| Reference | |
| Institution | Kingston University |
| Job Type | Fixed term |
| Location | Online; Kingston upon Thames, Surrey |
We have a small number of positions available on our Short Online Pre-sessional Course.
Details:
24th June – 26th July; compulsory teacher induction 17th – 19st June.
A further retake week takes place 29th July – 2nd August with optional invigilating and marking available for teachers. Participation will be offered during the course.
Main Duties
• Online teaching of English for Academic Purposes as part of a collegiate course team. This includes: lesson preparation and delivery via Zoom; use of Canvas VLE; providing targeted and constructive student feedback; online invigilating and marking; pastoral and academic tutorial support; and upholding the standards of our pre-sessional courses
• Participation in the teacher induction programme, staff meetings and other events as required
• Accurate and timely record keeping
Essential Teaching Skills and Abilities:
• Excellent teaching skills including an excellent ability to adapt to the needs of students within the course parameters, and to engage students in order to deepen learning
• A CELTA (or equivalent with substantial TEFL component)
• A minimum of 2 years recent English language teaching experience- preferably some in English for Academic Purposes
• A can-do attitude and ability to cheerfully adapt to the requirements of our course
• The ability to work collaboratively and independently to achieve course aims
• The ability to consistently produce high quality work within tight deadlines
• The ability to maintain high professional standards and a positive outlook throughout the course
• Experience of teaching multilingual classes and classes with a strong monolingual majority
• Awareness of current UK Higher Education teaching and learning conventions
• Knowledge of the academic and pastoral needs of international students on a pre-sessional course
Essential Technical Requirements:
• A good level of IT literacy: working knowledge of video conferencing programs in general (Zoom and Teams specifically) for teaching; routine use of standard educational technology: word processing, spreadsheets, email, VLE (Canvas) etc. for materials adaptation, online learning and routine record keeping tasks.
• Technical capability for online teaching: working equipment and reliable internet (Zoom requires internet bandwidth of up to 3 Mbps). A reliable and sufficiently fast machine to work on with plenty of free space. A working camera, headset and microphone to conduct lessons online.
• A second monitor set up for assessment invigilation.
Desirable
• Recent experience of teaching online
• Recent experience of teaching EAP to groups of students from mixed disciplines.
• Recent experience of teaching on UK higher education pre-sessional courses
• DELTA (or equivalent with substantial TEFL component)
• master’s degree in Applied Linguistics or related subject (preferred); or in any other subject
• Experience of undergraduate art and design students (for some positions)
• Experience of Zoom, Canvas, Microsoft OneNote, SharePoint is useful.
Pre-Sessional EAP tutors are employed as Hourly Paid Lecturers.
Weekly schedules vary but the following demonstrates the total for the entire course.
Hours are made up of:
Fixed hours: Teaching, meetings, induction and training etc. This is the same for all teachers.
Variable hours: these are hours in addition to fixed hours comprising of weekly tutorials and marking which is costed per student in a class. Class sizes range from 8 –16 students where possible.
Short Course Hours Demonstration
Total fixed hours: 151 (guaranteed for all teachers)
Total average variable hours: 64 (based on a class of 12 students)
Total average hours combined: 215 (based on a class of 12 students)
Approximate weekly workload: 35 hours over 5 teaching weeks (based on a class of 12 students) and a compulsory 3-day induction.
University Halls of Residence accommodation is not offered as the course is online.
Hourly pay starts at £26.11 per hour inclusive of London Weighting and accrued holiday pay.
For further details of these courses, visit our website: http://www.kingston.ac.uk/international/pre-sessional-english
For any questions about the roles, please contact Rachel Edmonds R.Edmonds@kingston.ac.uk
We welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. This must include being able to present their right to work in person at the University or provide a share code.
Applicants must be based in the UK for the duration of the course.
To apply, please email a CV and brief covering letter to Rachel Edmonds at R.Edmonds@kingston.ac.uk.
Interviews will be conducted online and positions will be offered on a rolling basis so please apply early.
We respect and appreciate the time taken to apply and endeavour to reply to all candidates either way of success. However, due to the volume of applications, this may not always be possible. If you have not heard by the beginning of June, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
| Closing Date | 01/05/2024 |
| Interview Date | |
| Start Date | 24/06/2024 |
