Vane Terrace Darlington DL3 7AUTel: 01325 461315Fax: 01325 361705
Principal: Tim Fisher, B.A. M.Ed.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION TUTORS
LANGUAGES & ESOL
Thank you for your interest in the above post at the College. I hope you find the following information informative and that you are encouraged to apply. The closing date for received applications is midday on Friday, 25 August 2017.
This application pack includes further details about the posts available, a job description and person specification. Please complete the separate application form and email to the Human Resources Department at , please note we are not able to accept CVs.
Start date for ESOL courses will be 11 September 2017 and short language courses will be 18 September 2017.
The College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The successful applicant will be required to disclose any criminal convictions and agree to a check being made through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please note that any eventual offer of employment will be made provisional subject to receipt of satisfactory DBS, health and reference checks.
The College values diversity and actively promotes equality of opportunity.
I look forward to receiving your completed application form.
Carolyn Salt
HR Manager
The Vacant Posts
- Teacher of Italian, French, German, Spanish
The College offers 10 week Language Courses and is seeking applicants that can offer one or more of the above languages. The courses follow the OCN ONE Awards and you would be required to teach primarily levels 1 or 2, although level 3 is also offered and might also be required.
- Teacher of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
The College offers 30-week ESOL courses at Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2 again courses are certificated by ONE Award. Courses are currently offered during the day, 1.30-3.30 on Wednesdays for Entry Level, with Levels 1 & 2 being offered as evening classes on Monday and Thursday evenings, 6.30pm – 9.00pm.
As far as possible, evening provision is subject to the usual College administrative procedures and systems and evening students have access to all our facilities and services.
Offers of employmentare made subject to satisfactory enrolments as without sufficient enrolment numbers classes may be cancelled.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Post:Evening Class Teacher
Responsible to:Head of Languages, Louise Nicholson
PROFESSIONAL DUTIES
This job description is an extract from the professional duties of a classroom teacher as specified in the Teaching Staff Conditions of Service Handbook (Appendix 4) of the National Joint Council for Staff in Former Sixth Form Colleges and is an expectation of what a teacher employed at this College can be required to carry out.
Teaching
1.(a)planning and preparing courses and lessons
(b)teaching, according to their educational needs, the students assigned to you, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the student in college and elsewhere
(c)assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of students in each case having regard to the curriculum for the College.
Other activities
2.(a)promoting the general progress and well-being of individual students and of any class or group of students assigned to you
(b)providing guidance and advice to students on educational and social matters and on their further education and future careers, including information about sources of more expert advice on specific questions; making relevant records and reports
(c)co-operating with persons or bodies outside the college
(d)participating in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above
Assessments and reports
3.providing or contributing to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students
Appraisal and Staff Development
4.(a)reviewing from time to time your methods of teaching, programmes of work and students’ progress with the Director of Studies
(b)participating in arrangements for your further training and professional development
Educational methods
5.advising and co-operating with the Principal and other teachers (or any one or more of them) on the preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment
Discipline, health and safety
6.maintaining good order and discipline among the students and safeguarding their health and safety on the College premises
Staff meetings
7.participating in meetings which relate to the curriculum for the College or the administration or organisation of the College
Management
8.taking such part as may be required of you in the review and development of activities relating to the curriculum and organisation of the College
Administration
9.(a)participating in administrative and organisational tasks related to such duties as are described above
(b)registering the attendance of students
This job description is a guide to the major responsibilities of the post holder. Other duties may be added at the reasonable request of the Principal and the job description itself may be revised from time to time (after discussion with the Principal) as the needs of the College change.
Person Specification
Depending on the level of subject applied for, the successful candidate will be expected to have a number of the following qualities:
CRITERIA / SELECTION PROCESSMEANS OF IDENTIFICATION
QUALIFICATIONS
- good appropriate academic qualifications
- a recognised teaching qualification
Certificates
EXPERIENCE
- the ability to teach the required level of the course
- teaching experience in post-16 education
- other relevant subject/industrial experience
Interview
References
SKILLS & APTITUDES
- knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject
- good ICT skills
- good administrative and organisational skills
- good communication and interpersonal skills
- ability to relate to adult learners
Interview
References
PERSONAL QUALITIES
- a flexible approach
- a teamworker
- a supportive attitude
- a sense of humour
Interview
References
Salary and Conditions of Service
All appointments to Community Education posts are conditional upon the College receiving sufficient student enrolments. All posts are for a fixed-term period according to the length of each course. Depending on the level of the course, and the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate, salary will be paid at an hourly rate based on the Sixth Form Colleges' Payspine for Teaching Staff, currently £19.71 - £22.42 per hour.
Salary and conditions of service are based on a model for teachers produced by the National Joint Council of the Sixth Form Colleges' Association
Courses begin week commencing Monday 11th or Monday 18thSeptember.