The job
What this role involves
This is a teaching and curriculum-leadership post with a focus on English, History, Intermediate, Senior. Alongside your own teaching load, you will lead the department or phase, support educators, coordinate curriculum delivery and assessment, monitor learner performance and keep the department functioning effectively.
- Teach according to the post-level workload, including the focus on English, History, Intermediate, Senior.
- Lead curriculum planning, pacing, assessment and moderation across the department, subject or phase.
- Monitor learner performance and coordinate practical intervention where results or progress need attention.
- Guide, support and develop educators, including classroom and instructional support where required.
- Manage departmental records, resources, meetings and communication with school management and parents.
- Coordinate relevant extra- and co-curricular responsibilities connected to the department or phase.
Curriculum and teaching
Curriculum and teaching focus
- Teaching focus: English, History, Intermediate, Senior.
- For language teaching, plan across listening and speaking, reading and viewing, writing and presenting, and language structures at the advertised HL, FAL or other level where specified.
- For Social Sciences, History or Geography, build source, map, data and enquiry skills alongside content knowledge, written reasoning and formal assessment.
- As Departmental Head, coordinate curriculum implementation, assessment quality, moderation and learner-performance follow-up across the department, subject or phase.
School context
Know the school you are applying to
- School
- St Mary’s School Waverley
- School phase
- Combined
- Estimated teaching staff
- ±126 educators
- Estimated learner enrolment
- ±1 025 learners
- Town / city
- Johannesburg
Qualifications
Suitable professional qualification with in-depth English knowledge across Junior and Senior Primary phases.
Experience
Relevant English teaching and departmental/managerial capability; administrative and EdTech experience required.
SACE requirement
SACE registration required.
Application
How to apply
Prepare the required documents and send them to the application email shown in the application guide.
Quick help
FAQ for this vacancy
Where do I apply?
Send the application to vacancies@stmary.co.za.