Intermediate & Foundation Phase Teaching Experience

**Direct Reporting Line**:
Head of Education

**Varsity College** is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education qualifications accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE).

**The IIE Varsity College, Cape Town Campus has a vacancy for an Intermediate & Foundation Phase Teaching Experience Supervisor & Marker (Part Time) for the following modules**:

- IP Teaching Experience 1/ FP Teaching Experience 1
- IP Teaching Experience 2/ FP Teaching Experience 2
- IP Teaching Experience 3/ FP Teaching Experience 3
- IP Teaching Experience 4/ FP Teaching Experience 4

**Job Purpose**:

- Observing and evaluation the student teachers’ performance during student teaching experiences in appropriate classroom settings.
- Providing feedback essential to the student teachers regarding the content of observation and evaluation.
- Ensuring and assisting the student teachers to reflect on their performance, identifying both strengths and areas of needed improvement regarding teaching /learning objectives, goals, strategies/approaches.
- Recommending and/or teaching methods or alternatives for improving deficient areas in relation to the student teachers’ performance.
- Providing oral and written feedback to student teachers after each formal observation
- Helping student teachers deal with problems they may be experiencing.
- Providing honest and candid evaluations of student teachers’ progress.
- Marking of portfolio of evidence.

**Key Performance Areas**:
The Teaching Experience Supervisor is expected to possess all or some of the following competencies and abilities:

- Knowledge and Ability to help the student teachers reflect on their overall instructional decisions.
- Demonstrate the ability to build and maintain professional, amicable, and confidential relationships with student’ teachers.
- Knowledge, awareness and understanding of current, contemporary, emerging, and innovative instructional and pedagogical approaches.
- Traceable experience in observing and evaluating teacher instructional and pedagogical performance in a school setting.
- Intense ability to work with the teaching professionals and related stakeholders in a pleasant, professional, cooperative, and collaborative manner.
- Ability to travel to multiple school settings within a target area.
- A good communicator and role model.
- Report writing and feedback.

**Minimum Qualification Requirements**:

- ** Ideal**:

- Ed. Honour’s degree, OR
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education (at NQF level 8)
- The undergraduate or postgraduate qualification must include a focus on teaching at the Intermediate Phase/ Senior Phase/ Further Education and Training band.
- Ed/ Master’s Qualification - advantageous

**Working Conditions/ Requirements**:

- Please note that this is an Independent Contractor role.
- Valid Driver’s Licence and have own car.
- Owing to the volume of CVs received, we may not be able to personally contact all applicants. Only individuals whose qualifications and skills most closely match the position requirements will be contacted for interviews.
- Preference will be given to South African Citizens and Permanent Residents of South Africa in possession of proof of permanent resident status.
- Must reside in Cape Town

**The IIE's Varsity College **is an Equal Opportunity Employer. However, preference may be given to previously underrepresented groups in accordance with the South African Employment Equity Act.