Teaching Practice Administrator

Stadio


Date: 14 hours ago
City: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Contract type: Full time
Key roles and responsibilities :
The Teaching Practice Administrator will take responsibility for aspects of administrative support in the Teaching Practice Department in the bachelor of Education Foundation Phase Teaching (B. Ed FP) and Intermediate Phase Teaching (B.Ed. IP) and higher certificate in pre-school education (HC) contact learning programmes as specified by the academic manager/WIL manager/ discipline leader – teaching practice UG/ teaching practice module co-ordinator.
Managing the placement of students in schools, included all related documentation
Managing the institutional placement databases for the students and schools
Assisting students with finding a suitable school for teaching practice
Dealing with queries from schools, lecturers as well as students
Recording and management of all correspondence with schools/students/ academic manager/ discipline leader/ module co-ordinator
Managing all school-based assessment documents as well as attendance registers from schools
Arranging consultations between schools, students, academic manager/ module Co-ordinator/discipline leader where needed
Attending and participating in institutional meetings, training and development activities
Liaising with relevant staff in terms of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for student placements and communication with schools
Attending and recording internal inquiry meetings on student disciplinary cases for school-based teaching practice
Undertaking additional administrative duties or projects as allocated by the academic manager/WIL manager/discipline leader -teaching practice/ teaching practice module co-ordinator may determine from time to time.
REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications and experience | minimum requirements :
National senior certificate (matric) or equivalent
Post NSC qualification such as Information Technology (e.g. Microsoft, ECDL etc)/Human Resources / Project Management will be an advantage
Related experience
IT skills including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Knowledge of the higher education sector
Knowledge of learning management systems (e.g. Moodle) and student information management systems

Key attributes :
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent time management skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to effectively communicate with schools, lectures, assessors and students
Ability to work under pressure, and meet deadlines
Ability to engage in problem-solving
Thorough and accurate execution of tasks
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