Elize Botes

• E-tutor :

Supplying on-line assistance and e-tutoring in Developmental Psychology for groups of 200 students per semester.

• Compilation of tutorials spanning curriculum where study material is summarized and explained.
• Assistance is provided for inquiries about assignments and examination.
• External marker:

• Educator
• Teaching English Home Language as well as First Additional Language in FET phase.
• Managing English Department
• Collaborated with department personnel to coordinate multifaceted solutions to emerging problems.
• Managed efficient workflows by creating effective schedules and delegating work based on personnel strengths and knowledge.
• Evaluated performance continuously to identify areas in need of improvement and implement strategies to keep team on-track.

• Taught English Home Language and First Additional Language to Senior Phase and FET learners
• Accommodated for partially sighted and blind learners by adapting learning material to suit individual learners' special needs.
• Learned Braille to cater to blind learners' educational needs.
• Planned dynamic lessons to increase student comprehension of books and literary concepts.
• Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics.
• Led interesting and diverse group activities to engage students in course material.
• Prepared comprehensive English curriculum for multiple classes.

1. Clinical Supervisor
Supervision of 4th year B Psych Students with regard to
• Their clinical work done during placements at various institutions
• Personal growth as a therapist
2. Lecturer Psychology Department
Subjects taught:
Introduction to Psychology
Assessment and Evaluation
Community Psychology (Including the supervision of 7 small community projects)
Developmental Psychology
Counseling Psychology
3. Research Supervisor

Supervision of the research projects of fourth year students in with regard to the theoretical research, literature study, practical research procedure and report writing.

4. Other roles

Coordinating the selections of first year B Psych students

Involved in the selection processes for fourth year B Psych students.

Group Supervisor for one of the practicum placements where the fourth year students do their practical training.

Elements covered in private practice are as follow:

• Assessment of intellectual potential, learning disabilities, emotional functioning and school readiness
• Vocational Guidance
• Parental Guidance
• Individual Psychotherapy
• Report Writing
• Liaising with teachers and principals regarding children's special needs
  

• Intellectual assessment
• Assessment of learning disabilities
• Assessment of emotional wellbeing
• Individual psychotherapy
• Teaching of Guidance as a School subject
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team to ascertain that each learner received the specific intervention that he/she needed
• Group work with learners of all grades to teach life skills
• Study methods
• Guidance with subject choices
• School placements for learners who returned to mainstream schools
• Parent Liaison
• Presenting training sessions for staff members

• The internship spanned three areas of psychology, namely Orthopaedogogics - assessment of emotional functioning and the establishment and implementation of therapeutic intervention programs.
• Orthodidactics - the assessment of learning impairment and intellectual potential
• Vocational Guidance- the assessment of students with regards to Subject choices and career choices, study methods

Teaching English Home Language as well as First Additional Language from Grade 8 to 12