Online Pre-Sessional Tutor

De Montfort University (DMU) is an ambitious, globally-minded institution with a relentless focus on delivering quality teaching and learning, and a campus-wide focus on providing a sector-leading student experience.

A culturally rich university with a palpable commitment to the public good, it strives to maintain a stimulating and inclusive environment where staff and students are able to thrive. The university is a vibrant, multicultural hub of learning, creativity and innovation that never surrenders to convention. Our success is built on a fantastic student experience coupled with award-winning teaching and world-class facilities that help students develop the skills and attitudes employers demand.

Faculty / Directorate

The Faculty of Art Design and Humanities (ADH) is home to many of DMU's creative disciplines and humanities subjects and is one of the UK's leading Higher Education providers of creative disciplines. Working in a busy and dynamic administration team, we provide professional support service to our 5000 students and 300 members of staff across our 3 main buildings; the award-winning V J Patel Building, the Clephan Building and our Performing Arts Centre of Excellence.

Role

You will work as part of the academic team in the Centre for English Language Learning (CELL), teaching on our intensive Online Pre-sessional English Programme for international students preparing for university study.

The contract will be for just over 9 weeks, from 13th June to 16th August 2024.

You will be expected to:

• Prepare and deliver live online classes in Academic English, using the Microsoft Teams platform.
• Support students through 1-1 and group tutorials.
• Assess students’ performance as appropriate.
• Work closely with co-tutors and the management team to ensure the success of the Programme.

The role is on a full time basis with 15 contact hours per week. The contact hour pay rate of £49.48 factors in extra time for lesson preparation and assessment.

Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have:

• An MA or Diploma in English Language Teaching or similar. If an MA does not have a minimum 5 hours of assessed teaching practice, an initial teaching qualification such as CELTA or TESOL is required.
• Experience of teaching and assessment on Pre-sessional courses at UK HEIs.
• Recent experience of providing online learning using a variety of tools such as MS Teams, Blackboard and other innovative software.
• The ability to cope with the demands of an intensive English programme.