Esol Tutor

**Role:

- ESOL Tutor**

**Location:

- Bristol**

**Salary:

- £26,000**

**Core Purpose**:
To provide effective teaching, learning and assessment to adult learners.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Demonstrate consistently high expectations of and for all learners and commitment to positive outcomes
- Deliver engaging personalised learning so that all learners make progress and achieve their individual goals
- Make a meaningful contribution to the company’s goal of outstanding quality of education
- Demonstrate full commitment to learner and staff wellbeing, working within company Safeguarding and Prevent policy and procedure and promoting a culture of vigilance at all times
- To conduct effective initial assessment for referred learners, identifying accurate starting points and designing appropriate Individual Learning Plans
- To deliver accredited qualifications and wider learning in accordance with awarding body and Standguide policies and procedures
- To use starting point information to personalise teaching and learning, ensuring that each session includes all learners and meets individual needs with support and challenge
- To provide effective verbal and written feedback on learning so that learners make good progress and achieve qualification and wider learning objectives
- To assess and monitor learner progress in line with company policies and procedures, intervening where necessary to ensure that all learners achieve their full potential
- To prepare learners for summative assessment, including controlled assessment, external test and portfolio submission
- To maintain rigour in qualification assessment, working within JCQ and awarding body regulations regarding handling of secure materials, administration of assessment and procedures for results and resits as required
- To quality assure the assessment activity of colleagues, working under the direction of the LIQA
- To make a full contribution to the continuous improvement of the quality of education throughout the provision, sharing good practice and contributing to the development of SoW and resources
- To attend meetings and undertake standardising and CPD activity as required
- To manage own professional development, using feedback (including OTLA, IQA, learner voice and internal / external quality assurance and inspection) to deliver continuous improvement in teaching, learning and assessment
- To engage with the performance management process, preparing for reviews, meeting deadlines and achieving KPIs to drive continuous improvement
- To manage learner behaviours including attendance and punctuality
- To liaise with colleagues to ensure IAG and employability needs of learners are met, maximising positive progression for learners
- To manage the learner journey including administration so that contractual and funding requirements are consistently met
- To work flexibly to meet business and contract needs, including delivery site and activity
- To be conversant with and ensure full compliance with all relevant company policies and procedures

**Essential Criteria**:

- At least 2 years experience in teaching ESOL
- Appropriate teaching qualification e.g. PTLLS, CTLLS, DTLLS, Cert Ed, PGCE
- Knowledge and experience of adult education
- Knowledge and experience of Safeguarding and Prevent
- Experience of effective personalised teaching and learning for learners experiencing diverse barriers
- Experience of successful teaching of accredited qualifications
- Experience of developing and creating learning materials and resources
- Flexibility across geographical locations
- Clean driving license and full-time access to car