Siphumelele Mona
Mbombela,South Africa
Summary
Dedicated and aspirational individual with commitment to fostering educational growth. Demonstrates strong communication and interpersonal skills, which facilitate effective classroom management and learner engagement. Eager to inspire and nurture young minds in teacher's role.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Student teacher
Academy of Excellence
Bloemfontein, South Africa
07.2024 - 10.2024
- Maintained good knowledge of current topics to provide helpful, informative learners guidance.
- Offered holistic learners support to build social, emotional and educational growth.
- Collaborated with teaching assistants and mentors to deliver additional support to struggling learners.
- Fostered inclusive classroom atmosphere by promoting respectful interactions amongst learners.
- Created lesson plans that incorporated mandated topics and included immersive activities for learner engagement.
- Minimized low level disruption by enforcing classroom policies.
- Used varied resources and technologies to maximize learner engagement and understanding.
- Covered primary teacher absences and continued lessons according to curriculum plans.
- Assisted lead teacher for enhancing learner engagement.
- Created and marked homework, exams and class activities to monitor individuals' progress.
- Identified learner strengths and weaknesses, providing constructive feedback to improve results.
- Worked with teachers to uphold behaviour management policies.
Student teacher
Mdzimba Primary School
Mbombela, South Africa
07.2023 - 08.2023
- Established classroom rules and standards of behaviours.
- Built strong rapport with pupils, fostered a positive learning environment.
- Assessed student performance, behaviour and class engagement.
- Gained exposure to different school settings and teaching roles.
- Tailored teaching style achieved better learner understanding.
- Aligned lesson objectives with national curriculum standards for comprehensive coverage of topics.
- Maintained good knowledge of current topics to provide helpful, informative learner guidance.
- Developed creative, varied curriculum to meet diverse learner needs.
- Assisted lead teacher for enhancing learner engagement.
- Created lesson plans that incorporated mandated topics and included immersive activities for learner engagement.
- Boosted learner success by maximizing individual learning, balancing group and individual instruction models to accommodate different academic levels.
- Observed lead teacher's classes, enhanced pedagogical knowledge and skill set.
Student teacher
Royal Primary School
Mbombela, South Africa
05.2023 - 06.2023
- Established clear learning outcomes and targets for different abilities.
- Collaborated with teaching assistants and mentors to deliver additional support to struggling learners.
- Covered primary teacher absences and continued lessons according to curriculum plans.
- Inspired pupils to engage in and explore new concepts related to course content.
- Identified learner strengths and weaknesses, providing constructive feedback to improve results.
- Improved classroom management skills with hands-on experience.
Education
Bachelor of Education - Foundation Phase
University of the Free State
Bloemfontein 02.2020 - 11.2024
Skills
- Interactive classroom instruction
- Teaching material development
- Teaching techniques
- Learner motivation techniques
- Positive attitude
- Creative lesson planning
- Communication proficiency
- Learning styles understanding
Affiliations
- Reading
- Dancing
Accomplishments
Golden Key International recipient for 2021.
Timeline
Student teacher
Academy of Excellence
07.2024 - 10.2024
Student teacher
Mdzimba Primary School
07.2023 - 08.2023
Student teacher
Royal Primary School
05.2023 - 06.2023
Bachelor of Education - Foundation Phase
University of the Free State
02.2020 - 11.2024
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