Jean Keyser

I am an innovative, passionate and driven College Lecturer of over twelve years with five years’ experience on an Academic Board. As my CV will attest, during this period I have also initiated and seen through several initiatives based on the socio-economic needs of the learners. This has also meant writing the policies for these initiatives, including the pre-requisites for establishing a research department within the institution. In addition to this, I conducted the institutional research to  base these initiatives and other recommendations on sound facts. Over the years I have continuously advanced my abilities in ethics, governance and policy development, which is why I now wish to take on a full time Governance role that better suites my skills and interests. I believe that is where I could make the biggest positive impact. 

Sep 2022 – Current   Lecturer at College of North West London (United College Group)

• Supported Education Lecturer - working with young adults with special educational needs during their internships at Charing Cross Hospital and supporting them with the transition into paid employment.     
•  Responsibilities include: 
• Setting assessments according to unit standards.
• Conducting meetings with various stakeholders, such as the hospital liaison officer to ensure good working relations. 
• Acting as educational lead for the site, including negotiating and delegating tasks with the job coach and LSA.
• Working with the job coach to help interns develop relevant work skills, including soft skills such as appropriate work behavior and attitudes. 
• Addressing safeguarding issues in a timely and professional manner. 
• Keeping track of interns’ attendance, targets and career goals. 

2010 – 16 May 2022   Lecturer at West Coast (TVET) College

• Provided quality, engaging education and effective classroom management, consistently achieving 80%+ pass rate.
• Creating study materials: tests, tasks, exams, blogs etc.
• Delivered additional support to students through institutional research on topics such as: 

• How do differing curricular backgrounds affect students’ results in mixed-age classrooms?
• The necessity for, and impact of, implementing a feeding scheme for impoverished students. 
• How do vocational students’ perceived subject connection to work life reality affect results? 

• Subjects taught on NCV (National Certificate Vocational) and Nation Diploma level:

Early Childhood Development 

Entrepreneurship

Human and Social Development 

Learning Psychology

Life Orientation 

Mathematical Literacy 

Municipal Administration 

Sales Management 

Public Administration 

• Marking, moderating, recording and analysing students’ performance.
• Regular member of the student disciplinary hearing committee. 
• Regular exam irregularities committee member.
• Academic Board Member (2013-2018)

2020                   TEFL Level 5                                                                       i-to-i TEFL

2020                  Moodle Content Development Training                         Boland College 

2016 – 2018    Candidate PhD (Business Administration)                   University of Cape Town (Halted)

2014                  Certified Ethics Officer                                                     EthicsSA (EO 445)

2014                  FET Math Literacy Pedagogy                                          Stellenbosch University 
2013                  Assessors Certificate                                                       College of Cape Town
2013                 Intro to Corporate Governance                                         UNISA
2012 – 2013   PGCE Senior and Further Education                                UNISA 
2010                SAIM Business Management                                            UNISA

2006 – 2009    MPhil  Applied Ethics (Business Ethics)                       Stellenbosch University
2002 – 2005    BA (Psychology & Philosophy)                                        Stellenbosch University