FOUNDATION PHASE SUBJECT ADVISOR (GR R - GR 3): CURRICULUM SUPPORT:
CURRICULUM SUPPORT (CAPE WINELANDS)
WORCESTER
SES
A recognized three year (REQV 13) qualification which includes professional teacher education. Registration with SACE as professional educator. A valid Driver's licence. 5 years relevant experience in the Foundation Phase.
Language of Instruction: English and Afrikaans
Facilitate and coordinate the implementation of the National Curriculum Statement in all Public Ordinary and Special Schools by training teachers on the National Curriculum Statement, monitoring teachers’ access to the National Curriculum Statement, monitoring and reporting on learners’ access to textbooks and DBE learner workbooks, ensuring that teachers’ timetables are aligned to the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement, ensuring that every teacher has an Annual Teaching Plan, ensuring that teachers are prepared to teach subject content and ensuring that teachers have the necessary knowledge and skills to teach subject content. Conduct training and development of teachers by conducting training needs analyses, identifying teachers for training and development purposes within the district or at the CTLI, developing, presenting and facilitating targeted curriculum courses, preparing curriculum and support materials, conducting training through the district or sourced agencies, preparing summary reports based on programme evaluations, supporting the nomination of teachers for professional development and awards and monitoring and reporting on the efficacy of training interventions. Monitor, evaluate and support curriculum implementation by monitoring and evaluating implementation of the National Curriculum Statement in targeted schools, providing targeted classroom support including co-teaching and demonstration lessons, ensuring productive pedagogies, establishing and maintaining professional learning communities, strengthening Language Across the Curriculum, ensuring implementation of national and provincial interventions, promoting effective use of resources, compiling school visit reports, advising and supporting learner attainment programmes and implementing actions in the District Improvement Plan. Moderate and assess curriculum implementation by moderating curriculum implementation and school-based assessments through various moderation processes, providing feedback to teachers, using moderation results to benchmark standards, monitoring assessment practices, assisting with assessment appeals, monitoring external assessments and analysing systemic assessment results. Perform planning and administration by developing school visitation programmes, subject support plans and moderation plans, analysing assessment results and surveys, utilising information management systems, writing reports and performing financial planning, monitoring and reporting for curriculum implementation.
Knowledge and understanding of the National Curriculum Framework, National Curriculum Statements including the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements, National Protocol for Assessment and national promotion requirements for Grades R to 12, relevant education legislation and policies, national and provincial strategic plans, teacher and materials development, language in education policies, ICT knowledge and information management, organisational structure and operational model of WCED and finance including the Public Finance Management Act.
Computer skills including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, analytical and report writing skills, strong verbal and written communication skills, facilitation and presentation skills, project planning and organising skills, monitoring, evaluation and development skills and financial planning skills.