Tatenda Takawira

Year of Employment: August 2023 - Present Position: Sustainability Officer

Department: Sociology Role: Teaching Assistant Staff Number: A0061520 Duration: Jan 2021 - July 2023

Curriculum development
 Draft course/module outlines
 Build online courses via Canvas/Ulwazi, Blackboard and Sakai
 Prepare study materials (e learning and face-to-face)
 Liaising with the department’s administrative team to ensure that additional learning materials are availed to students on time
 General course coordination & Management (admin)
 Design the responsibilities and working hours of teaching assistants and tutors
 Manage the activities of teaching assistants and tutors
 Prepare, monitor and sign-off time sheets for tutors
 Presentation of lectures to students via Canvas/Ulwazi or Face-Face
 Design both formative and summative assessments
 Coordinate and facilitate in marking workshops
 Marking assessments and providing feedback to students.
 Moderate marked scripts.
 Student consultations (Academic support)
 Identify students at risk and provide recommendations to faculty.
 Collaborate with other departments such as the disability unit (DRU), centre for learning (CLTD), counselling services (CCDU) and the writing centre (WWC) to enhance student development.
 Supervise Honors students.
 Provide academic leadership (students & mentees).
 Facilitate staff development and training (TAs & Tutors).
 Promote and facilitate research and development.
 Conducting Peer reviews and facilitating workshops
 Participate in the department/school/faculty research activities
 Ensure that relevant learning materials are externally moderated

Department: Sociology Role: Sessional Lecturer Staff Number: A0061520 Duration: October 2018 - July 2023

I have served on three modules.
1) Identity & Society;
2) Culture, Power and Identity;
3) South Africa in the Era of Globalisation.
 Assist lecturer (s) in designing the curriculum.
 Assist lecturer (s) in drafting the course / module outlines
 Lecturing Academic Development components e.g writing skills, question interpretation, referencing, plagiarism and related topics.
 Assisting the course lecturer (s) with designing tutorial guide.
 Coordinating the marking of assessments, including student submissions, marking workshops for tutors.
 Marking and moderation of assessments.
 Overall management of tutor (s) assigned to module (s).
 Administration of tutors.
 Ensuring that all tutors are enrolled on Canvas/Ulwazi and/or Sakai.
 Assist with end of term and semester module evaluations.
 Liaison with lecturer(s), module coordinator, tutor(s) and students to ensure that lectures and tutorials are successful.
 Managing student queries.
 Assist department with timetabling of lectures and tutorials.
 Facilitation of academic development of students.
 Overall contribution to departmental teaching and learning outcomes
 Identifying at risk students.
 Assisting students with disabilities registered in the department.
 Overall coordination with stakeholder departments such as the Centre for Learning, Training and Development (CLTD), Disability Unit (DRU), Writing Centre (WWC) and Counselling services (CCDU).

Staff Number: A0061520 Duration: Jan 2018 - Dec 2022

 Attend weekly briefs with course lecturer(s)
 Teach components of academic writing and critical thinking
 Facilitate in tutorial discussions
 Provide writing support to students.
 Mark assessments and provide students with constructive feedback
 Identify at risk students and notify the ADU
 Participate in marking workshops
 Student consultations
 Compile students attendance, marks and performance indicators on a database

Staff Number: A0061520 Jan 2017- Dec 2018

 Assist students to improve on their academic writing skills
 Assist students improve on question interpretation skills
 Identify the strengths and weaknesses in a student’s written work and provide support to the student.
 Marking assessments and providing constructive feedback
 Identify at risk and provide the WC with recommendations.

Year of Employment: 2011-2012 Responsibilities: Sales & Marketing