Law and Politics Teacher

Likely 20 sessions a week over 5 days

JOB OVERVIEW

Bellerbys College Brighton is looking for a sessional Law & Politics Teacher to deliver highly effective modules across our foundation pathway and join our positive and collaborative team.

You will need to project a flexible and open minded approach to your teaching. Our classrooms are interactive and engaging and our small classes ranging from 6-14 international students and bitesize modules are what make teaching at Bellerbys so great.

You will be contributing to the schooling of our Law and International relations pathways, helping to prepare our students for a wide variety of degrees including international relations, law and politics.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Write appropriately stimulating and challenging Schemes of Work for Law and Politics.
• Effective delivery of courses.
• Take on a role in Law Society enrichment programme.
• Ensuring students’ notes are appropriate and well-organised.
• Marking student work and returning within agreed deadlines.
• Marking exams and/or coursework and accurately recording.
• Furnish detailed comments for UCAS applications when requested.
• Liaising with the Head of Faculty, Hear of Year & Exams Officer as appropriate to discuss student progress & make exam entries for students taught.
• Writing academic reports as required.
• Using educational technology in teaching, including interactive whiteboard.
• Ensure students have appropriate textbooks, liaising with Head of Humanities as necessary.
• Ensure a punctual start and finish of classes.
• Set a good example to students in terms of appropriate dress, standards of punctuality and attendance.
• Demonstrate a high level of motivation and enthusiasm for teaching.
• Be proactive in taking responsibility for matters relating to health & safety.
• Undertake professional duties that may be reasonable assigned (eg cover, invigilation etc.).
• Keep accurate daily online registers.
• Tutor duties may be required.
• Other related activities as may be reasonably requested by the Head of Faculty.

EXPERIENCE

• Good first degree essential.
• Good first degree in Law or Politics desirable but not essential.
• Teaching qualification desirable but not essential.
• Experience of teaching Law.
• Experience of teaching Politics.
• Strong knowledge of effective teaching and learning methods, particularly in a further education context.
• Ability to manage, via data & interpretation of student class progress, effective and timely intervention in order to improve outcomes.
• Engaging and motivating teaching style.
• Ability to set clear and challenging lesson objectives and create/follow suitable schemes of work.
• Clear subject knowledge (to be assessed at interview).

KEY BENEFITS

• Competitive salary.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Subsidised lunch.
• Enhanced pension scheme, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, Wellbeing centre, and much more.

ABOUT US

We are a global pathway provider in International Education, working collaboratively with a number of Top Tier Universities. Voted as the 2017 and 2018 Global Pathway Provider of the year, our people are united with the shared ambition of providing a world-class UK education to talented students from across the globe.  

ORGANISATIONAL COMPLIANCE

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