Teacher Trainer

The Centre for Global Programmes is an integral part of the recently formed International Recruitment, Partnerships and Mobility team in the External Relations Directorate and runs a portfolio of short courses and summer schools for partner universities. These programmes aim to build new international relationships and enhance existing relationships with key University partners across the globe and support the University’s internationalism strategy. The dates for these courses will be 26 June to 18 August 2023.

You will teach on our ELT teacher-training programmes for primary and secondary teachers from Hong Kong.

Your responsibilities will include providing input sessions on English Language Teaching theory, methodology and practice including micro-teaching opportunities for the trainees and conducting tutorials, some of which will involve the integration of language and content study. You will manage groups of teachers throughout a teacher-training programme and provide mentoring and feedback on teaching skills. You will mark and assess written dissertations which are awarded credits by the client university to ensure that they comply with the quality standards of the university.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

You should have a relevant ELT qualification (minimum Cambridge ESOL DELTA, Trinity Diploma TESOL) and experience of English language teaching and teacher-training. You will have worked for educational organisations in the UK and internationally. You will have the ability to design appropriate teacher training materials and deliver teaching methodology sessions. The position also requires the ability to plan, manage, organise and assess your own teaching contributions and provide appropriate feedback to trainees. You should have a high level of literacy skills and be a proficient user of office IT software packages, especially the Google Suite.

For informal enquiries please contact Nick Milner on nick.milner@york.ac.uk

Condition of employment

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Consequently, all applicants will be asked to declare both unspent and spent convictions on their application form.

Appointment of the successful candidate will be conditional on a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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