Manage 5 Learning Support Staff who work across the school to assist children with Special Educational Needs, as well as Learning Challenges.
Identify children with various learning challenges and liaise with parents, as well as specialist support providers such as tutors, facilitators, paediatricians, paediatric neurologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and a play therapist, in order to best enable positive outcomes. We have 660-680 students from about 30 nationalities.
Liaison with teachers to implement recommendations put forward by medical professionals. Individual Education Programs.
International Standardized Testing, Grades 1-7.
Interview and test new entries to the school.
Liaison with Cambridge Examination Centre and arrangement of special access conditions.
Senior Management Team member - staff representative and Learning Support Dept representative. Weekly meetings to discuss all aspects of running the school.
Implemented a skills development programme for a school less fortunate than ours as part of our outreach/community service philosophy.
Director - Construction Company
Dencon (Pty) Ltd
Gaborone
11.2007 - 09.2014
Assisted my husband by managing his construction company while he was recovering from a serious injury and long-term hospitalization.
Office administration and debt collection.
HR management
Purchasing and Salary roll.
Site supervision for 62 wage earners and 5 salaried staff.
Gratefully returned to Education in 2014.
Teacher
Thornhill Primary School
Gaborone
08.1998 - 02.2007
Grade 2 and Grade 1 Class Teacher
One of my Grade 2 classes was a class of children with Special Needs and/or Learning Barriers.
Head of Junior Primary Department
Rainbow Primary School
Gaborone
08.1996 - 12.1998
Responsible for 13 Junior Primary full-time staff, 4 teacher aides, and 15 Estate staff.
Junior Primary - 330 children
Parent/Teacher support liaison.
Private Schools and Ministry of Ed liaison.
Developed and implemented the new integrated curriculum, as well as a bridging curriculum, as the school upgraded from the PSLE to a combined CAPS/UK curriculum.
Set up the library and reading bookstores across the school, up to Form 2. The tuck shop and uniform shop stock and control.
Served on the Senior Management Committee, under the Head.
Undertook the annual Standardized Testing to analyze children's progress and educational
needs. Grades 1-7
Senior Management Team
Left to build family home.
Teacher
Broadhurst Primary School (Private)
Gaborone
09.1990 - 08.1996
Class teacher for Grade 2.
Standard co-ordinator - Grade 2
Teacher - Forest View Primary School
Natal Education Department
Hillcrest
01.1986 - 07.1990
Class teacher for Grade 2
Teacher - Hillcrest Primary School
Natal Education Department
Hillcrest
01.1982 - 12.1985
Grade 2 and Grade 3 Teacher.
My Grade 3 class was a small class of children with learning disabilities.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Higher Diploma in Education (4 Yrs)
Edgewood College of Education
Pinetown - Kwa Zulu Natal
12-1981
High School Diploma -
Howick High School
Howick - Kwa Zulu Natal
12-1977
Skills
Strong Organisational Abilities
Collaborative Teamwork
Data analysis and spreadsheets
Google Drive and Google Classroom
Effective Leadership
Ongoing Professional Growth
Attention to Detail
Decision-Making
SIMS School Management System
Affiliations
Art
Tapestry
Yoga
Dog walking
Reading
Languages
English
First Language
Afrikaans
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Zulu
Elementary (A2)
A2
Timeline
Head of Learning Support Department
Thornhill Primary School
09.2014 - Current
Director - Construction Company
Dencon (Pty) Ltd
11.2007 - 09.2014
Teacher
Thornhill Primary School
08.1998 - 02.2007
Head of Junior Primary Department
Rainbow Primary School
08.1996 - 12.1998
Teacher
Broadhurst Primary School (Private)
09.1990 - 08.1996
Teacher - Forest View Primary School
Natal Education Department
01.1986 - 07.1990
Teacher - Hillcrest Primary School
Natal Education Department
01.1982 - 12.1985
Some College (No Degree) - Higher Diploma in Education (4 Yrs)
Casual Relief Teacher at Good Shepherd Lutheran School, Immanuel Primary School, Brighton Primary School, Linden Park PrimaryCasual Relief Teacher at Good Shepherd Lutheran School, Immanuel Primary School, Brighton Primary School, Linden Park Primary
Student Placement - Primary Schools at Meldrum Primary School and Bellsquarry Primary SchoolStudent Placement - Primary Schools at Meldrum Primary School and Bellsquarry Primary School