Job Description

As Tutor, you will be responsible for teaching Functional Skills Maths/English and Pre-Vocational Qualifications to students aged 16-19 who speak English as second language.

The job specifics are:

Delivery

* Participate in the initial assessment, enrolment and induction of new learners

* Develop individual learning plans, agreeing relevant and challenging learning goals and targets with learners

* Plan and deliver lessons, workshops and activities that inspire and challenge all learners and meet their different needs, and that are aligned with qualification and internal frameworks

* Support learners to achieve their learning goals, both in and between lessons

* Participate in organising, supporting and leading work experience opportunities

* Regularly review progress with learners related to their qualification, personal, social and employability skills targets

* Identify learners’ support and additional learning needs and be proactive in providing effective support, including making reasonable adjustments for learners with special educational needs and/or behavioural, emotional and social needs

* Invigilate exams, undertake formal assessments, and complete all associated administration

* Undertake assessment and/or moderation of exams for specified qualifications

* Support other team members, including covering classes and sharing resources as required

* Liaise with learners’ guardians and other professionals regarding progress, as appropriate

* Prepare for and participate in PEPs where required

Quality

* Be proactive in ensuring all learners achieve qualifications within agreed timescales

* Monitor, and implement interventions to improve, learner attendance, retention, participation and progress

* Achieve minimum key performance indicator targets as determined by managers

* Remain abreast of quality standards expected within the sector, including Ofsted’s FE and Skills framework

* Regularly record feedback about learners on individual learning plans

* Develop high quality resources to enable successful delivery of learning programmes and qualifications

* Manage lessons to enable learners to provide feedback on their own learning

* Maintain clear, concise, factual, accurate and timely records

* Regularly review learner feedback

* Participate in the annual self-assessment process as requested

Development

* Be proactive in leading your own continual professional development, and participate in development opportunities aligned with your personal development plan

* Participate in internal learning forums and be proactive in sharing good practice with colleagues

* Remain abreast of developments within the FE sector and subject areas being taught

Person specification

Essential

· Relevant Cert Ed or appropriate Basic Skills Teaching Qualification eg. C&G

· Ability to teach across a range of pre-vocational qualifications up to Level 2

· Able to develop and track learners progress through individual learning plans

· Understands the importance of and is able to meet targets for learner retention and achievement

· Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team

· Technical skills including proficiency with Microsoft Office

· Ability to maintain accurate records and to follow agreed procedures

Desirable

· Up to date awareness of national developments in Further Education

· Experience of working on a roll on-roll off programme

· A flexible approach

Safeguarding

The asphaleia Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Successful applicants are recruited according to safer recruitment practices and required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and other vetting checks

asphaleia is an equal opportunities employer.

At asphaleia, we take your data privacy very seriously. We will keep your personal information for recruitment purposes only and we will not share it with anyone else. We would like to keep this data until our open role is filled. When that period is over, we will either delete your data or gain your consent for keeping it in our database for future roles