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| Institution | Kingston University |
| Job Type | Fixed-term contract |
| Location | Online (UK-based only) |
Course Dates:
Compulsory teacher induction: 18th – 20th June.
Teaching weeks: 23rd June – 25th July
A further retake week takes place 28th July – 1st August. Participation is optional and is offered during the course.
Main Duties
• Online teaching of English for Academic Purposes as part of a collegiate course team. This includes: lesson preparation and delivery via Zoom; use of Canvas VLE; providing targeted and constructive student feedback; online invigilating and marking; pastoral and academic tutorial support; and upholding the standards of our pre-sessional courses
• Participation in the teacher induction programme, staff meetings and other events as required
• Accurate and timely record keeping
Essential Teaching Skills and Abilities:
• Excellent teaching skills including an excellent ability to adapt to the needs of students within the course parameters, and to engage students in order to deepen learning in an online environment.
• A CELTA (or equivalent with substantial TEFL component)
• A minimum of 2 years recent English language teaching experience- preferably some in English for Academic Purposes
• A can-do attitude, an ability to cheerfully adapt to the requirements of our course, and an enjoyment of online teaching.
• The ability to work collaboratively and independently to achieve course aims
• The ability to consistently produce high quality work within tight deadlines
• The ability to maintain high professional standards and a positive outlook throughout the course
• Experience of teaching multilingual classes and classes with a strong monolingual majority
• Awareness of current UK Higher Education teaching and learning conventions
• Knowledge of the academic and pastoral needs of international students on a pre-sessional course
Essential Technical Requirements:
• A very good level of IT literacy: working knowledge of video conferencing programs in general (Zoom and Teams specifically) for teaching; routine use of standard educational technology: word processing, spreadsheets, email, VLE (Canvas) etc. for materials adaptation, online learning and routine record keeping tasks.
• Technical capability for online teaching: working equipment and reliable internet (Zoom requires internet bandwidth of up to 3 Mbps). A reliable and sufficiently fast machine to work on with plenty of free space. A working camera, headset and microphone to conduct lessons online.
• A second monitor set up for assessment invigilation.
Desirable
• Recent experience of teaching online
• Recent experience of teaching EAP to groups of students from mixed disciplines.
• Recent experience of teaching on UK higher education pre-sessional courses
• DELTA (or equivalent with substantial TEFL component)
• master’s degree in Applied Linguistics or related subject (preferred); or in any other subject
• Experience working with art and design students
• Experience of Zoom, Canvas, Microsoft OneNote, SharePoint is useful
Weekly timetables vary but the average day starts from 8am on weekdays with classes taught up to 2pm. Working days are significantly longer in assessment weeks.
Pre-Sessional EAP tutors are employed as Hourly Paid Lecturers.
Hourly pay starts at £22.89 per hour inclusive of London Weighting (HPL Grade 8, spinal point 33).
Hours vary weekly but they total 153 fixed hours across 6 weeks plus 5.5 variable hours for each student. This equates to £755 – £902 per week for 6 weeks for minimum classes of 8 to maximum 15 students (not including holiday pay or optional retake week).
For further details of these courses, visit our website: http://www.kingston.ac.uk/international/pre-sessional-english
For any questions about the roles, please contact Rachel Edmonds R.Edmonds@kingston.ac.uk
We welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. This must include being able to present their right to work in person at the University or provide a share code.
Applicants must be based in the UK for the duration of the course.
To apply, please email a CV and brief covering letter to Rachel Edmonds at R.Edmonds@kingston.ac.uk. Please state “Short Pre-sessional” in the email subject as the course you are applying for.
Interviews will be conducted online and positions will be offered on a rolling basis so please apply early.
We respect and appreciate the time taken to apply and endeavour to reply to all candidates either way of success. However, due to the volume of applications, this may not always be possible. If you have not heard by the beginning of June, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
| Closing Date | 21/04/2025 |
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