Hybrid Functional Skills English Teacher chez Offploy
Offploy · Burton upon Trent, Royaume-Uni · Hybrid
- Junior
- Bureau à Burton upon Trent
We are looking for an Functional Skills English Tutor who can inspire those who have had a little to no education or a shaky start in life to see value the in learning. You will be able to recognises when challenging behaviour is down to lack of understanding and low self-esteem and are able to reach out to those learners and build them back up.
Key Responsibilities
We are looking for a Functional Skills English Tutor that gets excited by writing and delivering engaging schemes of work that engage students across all walks of life and abilities getting them actively involved in learning. Experience of delivering Functional Skills English to adult learners is essential.
If working in a role where you get to see the fruits of your teaching, then perhaps you should consider Offender Learning as a career path. Below is the feedback from an ex-prisoner on how education changed their life – Could you be the next life changing Tutor?
“I made the decision that I needed to make a change in my life and to do that it would mean that I needed to learn. I had always had lots of interests but education was never one of them. As the teachers helped me to build my self-confidence and self-esteem I came to realise that I actually enjoyed learning. People saying well done and praising me, that inspired me to say I enjoyed education and it was a positive thing. I saw that learning could help me achieve new things and change my life for the better and that it could be the key to set me free. Education has impacted on my life in many ways: my family has noticed the change in the way I talk, I have a healthier relationship with my kids and can now even read them bed time stories. Before I went to prison I could barely read and write more than a few words. Learning how to read and write was the greatest accomplishment of my life. It has given me the tools I needed to reshape my future. I was reminded of the old saying, 'It's not how hard you fall; it's how quickly you pick yourself up!' I am thankful for the unique opportunity I was provided with in prison to gain an education. Not only has it changed not only my life, but also my children's.”
If working in a role where you get to see the fruits of your teaching, then perhaps you should consider Offender Learning as a career path. Below is the feedback from an ex-prisoner on how education changed their life – Could you be the next life changing Tutor?
“I made the decision that I needed to make a change in my life and to do that it would mean that I needed to learn. I had always had lots of interests but education was never one of them. As the teachers helped me to build my self-confidence and self-esteem I came to realise that I actually enjoyed learning. People saying well done and praising me, that inspired me to say I enjoyed education and it was a positive thing. I saw that learning could help me achieve new things and change my life for the better and that it could be the key to set me free. Education has impacted on my life in many ways: my family has noticed the change in the way I talk, I have a healthier relationship with my kids and can now even read them bed time stories. Before I went to prison I could barely read and write more than a few words. Learning how to read and write was the greatest accomplishment of my life. It has given me the tools I needed to reshape my future. I was reminded of the old saying, 'It's not how hard you fall; it's how quickly you pick yourself up!' I am thankful for the unique opportunity I was provided with in prison to gain an education. Not only has it changed not only my life, but also my children's.”
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
You'll need to have:
- a recognised teaching or training qualification (e.g PTTLS, AET or PGCE) or be willing to work towards one
- a level 3 or equivalent qualification in numeracy and literacy
- confident with the use of IT systems to maintain learner records
- your own transport due to the locations of the establishment
- An assessor award - or be willing to work towards one
Benefits
Benefits include:
- Job satisfaction
- Fully equipped classrooms and workshops
- Smaller class sizes than in traditional teaching establishments enabling you to actively teach and not just manage the class
- Education runs all year and is not split into terms enabling you to take holidays when you would not be authorised to do so in a traditional setting
- A better work and home life balance as portfolios cannot be taken home therefore there is no home-based marking
