Buhle Sibanyoni

My name is Buhle Sibanyoni, a native of Johannesburg in the beautiful country of South Africa. I am an ESL teacher with a TEFL certificate and a bachelors of Drama degree. I am lover of art, and like learning new languages.

My journey with teaching, started with tutoring in High School. After High School, I joined an organization called NMSEP, under the project MATHS 2022. My role in the organization was to build a mathematical foundation for grade 9 leaners in 2019 to prepare them for theor smooth sailing in the the subject in their matric year, 2022. 

I left the organization to pursue a higher education at the University of Pretoria. At the University I fell in love with storytelling because it was a bridge between teaching and drama. During covid I then started to employ the tools given to me at the university to teach young learners English and art. My love for teaching found its way through arts, and I embrace it and find ways to enhance it. I have completed my degree, and I am now a University of Pretoria alumni.

 Tutor English as a second language and home language.
 Provide private one-on-one lessons.
 Plan, prepare, and deliver lessons.
 Offer conversational lessons.
 Offer English beginner lessons.

 Help students to meet their academic goals.
 Assisting students with homework, test preparation, and other academic tasks.
 Helping students to understand key concepts they have learnt in class.
 Individualised tutoring services according to student needs.
 Plan summative and formative assessments.
 Tailor my English lessons my teaching style in accordance with student's needs.
 Facilitate engaging and age-appropriate lessons, games, and activities.
 Prepare lessons and deliver lessons to improve students reading, and conversing skills.
 I use modern and applicable ways of teaching to address and cater to the learning needs
of unique and lower level students.
 Offer grammar, writing essay, and literature comprehension lessons.
 Support students to develop and meet academic goals.
 Help student's improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
 Prepare students for school tests.
 Monitor students progress.
 Planned and delivered mathematical lessons to Grades 9s and 10s.
 Provided effective classroom management and clear rules to a class of 60+ students per
grade.
 Engaged with parents and teachers, to better understand every student’s needs and how
to cater to their needs.
 Marked rests.
 Maintained positive relationships with the parents.
 Ensured organization’s policies, procedures, and operational practices were followed.

I studied at the University of Pretoria. I studied bachelor drama, where I majored in;

  Theatre (Children’s Theatre, Poor Theatre, Township Theatre, Theatre in Education, and Theatre for Development).
 Presenting (Radio and Television)
 Directing
 Camera Acting
 More than 50% of my modules were done through contact learning, and not online.