Life Sciences Teacher (Independent High School)

Your subject, your classroom and learners who need you to believe in them: that's this low-fee private school in Soweto. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Soweto (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Capture marks on SA-SAMS or the school's reporting platform before deadlines
• Give extra lessons to learners who are falling behind
• Attend staff meetings, subject meetings and district workshops
• Teach your allocated classes and keep the pace of the ATP
• Plan weekly lessons against the CAPS annual teaching plan
• Supervise break duty, sport or a cultural activity each term
• Prepare Grade 12 learners for prelims and the NSC exams

• Sound knowledge of CAPS and the assessment policy for your phase
• At least 1 year of classroom teaching, including teaching practice
• Good spoken and written command of the language of teaching
• Clear record on the National Register for Sex Offenders and a police clearance
• You can manage a class of 35 or more without losing control

• Experience with remedial or inclusive education
• Coaching experience in a major school sport

• Housing allowance for SGB and state-funded posts where it applies
• Pension and medical aid for permanent posts
• Fee discount for your own children at independent schools
• 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.