What do the following acronyms stand for?
- TLA
- FFLA
- EL
- GTL
- GCG
- P&D
- GI
- SGI
- GSL
- GLI
- GLE
- GLE Note/slip
- TLA: Two or three letter acronym
- FFLA: Four/five letter acronym
- EL: Education leader
- GTL: Genius Team Leader
- GCG: Genius Communication Group
- P&D: Planning and debrief group
- GI: Genius Instructor
- SGI: Senior GI (GSL or GLI quali)
- GSL: GI Squad leader
- GLI: Genius Lead Instructor
- GLE: Genius Lesson Experience
- GLE Note/slip: signed by and given to a student after a lesson
What do the following acronyms stand for?
- META assessment
- OTP/OTC
- GEM
- CLM
- SLM
- TLM
- TRS
- AVA
- EWA
- META assessment: Multi-stakeholder educational technical analysis (for new students
- OTP/OTC: Opportunity to present/close (first and last meeting)
- GEM: Genius extension module (practice-based)
- CLM: Client Leadership meeting
- SLM: Student Leadership meeting
- TLM: Tutor Leadership meeting (EL and tutor)
- TRS: Tutor Reported Satisfaction
- AVA - Availability Score (no. of free hours/capacity)
- EWA: Extra work authorisation
What do the following acronyms stand for?
- PIB
- IEB
- GED
- GDE
- NSC
- CAPS
- SAGs
- SAT
- VTC
- PIB: Performance and Incentive Bonus
- IEB: Independent Examination Board
- GED: General Educational Development
- GDE: Gauteng Dept of Edu
- NSC: National Senior Cert
- CAPS: Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements
- SAGs: Subject Assessment Guidelines (IEB Curriculum documents
- SAT: Scholastic Assessment Test
- VTC: Video Teleconferencing
What are the broad service types Genius offers? (4)
AST: After school tuition - standard offering
HST: Home School Tuition - in place of school
RTT: Relocation and Transition Tuition - bridge gap in prep for a move
STT: Standardised Test Tuition: Prep for extra-curricular exams (want to study overseas)
What do academic coaches do? And what are some off the areas of the student’s wellbeing that they focus on?
Academic coaches focus on the overall academic environment and how the student can excel in it
Areas include sleep, exercise, diet, wellbeing etc
What does PACT stand for? And what does the session focus on?
Personal/priming - rapport building/priming for a successful day
Accountability
Commitments: SMART commitments
Teaching (idea, insight, tool etc)
A 15 min academic coaching session - act as an accountability partner, and conduct online, daily check ins
What are GEMs?
Is more training needed to give them?
- Pre-designed, personalised, extension and exploratory programmes
- No, GIs will be selected to take students for GEMS if they relate to the subjects they tutor
What should be obtained when purchasing chemicals for GEMs?
A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS or SDS)
What are the common curricula that Genius works with?
- IEB (extension of CAPS)
- Cambridge (AS and A Levels curriculum)
- IB (International Baccalaureate - offers HL and SL) - very few schools offer this
What are some of the standardized exams to be aware of? (6)
- GED (four subject tests for US high school recognition
- NBT (AQA and MAT)
- SAT (Reading, Writing, Maths and Maths - US NBT)
- ACT (College admission in US)
- IELTS - International English Language Testing System (proof of English competence)
- TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language (proof of competence)
What makes up a GI’s remuneration?
- Base Rate
- Lesson Rate
- PIB Bonuses (Syndicate bonus, GI CTG, TOTW, GI/EL Referral Bonus)
- EWA Items (Marking/Test creation, Invigilation, Office Sitting, Recruitment Grind, Phone Elf)
