Maths Specialist

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Funda Wande Full time

Purpose of Role:


Reporting to the Maths Lead, the role of the Maths Specialist is to support the implementation of the Maths strategy across all of the implementation interventions from a central office.

This will involve working with the provincial teams, participation in the Maths materials research, review and/or development; the development of the Thinking Maths course as well as participating in advocacy at various levels.


Objectives of Role:

1. Materials development and review

  • Coordinate and report on materials review based on internal and external input.
  • Take part in the development and refinement of Bala Wande materials (print and videos) drawing on an indepth knowledge of the CAPS (Mathematics) to ensure that Bala Wande materials are fully aligned to the National Curriculum.
  • Review and/or proof read Bala Wande materials in order to inform the content, design and sequencing of the materials, reporting to the maths lead.
  • Consult with the Intervention teams in order to engage them in the materials review process drawing on field inputfor this purpose.
  • Gather, analyse, and interpret data from research to support improvement of the Bala Wande program.
  • Participate in the development of the 12 Module Thinking Maths course.

2. Intervention Support & Development

  • Coordinate support required for implementation of the BW materials in the intervention sites.
  • Lead the planning, development and/or refinement of training materials as needed and participate in training sessions as required.
  • Develop/refine training slides and conduct trainthetrainer sessions for the intervention team members and in this way support in the Instructional development of all Foundation Phase teachers in the Bala WandeInterventions.
  • Troubleshooting and using feedback gathered from the intervention teams.
  • Lead sessions with teams in the provinces to empower them on academic reading and writing.
  • Encourage provincial team members to submit presentations for, and attend, conferences for their continuous development as expert mathematics field trainers et al.
  • Reporting on all tasks (such as readings sessions; training sessions; meetings with intervention team members).

3. Research Monitoring & Evaluation

  • Take an active role in the Bala Wande Programme research working with the intervention team specialists in this role.
  • Take an active role in other Bala Wande research, monitoring and evaluation projects.

4. Advocacy

  • Contribute to writing advocacy/academic papers, etc. about the Bala Wande project and engage with appropriate parties to promote the Bala Wande materials.
  • Attend meetings and conferences to present on the work of the Bala Wande programme at National platforms (e.g. CIES, COPs, Inter-NGOs and other reference team meetings).
  • Immerse self in the programme to become its ambassador and able to serve the project optimally.

Experience and Qualifications:

  • Minimum Master's degree in Maths / Maths Education / Education
  • Minimum 5 years' experience working in Foundation Phase Maths related work(teaching/lecturing/training).
  • Own vehicle and driver's license essential.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of development and review of the Maths school level and tertiary level material
  • Demonstrated proficiency with computers and Microsoft Office skills.
  • Demonstrated expertise in oral and written communication in English (any of Sepedi, IsiXhosa, Sesotho and IsiZulu in addition to this will be an advantage).
  • Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with colleagues.
  • Demonstrated leadership qualities and strong interpersonal skills, including giving and receiving
constructive feedback.

  • Strong educational knowledge and mathematics content and pedagogical knowledge.
  • Understands the social issues children face and how these can interfere with learning.
  • Models' continual improvement, demonstrates lifelong learning, and applies new learning.

Competencies:

  • An interest in and alignment to Funda Wande's Vision and Values
  • Attention to detail and extremely organized
  • Committed to improving processes and systems
  • Work well under pressure and with changing deliverables
  • Confident, proactive, selfreliant and performance oriented
  • Great team player
  • High degree of emotional intelligence
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
  • Disciplined administrative skills

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