Teaching Fellow - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Position Details
Birmingham International Academy

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263 with potential progression once in post to £46,974

Grade: 7

Full Time, 10, 6 and 4 week Casual Assignments (part time/job share will be considered). Applicants need to be available for the full length of the course, including induction.

Closing date: 28th March 2024

Background

Role Summary

We are looking to recruit suitably qualified and experienced Teaching Fellows on Casual Appointed contracts for our 10, 6 and 4 week Presessional English courses for summer 2024.

Post holders will be responsible for teaching English for Academic Purposes to postgraduate, undergraduate or Foundation Presessional students as either Class Teachers or Language Support Teachers.

The primary aim of the programmes is to prepare students with the English language and academic skills they will need for their chosen academic programme.

For most students, in order to progress onto their degree programme they must gain satisfactory completion of their Presessional programme.

The post holder will be responsible for the teaching of a group of up to 18 students.

The post holder will prepare and deliver lessons for modules in academic writing, presentation skills, language for seminars, listening skills and academic reading, critical thinking activities.

They will also be expected to access materials from Canvas, the University's Learning Management System (LMS).

The Presessional course is open to students under the age of 18, and teachers working on this course need to be aware of safeguarding and welfare practices that are associated with this group of students.

A DBS check or overseas criminal record check may be required upon appointment.

We are therefore looking for applicants who have developed teaching skills and capabilities for remote learning.

Staff working on the online course are required to have:

- the space to teach from home - quiet work area
- appropriate equipment at home - laptop/PC + headphones and mic; good, reliable Wi-Fi connection, smartphone or tablet (for when using MS authenticator)
- the skills to teach online

Please note that for on campus courses, staff must be live within commutable distances of the University of Birmingham.

Free university accommodation is available from 7 July 2024 until the end of the course for those teachers outside a commutable distance of campus.

Please also note, staff for both the online and on campus courses must be based in the UK and therefore satisfy the UK's eligibility to work criteria.

Main Duties

Induction

Attend and participate in the staff induction that will take place prior to the start of teaching and participate in and assist with the timetabled activities during student induction week.
Read and become fully conversant with the contents of the course handbooks of the chosen programme and other relevant induction materials.
Complete basic mandatory training (Safeguarding, Prevent, Fire Safety, GDPR, IT Security, Diversity training and Health and Safety Awareness).

Teaching & Teaching-Related Duties

Class Teachers

Teach courses using Canvas (and video conferencing technology if teaching remotely) for up to 21 contact hours per week including tutorials to students preparing for undergraduate or postgraduate study over a range of courses through seminars and lectures and provide pastoral care and academic advice in a prompt and effective manner.
Plan and prepare own teaching supplementing the established course materials where necessary, taking responsibility for the monitoring of students' academic learning outcomes, tracking progress and benchmarking achievement against set targets
Supervise student projects, particularly students' portfolio assignments and generally assist students to improve their academic communications skills, develop relevant study skills and habits and adapt to their new environments socially and academically.
Conduct individual onetoone tutorial sessions with each student in your own group
Promptly refer any students requiring additional support to the Language Support Team and/or the Programme Manager.

Language Support Teachers

Provide 1:1/small group support to students identified as requiring extra help
Support team teaching with class teachers
Offer workshops on areas of EAP skills for larger groups
Be available for planned and unplanned cover for class teacher absences

All teachers

Develop an approach to planning and developing own teaching through participation in the Presessional Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme.
Undertake a full range of responsibilities in relation to supervision, marking and examining of all summative assessment, as well as to any progress checks, presentations and homework implemented during the course.
Be conversant with an