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Dr Juliet Masalesa

This biographical article is written like a resume (10 April 2019) Metse Juliet Masalesa (born 28 April 1961) South African from Ga-Dikgale in Limpopo Province She did her primary school at Mmarobala and Maboyane. Secondary Education at Phiri Kolobe up to the then Form 3(Grade10) and Matriculated at Matladi High School in Zebediela after she completed Primary Teacher’s course at Sekhukhune College of Education. She started teaching in 1983.  Contents Early life Education Career Awards Other Activities Relationship References</li>

Early life Metse Juliet Masalesa born (28 April 1961) South African from Ga-Dikgale in Limpopo Province to the late Mary Ralekgokgo and Daniel Manabile. She is the only child of the said couple. She is married to Mr. Jonas Masalesa who was a Curriculum Implementer in Mpumalanga Province and now he is in business. She is a mother of three lovely sons Tebogo, Tshepo and Kabelo. She is proudly a grandmother too. She did her primary school at Mmarobala and Maboyane. Secondary Education at Phiri Kolobe up to the then Form 3(Grade 10) and Matriculated at Matladi High School in Zebedielaafter she completed Primary Teacher’s course at Sekhukhune College of Education. She started teaching in 1983. Education She matriculated at Matladi High School in (1984).She holds a Secondary Education Diploma in (1990) from Vista University, B.Ed and B.A (Hons) in (1999) from UNISA, Masters in Education University of Pretoria, PHD in DIDACTICS in (2017) from UNISA.

Career A.PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT UNISA: Department of Early Childhood 1. Tuition Juliet Masalesa was responsible for the following Modules: PRS2026, PRS302A, PRS303B and PRS2049 Practice Teaching. For the above-mentioned Modules She was compiling Tutorial material, Assignments and Memos, Exam papers and Memos. As she once worked at UNISA she was involved in offering assistance and support, conduct discussion classes in preparation of students for examinations and construct learning programmes for students who are at a distance. She is interacting with students on daily basis through emails and telephonically. She was also preparing students for exams through exam guidelines that are compiled and in line with study materials, Tutorial letters, giving Assignments feedbacks because Unisa is an ODL (Open Distance Learning) University. Her role at undergraduate level was to: <li>facilitate and guide the learning of the students so that they gain knowledge, understanding of the content and acquire the necessary skills and competencies to cope with their studies. <li>prepare students to become self-directed learners, attending to any difficulties they might have, conducting tutorials as prescribed in the course design, and marking and providing feedback on assignments. N.B This was done through face-to-face, telephonical conversation, emails if there was a need and information was coordinated through myUnisa. Marking of Scripts Moderate and evaluate marking of external markers. Conduct workshops to markers and give guideline for marking as outlined by Unisa Policies. Set standards of marking in order not to disadvantage students. See to it that Markers adhere to policies of marking as far as time management is concerned in order to meet deadlines She was also supervising students for Practice Teaching and give guideline as to how to prepare lessons that were aligned to CAPS (Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement). This was done in order to see to it that Unisa produces end year products that are of quality. Usage of electronic learning platform for teaching She was using diverse and current technologies that serve UNISA’s educational mission and included in the delivery of courseware. Technologies such as telephones, multimedia CDs and DVDs, video and audio conferencing, SMSs and MMSs via cell phones, e-mail and discussion forums/chat facilities via myUnisa, which offer new possibilities for supporting innovative learning in distance education. The pass rates in her Modules The pass rates of her Modules were pleasing even though not 100%. In order to improve the situation (increase pass rate) here were her strategies: • to align assignments according to the content of the course • set exam Question Papers in line with the format of the Assignments and content based • be specific in terms of content • give feedback for assignment • to give clear exam guidelines 2. Academic citizenship Commitment to participate in departmental issues namely: • assigned to draw Community engagement projects budgets for ECD department • assisted ECD COD in records keeping (filing of documents) • assist in being a scribe sometimes for the departmental meetings • a member for tutor/learner support committee B.PRESENT EMPLOYMENT As University of Mpumalanga is a contact university, she is the Coordinator for the following Modules: Methodology of Teaching and Practicum for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students, 4th years Leadership and Management. Dr Juliet Masalesa also coordinate Observation and Teaching Practice for 4th years. She is also the Programme Leader and coordinate Curriculum in totality. She is in a leading position in applying new programmes for the University. Monitor and Evaluate work of academic staff members, development of study guides and see to it they meet deadlines as far as submissions are concerned and recommend external moderators for our Modules. My involvement in and learner support to students Student support is a critical factor for teaching, learning and research in open distance learning, bridge the gap between students’ learning experience from high school and the demands of higher education, or between undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Students are seen as the focus of the educational process and they are supported to take progressive responsibility for their learning and research. Presently she is: <ul> <li>encouraging independent and critical thinking <li> establishing links between students current meanings and contexts and new knowledge to be constructed <li>enable successful learning through rich environments for active learning <li>respond to questions and queries from students <li>clarify course contents to students <li>answer student’s emails and telephone calls pertaining to their studies <li>Placement of students for teaching practice and their supervision <li>Keeping records of their Portfolio of Evidence <li>Coordinate and facilitate workshops for mentoring teachers from the schools where their students are placed for Teaching Practice. <li>Compile Rubrics for evaluation of Teaching Practice <li>Supervise Teaching Practice <li>Also involved in development of study material <li>Compiling assessment tasks, examination papers and memos and marking of scripts <li>Giving feedback to their assessment tasks and support thereof </ul> Community engagement She is involved in the following projects of development of Schools/Universities and Departments: <ul> <li>Principals in Leadership and Management and <li>SMTs whereby she train them in good practice of Curriculum Management. <li>Training teachers: Curriculum Differentiation <li>British Council: Material development for Inclusive Education <li>Standardization of Sepedi Terminology <li>Presently she is involved with British Council in developing material for Inclusive Education for Universities for a Project started in July 2018. <li>PANSALB: NLB member for Sepedi/Sesotho sa Leboa in the development of Terminology book which is due for publication. <li>In 2013 she was involved in a project of training ECD practitioners in North West and Mpumalanga Provinces-a project for Unisa. <li>At Unisa I was involved in Research of poor ANA Results in Limpopo Province in 2012 & 2013 (500 Schools Project) <li>Training of ECD practitioners in North West Province and Mpumalanga(2012 & 2013) <li>In 2017 I was involved in training of teachers-Unisa project on Curriculum Differentiation and SIAS (Inclusive Education) training for Mpumalanga Province (Nkangala District) for Foundation and Intermediate Phase teachers <li>In 2012 I was a facilitator for Macmillan in teacher development Gauteng and Limpopo Provinces (CAPS training). Skills Acquired: <ul> <li>Management skills, conflict management, problem solving, time management, writing and communication, presentation skills, MS Office Operation skills, analytical skills and time management. <li>Management Principles: Planning, organizing, control, monitoring and evaluation decision making not forgetting supervision. <li>Experience: Tuition, student assessment, student support, research <li>Abilities: Work as a team and in diversity, accountable and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines. </ul> Awards When she was a School Principal at a secondary school, they received performance awards in 2009 for best Grade 12 results from the Province and from the Circuit. She registered two postgraduate B.Ed. and B.A (Hons) simultaneously and obtained her Honours degree with 70% and she was awarded achievement Bursary. External Examiner for Honours, M & D students for the following Universities: <ul> <li>University of Limpopo since 2017 up to date <li>Stellenbosch University since 2019 up to date <li>Up to date she managed to let 10 students to go through for M & D <External Examiner (Marker) for Unisa ECD and Inclusive Education since 2011 up to date. </ul> WROTE BOOK CHAPTERS <ul> <li>An introduction to teaching learners with intellectual impairment. <li>Nurturing receptiveness to the rights of all learners from ECD to post school education. <li>Open Distance and e-Learning support strategies for identified students experiencing barriers to learning. </ul> Other Activities <li>She was appointed as a marker for biblical studies in 1986- 1990, senior marker 1991- 1997,examiner and chief marker 1998- 2004. <li>She was involved in HIV\ AIDS programme since 2003 and she is a Master trainer for HIV\AIDS since 2004-2010. She is also Computer literate. <li>She served in the Circuit Governance Team in 2005-2007, in this team she was Training School Governing Bodies on their roles, responsibilities and financial Management, served as Circuit Physical Resource Team in 2008,she was training Admin Clerks and Principals regarding management of Physical Resource and Financial management as per PFMA, Assets registers and their day-to-day maintenance. Development and implementation of maintenance strategies and policies. In 2009/10 She was elected to serve in Circuit Human Resource Team. This team provided and coordinated Training and skills development for principals, educators and non-educators. Identification of Schools, which are over and under staffed. Take an audit of under qualified personnel. <li>She was involved in translation of CAPS documents for Department of Education. <li>She is presently serving as a member of Sepedi National Language Body at PANSALB, whereby she is involved in compilation of terminology for different government entities e.g. Department of Agriculture, Sports and Recreation, Law and Justice to name a few. • She is a translator, editor and proofreading books for Web-lingo, Maskew Miller and Marumo Publishers. • She is presently a member of Ethics Research Committee of Senate and represent her faculty in the University. • She is a Council member for TVET colleges in Mpumalanga Province • In 2017 she was involved in Study Guide development, which is going to be used by the 26 South African Universities for Inclusive Education as from 2020. Presently is for Piloting in 8 Universities. Relationships • She relate well with her family, relatives and a role model in the said circle. • She relate well with her subordinates and this encourages them to showcase their talents in the space they are working at. • She relate well with the students in her department and the SRC and they are free to approach her with whatever challenges they faced. •The good relation that she created with the management earned her a respect through hardworking.