University of Sunderland
Academic Tutor (Education) - Secondary History
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The University of Sunderland offers life-changing opportunities for more than 27,500 students across our campuses in Sunderland, London and Hong Kong, as well as through global partnerships in 19 countries.
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This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our Education and Initial Teacher Training (ITT) provision in the development and training of prospective teachers and the promotion of teaching and learning, research and reach-out activities across the faculty, in the vibrant School of Education at the University of Sunderland.
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The School of Education is currently seeking to expand its pool of Academic Tutors. We are searching for Academic Tutors who could support with the design and delivery of our Secondary PGCE History Education with QTS programme.
Please note this is a fixed-term role until the end of January and there will be up to 30 hours available. A full list of responsibilities can be found in the role profile attached.
Is this you?
As an Academic Tutor in Initial Teacher Training, you will work within the ITT Team across the range of provision, and engage in a number of activities, including the development of teaching materials and high-quality delivery of these, marking of assessments, supporting trainee progress and supervision of trainees on practicum. Ideally, you will hold a master’s in education and should also have Qualified Teacher Status with proven expertise in your subject and phase.
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Before getting started, please download the Role Profile under ‘Job Description’ so you have everything you need.
Our application questions assess you directly against the essential and desirable criteria for the role. We do not review CVs at this stage, so please provide detailed, evidence-based answers to help us understand your suitability.
Closing date: Monday 12th October (23:59 GMT)
If you have questions about the role, please contact: Associate Head of School: Post Compulsory Education and Secondary Initial Teacher Training
Andrew Buglass – andrew.buglass@sunderland.ac.uk
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