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Kath Kenyon

 

Address:Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa

E-mail: kathkenyon@gmail.com

Tel: 078 308 4755

Professional info

 

I am a Private Remedial Teacher, with over fourteen years' experience in both the UK and South Africa.

I am currently running my own practice and am also working with a variety of agencies to try to improve Inclusive Education.

Languages

 

English

Afrikaans

 

Work experience

Owner of Learning Kat Private Remedial Teaching

(April 2014 to present

offering specialist curricula from ASDAN for children who learn differently.  I cater to children from age 10 and up, as well as to adults with complex special needs

 

Owner of Learning Kat Private Remedial Teaching

(April 2014 to 2019

Offering: Private remedial intervention to students from grade 2 to grade 12 in both Literacy and Numeracy.

Workshops to parents and schools on developing appropriate interventions and strategies.

Working with relevant parties to improve current Inclusive Education practices.

 

Teacher (Grade 7 and Multigrade; all subjects)

Vista Nova School for students with special needs, Cape Town

(01/2012 to March 2014)

 

Stay at home mum with occasional cover work and volunteer work at Vista Nova School Cape Town

(09/2010 to 12/2011)

 

Assistant Special Needs Co-ordinator for Key Stage 4 and 5

Preston Manor High School, Wembley, London, United Kingdom

09/2007 to 08/2010

Responsibilities:

  • In addition to role as SEN TEACHER listed below:

    • Assessing students and applying for appropriate Exam Access Arrangements for GCSE, GCE and Vocational courses.

    • Drawing up and implementing appropriate exam timetables to provide exam access arrangements.

    • Training staff in implementing Exam access Arrangements.

    • Overseeing management of a group of Learning Support Assistants.

    • Completing appropriate Performance Management reviews for the above group and for two Special Needs teachers within the department.

    • Overseeing the Annual review Schedule and ensuring Annual Review paperwork is submitted to the LEA in time.

    • Chairing Annual Review conferences of targeted statemented students.

 

Special Educational Needs Teacher

Preston Manor High School, Wembley, London, United Kingdom

04/2004 to 08/2010

Responsibilities:

  • Key worker to six pupils, ranging from 11 to 16, with a range of Special Educational and Behavioural Needs, catering to both academic and pastoral needs; Liaising with other agencies and with home, monitoring pupils’ progress as outlined in their Statements of Special Educational Needs, and compiling and collating their Annual Review Conferences.

  • Monitoring literacy development of Year 9 pupils at School Action on the SEN Code of Practice through the running of Literacy Withdrawal Groups (2004 to 2007)

  • Assessing Y9 students, maintaining the SEN Register and applying for Additional Time for SATs (2006).

  • Running Reading Club for a range of year groups (2004 to 2006).

  • Teaching the ASDAN Youth Award (Bronze, Silver and Gold) to small classes of Y10 and Y11 students. (2005 to 2010) This is a practical, life skill course offered as part of an alternative curriculum at GCSE level.

  • Running a Movement Group for pupils with severe co-ordination problems and dyspraxia (2004 to 2007).

  • Running a Circle of friends for a vulnerable pupil (2004 to 2005).

  • Mentoring (2004 to 2005).

  • Assisting with lunch time clubs once a week.

 

EFL and SEN Teacher

St Gregory’s Roman Catholic Science & Technology College. Wembley, London, United Kingdom 01/2001 to 04/2004.

Responsible for teaching and supporting SEN students and overall running and implementation of EAL programme and assessment, co-ordination and maintenance of SEN and EAL registers.

 

English, Computer Literacy & PSHE Teacher & Hostel Mistress

Nigel High School, Nigel, South Africa

Junior Teacher, English First and Second Language (grades 9, 10 &11), Computer Literacy (grade 9), Personal Guidance and Lifeskills (grades 9 and 11). 

Supervision and acting in loco parentas to 13 to 18 years old girls. (Jan to Dec 2000)

Skills
  • Efficient organization of schedules and delegation of tasks to staff and students

  • Instructing, mentoring and teaching children in a creative and self-motivating way.

  • Advising and counseling people in a supportive manner.

  • Communication with people through writing and conversation in a creative, mediating and supportive way.

  • Computer skills: word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, Internet skills, data bases.

2010 - present

2010 - present

Education and Training

TRAINING

Education For All: Disability, Diversity and Inclusion, University of Cape Town                          

6 week comprehensive overview of Inclusive Education, Disability and Diversity.   2016 (Cape Town).

Vera School Autism Course

6 part comprehensive overview of Autism and strategies to manage learners with Autism in the classroom.   2012-13 (Cape Town).

 

Running the Asdan Youth Award Programe

1 day course on how to teach, compile portfolios and assess the ASDAN Youth Awards programme for Bronze and Silver levels.   2005 (UK).

 

Brain Gym for Special Needs

1 day course on using Brain Gym with learners with Special Educational Needs both within the mainstream classroom and in specialist lessons.  2005 (UK).

 

D.I.C.E. Course in teaching the least able pupils in the secondary school

2 courses in working with the least able pupils within the secondary school classroom – devising strategies to help them access the curriculum. 2002 (UK).

 

E.M.T.A.P. – ESL in the mainstream

A six part, Melbourne University accredited course on teaching ESL in the mainstream classroom. January to April 2002 (UK).

 

Network Training – teaching mathematics to the weakest pupils

A one day course in working with mathematical learning difficulties. 2001 (UK).

 

LONDON DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION

Four part course on dyslexia in the classroom and  ideas on how to manage it, 2001 (UK).

 

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION

Teacher development agency & General Teaching Council of England

  • 2010 -- Chartered London Teacher Status and Fellow of the College of Teachers

  • 2005 -- Qualified Teacher Status as a registered teacher in England

 

Teaching Council of Scotland

  • 2005 -- Qualified Teacher Status as a registered teacher in Scotland.

 

Rhodes University, South Africa

1995 to 1999

  • Higher Diploma in Education, English First Language, English Second Language,    Guidance.

  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology

  • Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Psychology and Linguistics and English Language.     

Other Subjects: English Literature 1, Journalism 1, Sociology 1, English Literature 2 (English Literature in Africa)

 

Woodmead High School, South Africa

1990 to 1994

IEB Matriculation subjects: English First Language, Afrikaans Second Language, Mathematics, Physical Science, Biology, Accountancy, all at Higher grade.

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