BACKGROUND

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POST

DUTIES

Recruitment of Students

• Participate in open evenings and recruitment activities to ensure that potential applicants and students receive accurate information and guidance.
• Complete and contribute to the production of accurate information and fact sheets.
• Interview potential applicants and contribute to the interviewing schedules.
• Contribute to the development, promotion and delivery of the team’s marketing and recruitment strategies.

Induction and Support for Students

• Carry out student inductions and contribute to the design of induction programmes.
• Produce course handbooks.
• Carry out academic progress reviews, including the completion of necessary documents.
• Where appropriate act as a named tutor and liaise with the Departmental Administrators to ensure the attendance, retention and achievement of students.
• Understand and keep up-to-date with student support and learning support arrangements, ensuring students have full information and making appropriate referrals.
• Where appropriate ensure that basic skills initial and diagnostic assessments, are undertaken and that students receive effective learning support.
• Ensure that resources within your subject area are kept up-to-date and accessible to students and other staff in liaison with the curriculum managers and the Learning Centres.
• Prepare students for employability, career progression and/or further education and training.
• Produce reports and attend events to provide information to parents/employers.

Design and Delivery of Programmes

•       Teach on a range of programmes in the relevant subject area.
  •       To manage the delivery of teaching and learning on a range of full and part time programmes.
  •       To be responsible for the competent teaching and learning in a range of Construction trades.
  • Prepare schemes of work, lesson plans and resource materials for teaching programmes.
  • Utilise IT and learning technology to deliver elements of the curriculum.
  • Integrate the delivery and assessment of Functional Skills into the curriculum and teach Functional Skills.
  • Carry out formative and summative (tests, coursework and exams), assessment of students and use target setting to maximise success.
  • Monitor students’ attendance, progress and achievement. Use tracking software for ILPs and assessment and prepare relevant reports.
  • Contribute to curriculum development, including schemes of work and marketing of courses.
  • Take a leadership role on specific courses.
  • To ensure that students attend and achieve on all areas of their study programmes including maths, English and work experience.
  • Prepare assessment plans and schedules and ensure students are aware of your expectations.
  • Assess students’ progress regularly including the timely marking of work and giving feedback, both written and oral.
  • Work towards the integration of students’ basic skills’ development in the delivery of teaching and learning.

Curriculum Management

• Attend team meetings and events as directed by managers.
• Keep records up-to-date, including the completion of registers, and other required documentation.
• Liaise with colleagues to ensure that new members of staff are fully apprised of requirements.
• Participate in the staff appraisal and mentoring schemes.

Quality

• Carry out student questionnaires and elicit student feedback on the quality of teaching and learning.
• Contribute to course reviews including reviews of your subject area and the setting, implementation and monitoring of action plans.
• Set targets for achievement, retention and attendance and participate in the performance management programme.
• Participate in the formal Lesson Observation process on an annual basis, which requires at least one graded Lesson Observation to take place.  Further Lesson Observations may be required under the Capability Procedure.