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Have you ever thought of a career change and turning to further education lecturing?
Well now's the time to start. Teaching is such a rewarding career in more ways than
one. As a teacher you are able to share you knowledge of various subjects with
students in various environments including Further ducation !olleges" #i$th Form
!olleges" Adult or !ommunity ducation !entres" %niversities" as well as various
charitable and voluntary organisations.
Further ducation &ecturers teach students of all levels starting from beginner
straight through to advanced levels. Any further education ualification that a student
achieves can count as a vocational or even academic ualification that would better
(re(are the student for working life in that field or enhance their knowledge of that
subject for (ersonal interest.
Historically" further education lecturers have mainly dealt with (ost )* as well as
adult learners but they are now becoming more involved with younger students
within the )+,)- year old curriculum range. This means they are able to (rovide a
wider service to their students and are also able to im(rove their own methods of
teaching as they are constantly having to ada(t the way they teach to accommodate
the s(eed at which different students (ick u( the material being taught as well as
being able to cover wider variety of subjects by increasing their own subject
knowledge and e$(anding their field of knowledge.
Ty(ical job descri(tion
A further education lecture has various activities and duties that they would
undertake as (art of their role" some of these are highlighted below
/ The ability to (lan and (re(are lesson (lans and guides
/ Teaching a variety of subjects ty(es at different levels during the day" evening and
at various worksho(s including teaching (eo(le of different backgrounds" abilities
and ages grou(s.
/ 0esearching and develo(ing material for new courses , these should be a mi$ of
online resources including lesson guides and (lans and well as course outlines
/ 1onitoring as well as being able to mark students work at an e$ce(tionally high
standard with an un,biased view.
/ 2ou will also be reuired to conduct one to one tutorials and hel( sessions with
students and monitoring their (rogress along the way enabling them to develo( and
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(ros(er.
/ Adhering to all college (olicies and contributing towards the develo(ment of the
educational institution in team meetings by suggesting new innovations in teaching
and suggesting ways win which the teaching of e$isting courses can im(rove.
Additional tasks include conducting administrative duties as well as being able to
attend various taster sessions" o(en days" (arents' evenings as well as career and
education conventions and worksho(s.