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Job Summary
Curro Holdings is seeking to appoint a primary school remedial coordinator at Curro Academy Mahikeng in {school_location}. The role involves teaching and coordinating a range of subjects as per the Curro curriculum for the intermediate phase. The teacher is responsible for the active teaching, knowledge transfer, skills development and growth of positive attitudes among learners through integrated and focused teaching approaches. .
Job Description
Identification of at-risk learners
- Conduct pre-school screenings through discussions with educators and working with learners to identify risks.
- Conduct scholastic testing to screen learners for primary school readiness.
- Make use of relevant reading tests (wadding reading and spelling, word chains etc.) to assess readiness and scholastic level of learners.
- Assess learners actual work produced to assess level.
Recommendations and referrals
- Meet with educators and provide feedback.
- Discuss learner needs and requirements.
- Compile summary report of findings and recommendations.
- Meet with parents, go through findings and discuss recommendations at different levels with educators and at home.
- Make referrals to appropriate therapists or to the multidisciplinary disciplinary team.
- Compilation of individual development and intervention programmes for learners.
Monitoring of progress of learners
- Follow up with various professionals to ensure that the learner is attending.
- Provide feedback to educators in limits of confidentiality.
- Assess progress and arrange follow ups to establish progress.
- Round table discussions relating to learners to determine how therapy is going, progress, discuss next steps etc.
Training and education of providers (Internal) and parents
- Provide support and training sessions/ arrange for speakers for educators and therapists on the management of special requirements.
- Conduct/arrange information sessions on various topics on how to identify types of behaviour or indicators of issues with learners.
Key Skills / Requirements
- BEd and/or PGCE in intermediate phase teaching
- Experience as a remedial teacher/coordinator
- Minimum 2 years’ experience as an intermediate phase teacher
- Knowledge of the CAPS curriculum
- Proven facilitation, problem-solving and report-writing skills
- Excellent communication, organisational and planning skills
- Willing and able to work extended hours
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- SACE-registered
- Clear criminal record