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Simphiwe Melinda Cele

Durban,KZN

Summary

Accomplished Grade R Practitioner with a proven track record at Nsimbini Full Service School, excelling in differentiated instruction and digital literacy. Expert in fostering parent interaction and achieving academic goals through innovative lesson planning. Demonstrated success in enhancing student learning experiences and outcomes.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Grade R Practitioner

Nsimbini Full Service School
02.2020 - Current
  • Built relationships and communicated with parents to provide best learning environment for children.
  • Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
  • Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
  • Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans to keep learner attention.
  • Collaborated with colleagues to develop and revise curriculum, enhancing learning experience.
  • Utilized innovative teaching strategies to effectively engage students in learning.
  • Monitored student progress and adjusted instruction to meet individual needs.
  • Met regularly with team of teachers to discuss best practices and develop innovative teaching strategies.
  • Created and implemented assessments to measure student progress.
  • Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
  • Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
  • Completed student progress reports every term to notify students and parents of strengths and areas of improvement.
  • Met with students, parents and administrators to address and resolve students' behavioral and academic issues.
  • Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
  • Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students engaged.
  • Assisted with the planning of the grade R graduations.
  • Lead the intermediate phase gospel group



Familiarized myself with the SASAMS Application

  • Validated
  • Recorded learner marks
  • Printed out learner reports
  • Maintained grade subjects


Grade R Practitioner

Kusakusa Primary School
10.2019 - 02.2020
  • Built relationships and communicated with parents to provide best learning environment for children.
  • Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
  • Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
  • Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans to keep learner attention.
  • Collaborated with colleagues to develop and revise curriculum, enhancing learning experience.
  • Utilized innovative teaching strategies to effectively engage students in learning.
  • Monitored student progress and adjusted instruction to meet individual needs.
  • Met regularly with team of teachers to discuss best practices and develop innovative teaching strategies.
  • Created and implemented assessments to measure student progress.
  • Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
  • Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
  • Completed student progress reports to notify students and parents of strengths and areas of improvement.
  • Met with students, parents and administrators to address and resolve students' behavioral and academic issues.
  • Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
  • Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students engaged.



Education

B.ed in Foundation Phase - Education

SANTS
Pretoria, South Africa
05.2024

Diploma in Grade R - Early Childhood Development

SANTS
Pretoria, South Africa
05.2020

High School Diploma -

Centenary Secondary
Durban, South Africa
12.2010

Skills

    • Parent Interaction
    • Academic goals
    • Lesson Planning
      • Differentiated Instruction
      • Coordinating
      • Digitally literate

Accomplishments

  • I recently volunteered to lead the Intermediate phase learner's gospel choir. We were entered into a cultural competition and for the first time since i started working at Nsimbini Full Service School, the gospel choir took first place.


Languages

IsiZulu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Grade R Practitioner

Nsimbini Full Service School
02.2020 - Current

Grade R Practitioner

Kusakusa Primary School
10.2019 - 02.2020

B.ed in Foundation Phase - Education

SANTS

Diploma in Grade R - Early Childhood Development

SANTS

High School Diploma -

Centenary Secondary
Simphiwe Melinda Cele