Hi, I’m
Munamukuni Shandele
Retired Teacher/DEBS
Mongu,Mongu, Zambia
Summary
I trained as a Primary Schol teacher in te late seventies. I taught Grade 1 - 3 for five years. i then became a College lecturer for eleven years teaching English. I attended several workshops on Language Teaching run by the British Council. I went for a three months short course in England to learn Communicative Language Teaching. I went back to England to do a Masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). I became a Senior Inspector of Schools - Languages, Southern Province, Zambia. I became District Education Board Secretary, Namwala district and promoted reading in schools. I retired and joined the Read to Succeed USAID funded Project in Western province where we improved reading standards from 2012 - 2017. I am now working for the USAID Let's Read Project in Western Province.
Over the years I developed a liking for using Teaching and Learning Aids in the teaching of language. As got drawn to Early Grade Reading, this approach has proved effective. Al the language skills, speaking. listening, reading and writing and all the competencies; phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension and fluency can better be taught and learnt using Teaching and Learning Aids now popularly called 'Teaching And Learning Using Locally Available Resources' (TALULAR) and this is what I advocate for.
Overview
40
years of professional experience
Work History
Education Development CentreMongu, Western Province
Provincial Reading Coordinator
09.2019 - Current
Job overview
• Travel as necessary for training, coaching and monitoring of activities;
• Support a diverse group of stakeholders for effective implementation of project activities;
• Support the effective utilization of technology for in-service teacher professional development and the use and input in to the Performance Tracking System;
• Contribute to quarterly and annual reports, success stories and other communications;
- Encourage Evidence Based Decision Making in classroom practice.
Creative Associates International
Provincial Team Leader
02.2012 - 09.2017
Job overview
• Leading the Read To Succeed (RTS) project team in the assigned province
• Working closely with the provincial and district education offices and coordinate all RTS activities implemented by subcontractors and Creative Associates International
• Serving as overall supervisor of RTS staff on ground in the province
• Providing leadership in Planning, Implementing and Reporting of project activities
• Serving as technical lead in the following technical areas teacher professional development, school guidance and counselling and monitoring and evaluation.
• Serving as point of contact for all RTS relation questions in the province
• Approving payments of expenses and periodical and monthly reports to the Administration and Finance Director and the Chief of Party
• Maintaining all project information (program, M&E and financial)
• Serve as the signatory for province specific project bank account and take responsibility for withdrawals of funds and managing expenses
• Run the day-to-day affairs of the project provincial office
Ministry Of Education
District Education Boards Secretary (DEBs)
01.2008 - 11.2012
Job overview
- Managing schools on performance areas and improving staff capacity
- Controlling the district operations as the signatory to finance issues
- Supported the confirmation of new staff and chaired the disciplinary committee at district level
- Managed the school information systems as per government standard system.
Education
University of Birmingham, England
Master of Arts from TEFL
1998
University of Zambia, Lusaka
Bachelor of Arts from Education
1991
Charles Lwanga Teachers' College, Monze
from Primary Teachers' Certificate
1980
Skills
- TALULAR
- CPD Presentations
- Early Grade Reading Teaching
- Literacy Strategies
Accomplishments
- Western Province, Zambia improved in Early Grade Reading during my at Read to Succeed
- Supervised team of 15 members of staff at DEBS office, Namwala and 80 schools the district improved in Early Grade Reading
Poetry
First prize winner of the 1998 Birmingham Staff Club Poetry Competition.
First prize winner of the 2000 poetry category, Chikuni Community Radio Station.
Contributed, ‘Crossing a Busy Street the Quickest Way’ in The Livingstonian, Number 20 January 2001 p. 33.
Contributed, ‘Labyrinth’, ‘When they drew me’, ‘Handshakes’ in Focus (on Ireland and the wider world) Issue 64 Spring/Summer 2001 pp. 20, 45 and 56.
Author, (2001) Cimbonimboni. Lusaka: Zambia Educational Publishing House. (A Chitonga poetry book.)
Languages
Chitonga, Silozi
Native language
En
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Provincial Reading Coordinator
Education Development Centre
09.2019 - Current
Provincial Team Leader
Creative Associates International
02.2012 - 09.2017
District Education Boards Secretary (DEBs)
Ministry Of Education
01.2008 - 11.2012
University of Birmingham
Master of Arts from TEFL
University of Zambia
Bachelor of Arts from Education
Charles Lwanga Teachers' College
from Primary Teachers' Certificate
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