Job title:
ESOL Sessional Tutor - Cambridge

Job Ref:
1600

Salary:
£27.34 per hour

Type:
Sessional Tutor

Full time / part time:
Sessional

Place of work:
Cambridge

Business Unit:
Eastern

Grade:
Sessional Tutor

Closing date for applications:
05-08-2022

Purpose of the role:
The WEA has an opportunity for an English Sessional Tutor to cover Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. You will teach both face to face and online.


The Workers' Educational Association is a unique charity and the UK`s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education. With a clear vision and a strong social purpose, we bring great teaching to local communities, with life-changing courses held in clubs, pubs, workplaces, schools and almost anywhere else you can think of. Since 1903, we have been giving disadvantaged people the opportunity to return to learning - inspiring them to realise their full potential and become active, engaged citizens. We see education as a tool for social justice, not just self-improvement, and we pride ourselves on making learning egalitarian and accessible. Volunteers play a central role in everything we do, from governance through to classroom support, helping us deliver courses to 50,000 people in 2,300 locations - and enabling us to reach 80% of the population.


Key areas of responsibility:


We are looking for experienced ESOL Tutors with the following:

- Up to date working knowledge and experience of teaching the ESOL curriculum to diverse student groups
- Experience of working in community settings
- A strong understanding of adult learning a belief in its importance
- A recognised teaching qualification (PGCE, DTLLS, Cert Ed) ideally at level 5 alongside
- A subject specialism (ideally also at level 5)
- Experience of delivering non accredited and accredited courses with working
knowledge of RARPA processes
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
- A desire to share and improve teaching practice
- Experience of teaching online and face to face and use of VLE to support learning (Canvas)
- If you have experience of community interpreting in the public sector we are also need tutors to deliver L1 and L2 community interpreting qualifications.



About you:
You will be keen to engage with people from a range of disadvantaged backgrounds and rekindle their love of learning, and you will share our passion for egalitarianism and empowerment. Because we serve people from all walks of life, we are keen to develop a diverse workforce and particularly welcome applications from members of minority groups.



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