Life Sciences Teacher (Independent High School)

Your subject, your classroom and learners who need you to believe in them: that's this public high school in Johannesburg CBD. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

The work is in Johannesburg CBD, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Handle classroom discipline with the school's code of conduct
• Plan weekly lessons against the CAPS annual teaching plan
• Supervise break duty, sport or a cultural activity each term
• Meet parents to discuss progress, behaviour and support plans
• Prepare Grade 12 learners for prelims and the NSC exams
• Keep learner profiles and a tidy teacher file for subject advisers

• Clear record on the National Register for Sex Offenders and a police clearance
• At least 1 year of classroom teaching, including teaching practice
• Full SACE registration (provisional registration only for student or newly qualified teachers)
• A B.Ed, or a degree plus PGCE, in the phase and subject you'll teach

• Comfortable with Google Classroom or Microsoft Teams for homework
• Honours degree in your subject or in education management

• Fee discount for your own children at independent schools
• School holidays in line with the school calendar
• Housing allowance for SGB and state-funded posts where it applies
• Paid SACE CPTD workshops

• Add your matric results or pass rates for your classes if they improved; hard numbers beat adjectives.
• Put your SACE number, phase and subjects on the first line of your CV; heads sort applications by subject first.