Teaching Experience Coordinator needed at ADvTECH

Duties and Responsibilities:

Building Partnerships and Schools Database

• Sources and identifies new schools to establish relationships with. 
• Builds partnerships with schools to source and secure school placements for students on the identified campus.   
• Manages all communications with identified partner schools and maintains records of contacts and progress.       
• Establishes and maintains schools database.     
• Identifies and sources opportunities for service learning.  
• Approaches relationships in a manner to ensure a professional and harmonious relationship with partner schools.    
• Support the campus/es in the organisation of partner school acknowledgments.                     

Student Placements Co-ordination                

• Consults and reviews placement forms from registered students at start of year and allocate students to schools.
• Manages communication process to students of final placements.
• Tracks student school placements over the required years of the programme to ensure diversity in school experience.
• Tracks lecture attendance of students across identified module.
• Identify and flag at risk students for TE . Advise students that have been denied access and advise on remedial steps.
• Keep records of students and TE placements.
• Police clearance certificates: Sources independent companies and manages the process.

School Communication

• Compiles all written communications to be sent to partner or potential schools including placement requests, placement confirmations and thank you notes.
• Collate the Information of the student and supervisor for the Mentor Teacher Information pack.
• Liaises with relevant stakeholders on Campus to review and sign off on communications.
• Follows up with schools to check on students at inception of TE and maintain contact.
• Deals with any issues that may arise during TE and resolve effectively.

Co-ordination of Teaching Experience Supervisors

• Sources TE supervisors as per the required scope.
• Onboards TE supervisors including briefings and training.
• Plans the supervision allocation of supervisors to students and deals with any day to day operational or scheduling issues.
• Establishes and updates the database of TE supervisors.

Competencies Required:

• Administrative
• Organisational
• Communication
• Time Management

Minimum Education Requirements:

• Minimum of an Advanced Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree.
• Postgraduate Qualification – advantageous.

Minimum Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years administration experience in a similar role (school or educational context ideal).

Special requirement:

• own vehicle and valid driver’s license