Michael Peter Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Responsibilities:Providing strategic and operational leadership and management primarily for the education programmes and also for the business activities, including:• Accountability for the programme design, budgets, plans and performance of the education programmes included under the following units: Science Centre; School Support; Career Education, and; Exhibitions• Deputising for the CEO and assisting with strategic issues• Involvement in the business components, viz. financial management and fundraising, marketing, human resource management, key stakeholder/partnership management• Overseeing evaluation processes, viz. staff performance management, monitoring and evaluation of programmes, managers’ quarterly reporting• Project Leader on the Secondary School Improvement Programme (SSIP), the country’s largest education intervention, serving about 60,000 disadvantaged Grade 12 learners and providing Saturday and holiday tuition in high risk subjects• Involved in overseeing an organisational budget of R250 million (about $25 million) and a staff component of 270• Reporting to and meeting with the Board of Management and the principal funder, the Gauteng Department of Education

Durban Area, South Africa

Responsibilities included:Providing strategic and operational leadership and management for all the business activities and education programmes, including:• Accountability for the budgets, plans and performance of the business and the education programmes of the centre• Accountability for the business components, viz. financial management and fundraising, marketing, human resource management, key stakeholder/partnership management, facilities management• Overseeing an organisational budget of R3 million (about $300,000) and a staff component of 25• Reporting to and meeting with the principal funder, Old Mutual, a corporate

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Responsibilities included:Ensuring the effective delivery of curriculum in an educational district of about 250 schools:• Coordinating the activities of 30 Subject Advisors• Ensuring that schools were well serviced and supported in terms of curriculum needs• Managing the provision of high priority programmes and teacher workshops• Policy formulation and implementation• Financial management• Reports and meetings with the Executive

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Responsibilities included:Ensuring the effective delivery of the English curriculum in approximately 250 schools in an education district in the province:• Subject specific support, curriculum maintenance, development and implementation • Coordinating the Grade 12 Portfolio Assessment and Oral Assessment in the district and conducting the provincial moderation for that • Setting, moderating and standardising the Common Exam English papers for schools in the townships of Alexandra, Ivory Park and Soweto• Monitoring the state of the subject in poorly performing schools and providing support• Coordinating a team of educators specially appointed to provide additional English 2nd Language tuition for Soweto learners in Grade 12• Assisting with drawing up provincial circulars on Oral Moderation and Assessment and Portfolio Assessment for Grade 12• Designing the Generic Grid/Rubric for Oral Assessment and Moderation for all languages taken in the provincial Grade 12 Examination• Conducting a workshop for educators and subject advisors from across the province on how to use the Generic Grid for Oral Assessment

Durban Area, South Africa

Responsibilities:Teaching English to high school as well as primary school learners:• 13 years as an educator have been made up of: 7 years teaching English in High School – including 4 years of teaching Grade 12• 6 years teaching English and other subjects in the Primary School• Preparing learners for numerous inter-school co-curricular competitions and presentations• Voluntary tuition to English Second Language learners• English Enrichment Programme for high-performing learners• Sub-examiner marking various English papers for the Provincial Grade 12 Examinations (1989 –1994)• Coordinating the English department at school• Chairperson for the Curriculum Committee appointed by the School Governing Board• Editor for school newsletters and magazines• Conducting various workshops at school level – and for the Department of Education • Coordinating various sporting activities at school level and in the region• Regional Coordinator for Soccer in the Newlands area• Certificates in Athletics Coaching and Teaching Beginners to Swim – engaged in athletics and swimming coaching for learners

Bachelor Of Paedagogics, And Bachelor Od Education (Honours), Education, English, History

Grade 12 Matriculation Exemption

Activities and Societies: Soccer, Cricket, Volleyball, Athletics, Swimming, Speech-making