Common Understanding
Teacher Training & CPD Facilitator (Volunteer)
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About the role
At Common Understanding we want to train and support teachers to help students develop critical thinking and media literacy skills. This role sits at the heart of that: as Teacher Training and CPD Facilitator you’ll deliver our teacher CPD (“Teaching Controversy with Confidence”), train teachers to deliver the “Thinking Clearly” programme, and support them as they embed it in their schools.
What difference will you make?
You’ll multiply our impact. By building teachers’ skills and confidence, you help us reach far more classrooms than we could deliver ourselves, protect the quality and consistency of what schools experience, and create a self-sustaining network of teacher “champions” - all while strengthening the evidence base that helps us grow.
What will you be doing?
- Delivering CPD sessions and workshops to school staff, in person and online.
- Training and mentoring teachers to deliver the “Thinking Clearly” lessons themselves, adapting to each school’s context.
- Providing follow-up coaching, observation and feedback so delivery stays high-quality and consistent.
- Modelling impartial facilitation of contested and sensitive topics.
- Helping gather feedback and impact evidence, and contributing ideas to improve our materials.
- Representing Common Understanding professionally with schools and partners.
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What are we looking for?
Essential
- Current (or working towards) teaching or school leadership experience, or experience delivering teacher CPD or facilitating adult learning.
- Confidence facilitating adult learning and professional development.
- Ability to lead discussion of controversial or sensitive topics impartially and sensitively.
- Strong communication, coaching and relationship-building skills.
- A reflective, adaptable and self-motivated approach, and commitment to our mission.
- Strong safeguarding awareness.
Desirable
- Qualified teacher status (QTS).
- PSHE / Citizenship background, or experience of media or AI literacy.
- Coaching or mentoring qualification.
- Experience of monitoring, evaluation and impact.
- Existing school networks.
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Safeguarding & DBS
This role can involve working in schools and contact with children. Successful volunteers will need an Enhanced DBS check (with the children’s barred-list check where the role involves contact with pupils or delivery in schools); we’ll confirm the correct level for your placement and arrange it through our checking body. Two references, including a recent professional/education reference, will be requested.
Expenses
This is a voluntary, unpaid role; we reimburse reasonable, receipted out-of-pocket expenses (e.g. travel).
How to apply
Send a short expression of interest (a few lines on why you’re interested and any relevant experience) and, if you have one, a CV to info@commonunderstanding.org.uk.
We review applications on a rolling basis, followed by an informal chat and reference check before starting.
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