Maths Lecturer - HMYOI Aylesbury

As part of our offender learning team you will help to develop a strong maths programme that meets the needs of the learners, prison and Milton Keynes College.
This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated education professional to deliver high learner success, through effective teaching and delivery in Maths. This vacancy would suit a highly motivated Maths teacher, with a can do approach to education. The ideal candidate will be a passionate and creative lecturer, who can thrive upon working within a challenging yet rewarding environment, who can offer skills & knowledge to our learners and guide them throughout their courses.

HMYOI Aylesbury is a prison housing young prisoners aged 18-21, all serving long sentences. In the education department we believe the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge will help our learners to end their offending behaviour. We engage the hardest to reach learners and encourage them to take pride in their own education and self-development. As a department, we endeavour to inspire learners to achieve and for some, attain their first significant qualifications.

As a successful candidate you will have:

• Hold a qualification (level 3 or above) in Maths.
• Hold a recognised teaching qualification (Level 4, PGCE, Cert Ed) or be working towards a full teaching qualification.
• Have teaching experience in Maths and relevant up-to-date knowledge.
• Have a proven track record of managing and supporting diverse groups of learners through nationally accredited programmes.
• Have experience of identifying, developing and sharing innovative and creative teaching resources
• Have experience of working with students who may have had a negative experience of education and training (desirable).
• Have knowledge of current curriculum and accreditation developments within Further Education and specific subject area(s).
• Have the ability to teach creatively, adapting to the needs of individual learners and willing to explore new teaching and learning strategies.
• Have good IT skills.
• Show accuracy and precision in written presentation.
• Be sensitive and understanding to the complexities of safeguarding within a prison or closed institution and have the ability to work positively within the inherent restraints.
• Ability to work well under pressure, meet tight deadlines and adapt to change quickly.
• Able to manage your own workload, planning, marking, tracking learners’ success and completing team duties as and when requested by your line manager.

Location: HMYOI Aylesbury

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