CURRICULUM VITA – MARY METCALFE



CURRICULUM VITA – MARY METCALFEBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Born: Mary Ellen Poole 9th November 1954, Bulawayo ZimbabweCitizenship:South African Citizen and ResidentAddress: 47A Greenside Rd, Greenside, Johannesburg 2193Email: metcalfe.mary11@Contact number: 082 377 8787WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARYSeptember 2013 – CurrentChange and Management Director, Programme to Improve Learning OutcomesMay 2011 – August 2013Lead Sector Specialist, Social Infrastructure, Development Bank of Southern AfricaSeptember 2009 – April 2011 Director General, Department of Higher Education and TrainingFeb 2005 – August 2009Head, Wits School of Education, University of the WitwatersrandApril 2004 – Jan 2005Deputy Speaker, Gauteng LegislatureJune 1999 – April 2004 Member of the Executive Council (Gauteng) Responsible for Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land Affairs (April 1994 – June 1999Member of the Executive Council (Gauteng) Responsible for Education 1986 – April 2004 Lecturer and Senior Tutor, University of the Witwatersrand (Sabbatical Period 1993 – Secondment to Centre for Educational Policy Development)1983 – 1986 Lecturer, Johannesburg College of Education (JCE)1974 – 1982 Assistant Teacher, Teacher and Principal, Athol Desmond Study Centre1972Clerk, Reserve Bank of RhodesiaCURRENT ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTSNon-Profit Non-Governmental Organisations I am on the Board of the following: The South African Institute of Distance Education (South Africa)Claude Leon Foundation (South Africa)Corruption Watch (South Africa)Open Society Foundations Education Sub Board (Chair) (Global)Associations with Universities Visiting Adjunct Professor at the School of Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand. QUALIFICATIONS Certificate of Education (with distinctions in all areas of study), The Teachers’ College, BulawayoBachelor of Education (with merit), University of RhodesiaDiploma in Specialised Education (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand1988 Masters in Education (cum laude), University of the WitwatersrandOTHERAppointed on panel of Chairs for Institutional Audit, Council for Higher EducationHigher Education South Africa, Education Deans Forum, Chair 2005- 2008, Forum Committee 2009Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC), Teacher Education Review Accreditation Committee 2007Member of 6 panels (Chair of 3) in the HEQC review of Teacher EducationCHE State of Teacher Education Programmes Research Group which drafted the State of Teacher Education Report South African Council of Education (SACE), Councilor 2006 to 2009SACE, Professional Development Committee 2006 to 2009Ministerial Committee to review South African Management Development Institute, 2006Department of Education Task team on Continuing Professional Development of Teachers (2008/9)UNESCO Commission, Chair Education Committee (South Africa) 2005 - 2009Mindset, Board 2005 - 2009Education Foundation, Board (2005 until its closure in 2007)Maskew Miller Longman Foundation, Trustee (2007 - 2009)Editorial panelist, EnviroTeach (2005/6)Judge: Mail and Guardian, Greening the Future Awards, AnnualJudge: American Chamber of Commerce, Stars of Africa Awards, AnnualCommission on Refugees and Migrants in South Africa requested me to mediate (with Bishop Verryn) between residents of Akasia camp (refugees from the Xenophobic violence that swept the country in 2008) and government and UN agencies. ................
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