Tutor Application Form

Thank you for your interest in sessional teaching with Educafe and Berkshire School of English. We are looking for ESOL Tutors to work with us supporting Adult Community Learning in Reading and West Berkshire. These positions are on a 'freelance', self-employed basis, but will involve a weekly commitment (to be discussed during interview).

The roles vary in length, are on a contract for services basis and pay between £20 and £25 per hour.

Successful applicants will need to have a clean driving licence and their own transport as travelling may be necessary.

Person Specification - Essential and desirable criteria

The role: The ESOL Tutor will be required to design, plan, deliver and evaluate high quality learning opportunities and experiences for learners in response to their identified needs.

We are looking for someone who is experienced teaching pre-entry and entry level learners including learners new to ESOL. Experience working with refugees is also desirable along with experience of online teaching using Zoom and/or Microsoft Teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Motivate and inspire learners to promote achievement and develop their skills to enable progression.
Plan and deliver effective learning programmes for diverse groups or individuals in a safe and inclusive environment, following ACL safeguarding procedures.
Promote the benefits of technology and support learners in its use. Address the mathematics and English needs of learners and work creatively to overcome individual barriers to learning.
Enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning and assessment, setting goals that stretch and challenge.
Apply appropriate and fair methods of assessment and provide constructive and timely feedback to support progression and achievement
Maintain and update your teaching / training expertise, vocational competence, and digital skills.
Contribute to organisational development and quality improvement through collaboration with others.
To initially assess learners' starting points and monitor their progress, set challenging tasks and objectives, and build on and extend learning for all learners.
To support learners to develop personal, social and employability skills in order for them to progress into further learning or jobs that meet local and national needs.

Applicant Requirements:

Qualifications : Diploma in teaching of adults in the further education sector (DTTLS level 5 qualification) or equivalent.

Experience : 1+ year of post-graduate experience within a similar role. Compliance : Proof of ability to work and live in the UK.
Current DBS check and references covering the last 5 years. Travel : Clean

UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.

Hours : Part-time roles available.

This application form will take around 30-minutes to complete. It wil require longer answers which you may like to prepare in a Word document to cut and paste. There is no save for later with this form, it needs to be completed in one sitting. We suggest scrolling through the form to prepare your longer answers before starting the form.

Name

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Email

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Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Phone Number

Do you hold a valid UK Driving License?

Do you have your own transport?

Sessional teaching often requires travelling to areas without Public Transport

Please tell us about your current position:

Name and address of current school or college

If you are not currently employed please write 'NOT CURRENTLY EMPLOYED'

Current Position

or N/A

Previous teaching appointments*

Non teaching appointments*

If there is a gap in your employment history, please explain it here. For example 2015-2018 sick leave, maternity leave, travel etc

Education*

Professional Training*

Please tell is if you have any of the following?

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Current Enhanced DBS Check
Standard DBS Check
Safe Guarding Vulnerable Children and Adults
Prevent Training
Equality and Diversity Training

Supporting Information

It is important that you provide evidence in this section of how you meet the essential and desirable criteria set out in the person specification. It is only information contained in this application which will decide whether you are short listed for interview.

Tell us about things you have been responsible for or involved in, what you have achieved and any feedback given. Include examples from paid or unpaid work or other activities you have undertaken in your personal life that are relevant to the job you are applying for. Also include here information about why you want the job and anything else you wish to say.

Please use this space to answer the above question

REFERENCES:
Normally, references will be requested for all candidates invited for interview, unless you ask us not to by ticking the ‘no’ boxes below. This will not affect our decision to invite you for interview. Satisfactory references will be required before an offer of employment can be made and your permission will be sought at that stage.

Please give the names and addresses of two people who would be willing to supply a reference for you. Where possible both of these should be your two most recent employers, or if you have not worked before, please use your school or college teacher/tutor. If this is not possible a suitable alternative would be a previous employer, business associate or leader/organiser of a voluntary organisation. Please do not include friends or relatives.

I am happy for you to contact my referees

Reference 1 - Name of Organisation

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First NameLast Name

Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Email

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Reference 2 - Name of Organisation

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Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Email

example@example.com

Phone Number

Disclosure of criminal convictions and Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Educafe and Berkshire School of English statement:

The appointment of any member of staff who may have contact with, or access to children or vulnerable adults will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure Barring Service. Please make the following declaration and tick the appropriate box.

I have read the above statement about Berkshire School of English policy on convictions as detailed in the terms and conditions of the post and:

Details of DBS declaration if applicable -

Arrangements for people with disabilities

If you have a disability and have demonstrated in your supporting information that you meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the vacancy you will be invited for interview.

We will make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment and selection process (and to the job for successful candidates) if you let us know what your requirements are.

Do you have a disability?

Are there any special facilities you would like us to provide to help you attend or participate in an interview, or to perform this job?

Asylum and Immigration Act 1996

Do you need a Work Permit or Worker Registration Certificate to work in the UK?

Declaration
I understand that any offer of work will be subject to the information on this application form being complete and correct. I authorise Educafe and Berkshire School of English to make any appropriate checks which may be necessary in relation to the post I have applied for. False information, or a failure to supply the details required in this application form could make an offer of employment invalid or lead to termination of employment.

I agree that personal data relating to me which has been or is obtained by Educafe and Berkshire School of English, including personal data given by me on this form, may be held and processed either on a computer or in manual records and may be disclosed to authorised employees of the council and used by the council for any purpose relating to my application and prospective recruitment and employment within the council.

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