Early Childhood Development and Remedial Specialist - Somerset West

Tess de Kock – 083 540 4516

Early Childhood Development and Remedial Specialist
Cape Town / Winelands / Boland / Overberg Area – South Africa

OVERVIEW:

Current: Independent Contractor
Past: ECD Programme Head and Manager

Education: Teachers Training College, South Cape
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Regenesys Business School
Teachers Training College, Pretoria

WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Early childhood related teaching (7 years)
Lechurer and Program Manager in ECD (6 years)
Intermediate and Senior Phase teaching – private schools and main stream schools (27 years)
Registered Assessor and Moderator with ETDPSETA (Assessor 7 Years / Moderator 5 Years)

SPECIALITIES:

Teacher's Training
Curriculum Development
Remedial (counseling and play therapy)
Leadership Training
Project management

EXPERIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT:

Program Head and Manager in ECD programs:
Full time and Leanerships – Levels 1, 4 and 5 (2008 – 2012)
ECD skill programs (2010 – 2012)
Education and Development programs: Levels 2, 3 and 4 (2009 – 2011)

Lecturer in ECD: Level 5 (2007 – 2010)

Principal in ECD (1994 – 1998)

LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES:

Afrikaans (Full professional proficiency)
English (Full professional proficiency)

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE:

Administration
Advanced IT
Assessor
Classroom Instruction
Classroom Management
Counseling techniques (young children / parents)
Curriculum Design
Curriculum Development
Early Childhood Development
Education Management
Educational Leadership
Educational Research
Human Resource Management (ECD)
Intermediate Phase teaching
Lecturing
Lesson Planning
Moderator
Program Development
Project Development
Remedial Educational
Senior Phase teaching
Tutoring

QUALIFICATIONS:

Masters Degree: Grade R Reading Programs (April 2013 Expected), CPUT
B.Ed Honours Degree: Education Management
Teachers Diploma (4 years): Senior Primary, CPUT South Cape
Advanced Diploma: Remedial, Pretoria
Certificate in Human Resource Management (ECD), Regenesys Business School
Certificate Secretarial Work, Cape Technikon