- The Teaching Experience Coordinator is accountable for managing the placement of students for school based integrated learning across all qualifications.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Creation of Partnerships with Schools
- Liaise with the Department of Education to create partnerships to increase visibility and grant permission to approach schools.
- Review and update memorandum of understanding with Department of Education.
- Receive confirmation letter or ensure circular has been submitted to schools for visitation authorisation.
- Set school visitation schedule onsite or telephonically.
- Assess school to determine if it meets the standards to partner with.
- Identify functional schools for potential placements.
- Compile letter based on requirements requesting partnerships and number of learners that could be accommodated.
- Receive and review notifications of number of students that may be accommodated.
Preparation, Placement and Support of Students
- Assist Social Media Specialist with social media management and content planning.
- Conduct workshops to expose students to the professional code of conduct and schools' expectations to align them to the world of work
- Conduct location survey for students to inform placements
- Compile school placement tracker and assign students to schools
- Advise students of placements and schedule
- Complete the acknowledgement of placement form and issue to students for visit to school to introduce prior to work experience
- Issue mentor and mentee agreement form to student for completion on introduction visit
- Track and check final placements and reassign learners to alternative schools if required
- Check on students' progress at schools
- Make alternative arrangements for learners in the event of inappropriate arrangements
- Conduct meetings internally and with head of schools to check progress of placements
- Manage recall of students for disciplinary issues
Sourcing and Training of Teaching Experience Supervisors/ Mentors
- Identify and recruit supervisors for teaching experience
- Onboard supervisors including contracting
- Conduct training workshops for supervisors
- Assign supervisors to students based on location
- Issue student details to supervisors for communication with students
- Track and check that communication and supervision is occurring
- Contact supervisors that are not in contact to remedy the situation
Teaching Experience Administration
- Check and track that all students are being assessed
- Check and track that students are completing and submitting all required documentation
- Contact students not complying with submissions and put in place corrective measures
- Compile reports on the status of students placed
- NQF Level 7 Qualification - Bachelors Degree in Education
- NQF Level 8 Qualification - Honours Degree in Education
- Teaching training or Development Process experience 5 years
- Teaching coordination experience 1 Year
- Diver's license and own car
Closing Date 09 October 2026