About the Role and our Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will:
- Hold a relevant qualification for teaching English as a second language to adults, e.g, CELTA.
- Have experience in teaching ESOL to adult learners living in an English speaking country
- Be familiar with the ESOL curriculum, and be able to deliver a programme of learning which gives all learners the best possible chance of passing their exams. We use ESB as our exam board.
- Be able to teach in both classroom and online settings (we use Google Classroom and Google Meet to deliver online learning)
Be able to include digital skills within your delivery of your course
- Question and challenge ways of working, with an understanding of the bigger picture in terms of the corporate context and external environment
- Demonstrate agility and adaptability in mindset and ways of working
Demonstrate commitment to own personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the role
Demonstrate innovation and creativity
Actively engage in positive cross organisational communications and team working
Communicate clearly, confidently and appropriately with colleagues
You will also:
- Assess learners at the start of the course and plan a programme of learning to meet their needs
- Deliver learning that may take the form of a blend of classroom-based learning and online learning
- Review learners’ work regularly and mark classwork / homework where appropriate. Provide constructive developmental feedback on work including spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG)
- Monitor and track progress and adapt the Scheme of Work to meet the needs of the learners when necessary
- Negotiate learning objectives for each learner and record them in their personal learning plan
- Differentiate the delivery to meet the needs of individual learners
- Prepare learners for exams
- Ensure all course documentation (such as scheme of work) is in place and up to date
- Ensure that Health and Safety, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Safeguarding, Prevent and other KAE policies are implemented
About Us
Kingston Adult Education is rated by Ofsted as a ‘Good’ adult education provider and is on an exciting journey towards being an outstanding provision.
Our mission is to offer high quality learning and training opportunities to meet the needs of individuals and employers in Kingston and surrounding areas and to work alongside community partners to achieve this.
We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and experienced ESOL tutors to teach ESOL courses to groups of adult (19+) learners. Due to members of the current ESOL tutor team stepping up into management roles, as well as expansion in response to ongoing high levels of demand for our ESOL provision, we have a number of courses to offer to the right candidates, starting from September 2025.
You will be joining our vibrant team of fantastic teachers and will be given a full induction to working at KAE. As well as this, there are regular training sessions and CPD opportunities available throughout the year to help our teachers continually develop their teaching skills.
Courses in the ESOL department typically run throughout the academic year (September to July). Our standard courses have 4.5 hours of contact time per week, other courses such as conversation classes, Family Learning ESOL or our ESOL for Work employability course have between 2 - 2.5 hours per week. We need tutors for both daytime and evening courses.
Our ESOL courses run from the Hook Centre, Chessington; the Guildhall, Kingston; and New Malden Library.
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