Dr Green is Chief-Director for Teaching and Learning Development in the South African Department of Higher Education and Training, and leads the work of the Department in respect of:

• Supporting the development of a university-based teacher education system that is able to produce sufficient numbers of high quality teachers for all education sub—sectors, including pre-schooling, schooling and post-schooling.
• Developing, implementing and monitoring policy and programmes to support capacity development of academics and professional staff at universities, including through management and oversight of the Department’s University Capacity Development Programme.
• Development of a coordinated system for the management of international postgraduate +scholarship partnerships.

Dr Green was formerly a school teacher, teacher training college lecturer and university academic.