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Slindokuhle Thwala

Student, Tutor
Johannesburg

Summary

Proven leader in educational settings, I leveraged group tutoring and adaptability at Rhodes University to enhance student understanding and skills development. Excelling in lesson planning and collaboration, I significantly improved learning outcomes by fostering critical thinking and teamwork among students. I believe this experience has been and still is preparing me for professional workplace settings as well as adapting to organizational cultures. My goal with taking up this role was to challenge myself to collaborate with others and to start building professional relationships, and I am finding that I quite enjoy helping out and working with other people.

Overview

Work History

Linguistics Tutor

Rhodes University
2024.02 - Current

As a Linguistics 1 tutor I assist lecturers by consolidating the content taught in the lecturer with smaller groups of students after they have attended those lectures. This position is accompanied by responsibilities such as follows:

  • Collaborating with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills, and correct weaknesses.
  • Conducting group tutoring sessions to help students engage active learning and critical thinking skills.
  • Using personalized learning plans to guide students to deeper understanding of course material and learning styles.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
2001.04 -

Skills

Group tutoring

Skills Development

Lesson Planning

Student Evaluation

Time management

Collaboration and Teamwork

Leadership Skills

Adaptability

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Zulu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tsonga
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Interests

Reading Novels

Drawing

Hockey

Timeline

Linguistics Tutor

Rhodes University
2024.02 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Rhodes University
2001.04 -
Slindokuhle ThwalaStudent, Tutor