Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - Secondary Education

Dependent upon the appointment, this post will involve leadership of the secondary PGCE provision managing the day-to-day running of the programme and supporting other Secondary ITT tutors and trainees. The post includes classroom-based and practical teaching. In addition, you will be marking and moderating trainee course work, visiting trainees on placement and working with mentors, being involved in the recruitment of secondary trainees as well as providing pastoral and academic support to our trainees. You will also support and contribute to some teaching across our undergraduate QTS degree in Science and Maths. You will also contribute to the research and knowledge exchange activities within the university. At Plymouth Marjon University, we provide our learners with the best learning and teaching opportunities to help them develop both professionally and personally. You'll need to enjoy:

• Creating great relationships and rapport with trainees: making the process of learning enjoyable and effective.
• Creating innovative teaching, learning and assessment materials: continuing our unprecedented success in student satisfaction, supporting an inclusive environment for all.
• Teaching Practice/skills: drawing on your own knowledge and teaching expertise to ensure trainees are up-to-date and school- ready.
  
  Previous experience of leading a secondary ITT programme with QTS (either HEI based or school-based),
• Previous experience of contributing to the delivery of an ITT secondary QTS provision (either HEI based or school-based),
• Has QTS
• Has experience in secondary Maths, Science or English
• Has a doctorate or is enrolled currently in a doctoral degree program
• Has knowledge and understanding of the professional issues in becoming a teacher
• Has supported trainees on placement and worked with mentors, Disability Confident
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Plymouth Marjon University is achieving an unprecedented level of success. Having earned the accolades of 1st in England for Student Satisfaction, Complete University Guide 2023, 1st in England for Teaching Quality, Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022 and 1st in England for Learning Community, National Student Survey 2021. In addition, the University has recently been recognised in the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), with 89% of Plymouth Marjon University's research internationally recognised in terms of originality, significance and rigour. 55% is rated in the highest scoring 3
• or 4 categories, as internationally excellent. 100% of Marjon's research was rated as nationally recognised.
Our vision is to continue to enhance our position as a leading provider of innovative education and impactful research both nationally and across the world. The School of Education delivers a broad range of programmes, including ITT courses leading to qualified teacher status. The School also offers a range of non-QTS programmes including Masters degrees, Primary Education, Youth and Community Work, Outdoor and Adventure Education, Special Educational Needs and Disability and Foundation Degrees in Early Years and Teaching and Learning. We are seeking to appoint an individual to either lead and/or contribute to our Secondary PGCE provision., Plymouth Marjon University is a small University with our students at the heart of everything we do. You'll be based in the School of Education on our green campus in the north of Plymouth. Supporting our people: We recognise that our recruitment might bring in staff who are new to higher education and bring knowledge and expertise from other fields and practice. We want to ensure that all our academic staff are appropriately qualified to teach in HE and have the confidence to do so; to support this, we offer a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) to all new teaching staff without an existing teaching qualification. This provides our new staff with an opportunity to develop their understanding and practice of learning, teaching and pedagogic research/research management in higher education, and enables us to maintain our high standards of teaching.