per unforeseen events
- Set up and design of classroom / Learning Area for optimal performance of class and based on specific needs
- Setting of rules and boundaries to manage discipline
- Communication and relationship building with pupils and parents (newsletters, sporting letters, outings letters etc.)
Assessment process and homework management
- Setting and moderation (pre and post) of assessments including formal (FAT) and continuous (CAS)
- Prepare revision packs, notes and lessons.
- Active invigilation of assessments
- Marking and moderation of assessments within specified time period
- Return of assessments and class correction and revising on topics
- Planning of homework including a learner work schedule
- Monitor homework
Teaching
- Take attendance registers.
- Measured Academic Achievement.
- Measured Academic Improvement
- Plan lessons to be interactive and creative.
- Make use of modern days tools and processes
- Managing the teaching pace based on the learners
- Set up workbooks as per specifications.
- Make sure that learners are aware of events, homework etc.
Extramural coordination and activities
- Plan and manage assigned extramural activities
- Attend practices and sporting fixtures
- Take attendance registers
- Attendance at school activities as assigned
- Manage outings and attend
- Phase and grade meetings
The successful candidate will start on 01 January 2025.