BIZWELL KATITO
CHINSALI
Summary
Accomplished educational administrator with a proven track record at the Ministry of Education, specializing in strategic management and enhancing teaching standards.
Demonstrated expertise in ICT project management combined with strong leadership skills has led to significant improvements in educational outcomes and operational efficiency.
Committed to fostering inclusivity and advancing educational initiatives for diverse learners.
Dynamic and successful at applying skills in busy environments. Energetic, results-driven Department Manager committed to maintaining highest quality of customer excellence.
Develops and implements innovative incentives to drive employee motivation. Adeptly navigates cost-concern and workforce-management issues to maintain streamlined operations. Seasoned Department Manager with relevant experience in overseeing daily operations, improving process efficiencies and leading productive teams. Strengths include strategic planning, team leadership, and problem-solving skills. Demonstrated success in implementing new processes to enhance operational performance. Strong ability to inspire team members while maintaining focus on achieving departmental objectives.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head of Department
Ministry of Education
09.2022 - Current
- Planning, coordination, organization, directive and control of the teaching activities
- Coordination of staff in order to achieve set goals and objectives
- Controlling Staff and decision making
- Influencing, controlling and directing in order to achieve the institution goals
- Planning, organizing, directing, controlling, supervising, coordinating, motivating, monitoring and evaluation, material and human resources
- Formulation of strategic plan and budgeting
- Formulation of a discipline code Implementation and Interpretation of government policy - e.g
- Re-Entry Policy
- Enforce the code of conduct
- Management of finances at departmental level
- Making departmental work plan
- Making institution work plan
- Record keeping
- Budgeting
- Programming of works
District Chairperson
Special Education Association of Zambia (SEAZ)
08.2017 - Current
- To promote the high standards of teaching and learning through works, exchange programmes, twinning, seminars, meetings and mass-media
- To promote networking among professionals in special education, inclusive education and other Stakeholders to encourage focused discussions in the field of Special Education
- To promote awareness on the needs of learners with special needs and disabilities to the wider community
- To advise and collaborate with relevant ministries and any organisations on matters concerning special education and Inclusive education
- To promote social and academic interaction among teachers, learners and the wider community
- To promote early identification, assessment and intervention for learners with special needs and disabilities
- To carry out research in the field of special education and inclusive education
- To co-ordinate activities of the association in the district
- To liaise with other local and international professional organisations for the welfare of the child with special needs and those children with disabilities
- To promote cultural exchange, visits with other local and international professional organisations for the welfare of the children with special needs and those children with disabilities
School - In-Service Coordinator (SIC)
Ministry of Education
01.2016 - Current
- To ensure that SPRINT operates effectively in the school
- To monitor and coordinate activities of departments
- Formulate the schedule for all the departments in the school
- Offering pedagogical and content support to teachers
- Participating in stakeholders and facilitators workshops
- Report about the In-Service programs for each term in the school during each head teacher's In-Service meeting (HIM)
- To organise all school in-service resources
- Responsible for the school resource centre
District Education Board Member
Chinsali District Education Board/Day Break Mission
01.2016 - Current
- Formulating local policies for regulating the management of the institution for which the Board was established
- Ensuring that the Board has a mission statement that has a vision
- Establishing the long-term goals of the Board and ensuring that strategic objectives and plans are established to achieve those goals
- Ensuring that the management structures are in place to achieve those objectives
- Guiding the implementation of strategic decisions, actions and advising management as appropriate
- Reviewing and adopting of annual budgets for the financial performance of the Board and monitoring Board performance and results on monthly basis
- Ensuring preparation of annual and half-yearly financial statements, communicating and disclosing information to stakeholders
- Overseeing implementation of adequate control systems and relevant compliances with the law, governance, accounting and auditing standards
Subject Teacher
Ministry of Education
12.2007 - Current
- Teaching both senior and junior classes in Mathematics, Religious Education and ICT
- Providing technical Knowledge to the School on ICTs
- Data Analysis
- Managing and Teaching Computer studies
- Prepare Lesson plan
- Administer Assessment test in computer studies
- Software and Hardware Installation
Provincial Chairperson
Progressive Educators Union of Zambia (PEUZ - Muchinga Province)
01.2023 - 12.2027
- To supervise all activities of the union in the province
- To coordinate and work with government ministries in order to implement programs and policies of both the union and government to enhance quality education
- To ensure that positive social and economic policies of government are supported by all members of the union
- To provide checks and balance to the government of the day and promote industrial peace and harmony
- To ensure that all members of the union benefit economically, socially and professionally from their subscription
- Formulate strategic plans aimed at long term investment for sustainability of the union
- Scrutinise submissions made by District Executive Committees for timely onward submissions to the National Executive Committees
National Executive Committee Member (National Editor)
Zambia Association for Mathematics Education (ZAME)
01.2022 - 12.2026
- To coordinate all the provincial editors
- To Editor all the correspondence from the office of the General Secretary and the President
- Communication specialist for the association
- Spearhead the publications, such as Magazines
- Performing any other duties as may be assigned by the General Secretary and the President
- To oversee all the association activities in the attached province (North Western Province)
Assistant Returning Officer - Field (ARO-F)
01.2021 - 12.2024
- Coordinate, packing and distributing election materials to nomination centres and polling stations
- Conducting nomination process at constituency level
- Coordinating deployment of poll staff
- Coordinating and conducting elections in a constituency
- Issuing the certificates of authority to vote to election officers working outside a polling station other than where they registered as voters
- Inspecting polling stations and ensuring that each polling station is suitable for the poll
- Ensuring that polling staff is adequately trained
- Ensuring that procedures outlined in the regulations and instructions are strictly followed
- Collating results in the ward/constituency
- Declaring Local Government and National Assembly results
- Announcing Presidential election results in a constituency
- Conducting verification of the Ballot Paper Account Form
- Ensuring the return of all election materials and equipment to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ)
- Undertaking any other election related duties as directed by the District Electoral Officer
- Ensuring that election officers, election and polling agents take Oath/Affirmation
District Election Trainer (DET)
01.2021 - 12.2021
- To train and evaluate election officers
- To assist in the recruitment of poll staff
- To inspect the suitability of training venues
- To ensure training materials are adequate
- Coordinating, packing and distributing training materials
- To conduct training within our mandate
- To administer written assessment for poll staff
- To prepare lists of successful candidates poll staff who qualify to conduct elections
- To prepare training reports
Presiding Officer (PO)
01.2008 - 12.2016
- Ensuring that stocks of election materials are adequate before deployment
- Supervising the conduct of elections at a polling station
- Taking care of elections equipment and materials under their custody
- Communicating any problems to the Returning Officer or the Assistant Returning Officer
- Maintaining order in and around the polling station
- Supervising all other polling and uniformed staff
- Recording proceedings of the poll in the diary
- Appointing a polling assistant to supervise a polling station in their absence
- Counting votes cast at the polling station
- Completing the necessary election forms
- Announcing the election results at a polling station
- Posting election results outside the polling station
- Issuing copies of election results to polling/election agents and monitors
- Ensuring the return of all election materials and equipment to the Returning Officer
- Delivering election results to the Returning Officer promptly
- Performing any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
- Offering assistance to voters when required
School Guidance and Counselling Coordinator
Ministry of Education
05.2010 - 12.2015
- Introducing learners to the new college environment
- Acquainting learners with the school's procedures and requirements
- To provide learners with educational information (study skills, timetabling, examination preparation)
- Register learners for terminal examinations
- To provide Individual counselling, Group counselling, Peer counselling to all learners
- To organise, develop and administer a full vocational guidance programme
- To be involved in the organisation of academic content of the curriculum
- To offer personal guidance to pupils as and when the need arise
- To participate in an advisory role in school policy making, with particular reference to course structure as it obtains in higher institutions of learning
- To develop active contacts with employing agencies and higher educational establishments, and collect relevant information for guidance purposes
- To organise industrial visits, outside speakers, films, media programmes, career games, career exhibitions etc
- To organise in-service training of school staff on basic counselling
- To liaise with parents on educational and vocational matters concerning learners
- To develop and maintain pupils personal files to provide information about each pupil when requested for
- Collection of essential student data
- Analysis of Achievement Tests
- Administration, Scoring, Analysis and interpretation of other tests such as Interest Inventories, Aptitude, Intelligence
- Maintenance of records (cumulative records)
- To make follow-ups on school leavers
Education
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION -
DMI ST. EUGENE UNIVERSITY
LUSAKA01.2024
BACHELOR OF ARTS - MATHEMATICS AND ICT WITH EDUCATION
MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY
KABWE01.2021
MASTER OF EDUCATION - SPECIAL EDUCATION
GIDEON ROBERT UNIVERSITY
LUSAKA01.2018
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION - SPECIAL EDUCATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA
LUSAKA01.2015
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER'S DIPLOMA - MATHEMATICS AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
GEORGE BENSON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
KALOMO01.2006
SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE -
NAMWIANGA CHRISTIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL
KALOMO01.2002
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE -
KAPIRI BASIC SCHOOL
KAPIRI MPOSHI01.1999
PRIMARY EDUCATION -
KAPIRI BASIC SCHOOL
KAPIRI MPOSHI01.1997
Skills
- Strategic Management
- Managerial communications
- Project Planning and Management
- Production and Operations Management
- ICT Project Management
- Accounting Practice for Managers
- Mathematics of Finance
- Customer Relationship Management
- Educational Management and Administration
- Education Systems (Historical and Contemporary)
- Theories and Methods of Education
- Politics of Education
- Measurement and Evaluation in Education
- Professional Ethics for Educationists
- Curriculum and Design
- Introduction to Education for Sustainable Development
- Computer Applications in Education
- E-Learning
- Managing IT Data and Business Systems
- Introduction to Research Methods
- Educational Research Methods
- Research Methods in Special Education
- Business Research Methods and Techniques
- Research Project in Special Education
- Research Project - Mathematics
- Research in Environmental Education
- Research Project and Viva Voce in Master of Business Administration
- Marketing Research and Consumer Behaviour
- Master Trainer/Facilitator-Social Emotional Learning
- Master Trainer/Facilitator-Digital Teacher
- Guidance and Counselling
- Human Growth and Development
- Behaviour Modification
- Neuropsychology
- Special Needs Education
- Special Education Needs
- Meeting Special Education Needs
- Comprehensive Sexuality Education
- Online Child Sexual Exploitation-Investigation Training Course
- Working with Parents of Children with Disabilities
- Administering Educational Programs to Learners with Disabilities
- Identification, Assessment and Interventions in Special Education
- Educational Psychology
- Sociology of Education
- Development Outcomes-Pre School Years
- Development Outcomes-Primary School Years
- Introduction to Special Education
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Trends and Issues in Special Education
- Role of Education in Development
- Origins and Development of Education in Zambia
- Teaching Children with Visual Impairments
- Teaching Children with Specific Learning Disabilities
- Teaching Children with Physical and Health Impairments
- Teaching Children with Hearing Impairments
- Teaching and Learning Strategies in Special Education
- Classroom and Organisation Management in Special Education
- Mathematics Teaching Methods
- Teaching Methods in Environmental Education
- Health Impairments
- Visual Impairments
- Computer Architecture
- Databases
- Advanced Databases
- Operating Systems
- Computer Programming
- Computer Security
- Modelling and System Design
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Mathematical Methods I
- Mathematical Methods II
- Mathematical Methods III
- Mathematical Methods IV
- Calculus and Vector Analysis
- Linear Algebra I
- Linear Algebra II
- Differential Equations
- Numerical Analysis I
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/15/84
- Gender: MALE
- Marital Status: WIDOWER
- Religion: CHRISTIANITY
References
- Mr. Katele Kalale, District Education Board Secretary - Chinsali District, +260979484866, +260967484866, katelekalale@gmail.com
- Mr. Zulu Joseph, Director of Planning - Chipata City Council, +260965751512, +260972507705, ndlplanner@hotmail.com
Hobbies and Interests
- Playing music and watching movies.
- Reading.
- Playing with children.
- Ministry work.
Training
- Master Trainer-Digital Teacher
- Facilitator-Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
- Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Educator
- Digital Educator
- Purity (Peer Counselling and HIV/AIDS)
- Church Leadership
- Basic Counselling Skills
Attributesandqualities
- Self-motivated, self-supervised, innovative and enterprising.
- Sociable, analytical and team player.
- Sober minded and God fearing.
- Very good organization and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Computer literate (e.g. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).
- Work with minimum supervision.
- Able to adapt to new changing working environment.
Otherpositions
- Head of Section - Social Sciences
- House Teacher/tuitor
- Secondary School Education Board Member
- Board Member - Daybreak Mission of Hope
Accomplishments
- Production of 100% pass rate in Mathematics ECZ examinations
- Production of most distinctions, beating all other five departments within the school and all government secondary schools in Muchinga Province (2023) ECZ examinatins
Certification
- Huawei Certification in Computer Security
- UNESCO Certificates in Digital Teaching
- UNESCO certificates in Social Emotion Education
Languages
English
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Bemba
Proficient (C2)
C2
Chitonga
Elementary (A2)
A2
Nyanja
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Timeline
Provincial Chairperson
Progressive Educators Union of Zambia (PEUZ - Muchinga Province)
01.2023 - 12.2027
Head of Department
Ministry of Education
09.2022 - Current
National Executive Committee Member (National Editor)
Zambia Association for Mathematics Education (ZAME)
01.2022 - 12.2026
Assistant Returning Officer - Field (ARO-F)
01.2021 - 12.2024
District Election Trainer (DET)
01.2021 - 12.2021
District Chairperson
Special Education Association of Zambia (SEAZ)
08.2017 - Current
School - In-Service Coordinator (SIC)
Ministry of Education
01.2016 - Current
District Education Board Member
Chinsali District Education Board/Day Break Mission
01.2016 - Current
School Guidance and Counselling Coordinator
Ministry of Education
05.2010 - 12.2015
Presiding Officer (PO)
01.2008 - 12.2016
Subject Teacher
Ministry of Education
12.2007 - Current
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION -
DMI ST. EUGENE UNIVERSITY
BACHELOR OF ARTS - MATHEMATICS AND ICT WITH EDUCATION
MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY
MASTER OF EDUCATION - SPECIAL EDUCATION
GIDEON ROBERT UNIVERSITY
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION - SPECIAL EDUCATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER'S DIPLOMA - MATHEMATICS AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
GEORGE BENSON CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE -
NAMWIANGA CHRISTIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL
JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE -
KAPIRI BASIC SCHOOL
PRIMARY EDUCATION -
KAPIRI BASIC SCHOOL