Diane Fairbanks

Online lecturer for the Psychology of Education module, facilitating weekly 3-hour lecture sessions to 120 students. Collaborated with module staff, attended bi-weekly CoP meetings, and graded all 3 assignments with a 5-day turnaround.

Online lecturer for the Life Orientation in Senior Phase module, facilitating weekly 3-hour lecture sessions to 120 students. Focused on inclusion, holistic well-being, reflective practice, and planning physical education lessons; moderated and graded all 3 assignments.

Facilitated a 7-week module on Health, Safety, and Nutrition in Early Childhood Education, supporting a cohort of six students through formative and summative activities, grading assessments, and providing developmental feedback.

Travelled to Nelspruit and Richard's Bay to lecture and provide students content related to their final research assignments.

Facilitated learning in English (Grade 6-12), Social Science (Grade 6-9), and History (10-12) using the IMPAQ curriculum.

Marking Assistant under Mrs R Swart.

Facilitated learning for high school students in Afrikaans FAL and Mathematical Literacy using the IMPAQ curriculum.

Provided private exam tutoring.

Grade 8 register teacher, Grade 8 Social Science teacher, and Grade 10 History teacher.

Employed as a marker to grade assessments for Honours students, marking between 100-130 scripts in a 10-14-day period for 3 marking cycles, providing extensive feedback.

Lectured 2 groups of 200+ students each, presenting multiple lectures per week and grading assignments. Topics included History of Education in South Africa, SACE, teacher professionalism, ethics, MRTEQ roles, and 21st century skills.

Lectured 2 groups of 200 students each, covering lesson planning, CAPS curriculum, learning theories, and teaching strategies.

Lectured 1267 students, set summative assessments and practice activities, engaged with students on professional development and mentoring through Work Integrated Learning, and uploaded marks to the DESA system.

Lectured 2 groups of 200 students each, managed a team of 3 lecturers and 3 tutors, developed quiz questions and assessments, moderated marking, and uploaded marks for 1300 students to the DESA system.

Led the design and development of a first-year Early Childhood Education module, including curriculum structure, weekly outcomes, learning materials, micro-lectures, assessments, and a final summative assignment aligned to national policy frameworks.

Supervised 4 students in semester 1 and 2 in semester 2, guiding them through research proposal development and final research report execution, including data analysis and literature alignment.

Sorted and categorised applications for Education Honours and PGCE courses, logging information in Google Sheets/Excel and colour coding based on admit or decline decisions. Handled 150 Honours and 170 PGCE applications.

Lectured 3 groups of 150-200 students each, managed colleagues, troubleshooted issues with students, and marked and uploaded marks for 1331 students.

Lectured 3 groups per week, managed submission of final portfolio, troubleshooted issues with students, and marked and uploaded marks for 904 students.

Lectured 3 groups weekly (983 students across three groups) for 6 weeks and graded the final group portfolio submitted.

Teaching Assistant in the Teaching Practice Office for PRO410, PRO380, and PRO280.

Lectured multiple modules in the Faculty of Education, Department of Humanities Education.

Research Assistant under Professor Wassermann.

MEd: Masters (General) in Humanities Education, focusing on the historical consciousness of first-year Faculty of Education students.

BEd: Honours (TEPD) specializing in Teacher Education and Professional Development.

BEd: FET (General) with a focus on History and Life Orientation for grades 10-12.