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Director of Studies
Responsible to:The Academic Director, The Centre Manager.
Responsible for: Implementing the academic programme, managing the teaching team, teaching whenever necessary, handling testing and administration for Trinity College London exams.
Hours: 8.45am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.
Main Duties:
- To attend a training day prior to the start of the course.
- To organise placement tests for students on arrival, the marking of tests and the efficient placing of students into classes based on test results.
- To allocate teachers to classes, ensuring that teachers are paired in such a way that every class has a different teacher for the last period of the morning.
- To monitor teachers' punctuality and appearance, and to take appropriate action when necessary.
- To monitor teachers' performance, through classroom observation and informal chatting.
- To keep accurate records of the hours worked by teachers, and to pass this information to the Academic Director on a weekly basis so that payment to teachers can be made.
- When necessary, liaison with the Academic Director over Trinity College London exam entries: testing and entering students at the appropriate level, collecting entry fees when necessary, giving students preparation classes prior to the exam.
- To continually monitor student numbers so that teachers are deployed in a cost effective way, and to take decisions on staffing after the teachers’ initial contracts have expired.
- To ensure that teachers use the excursion preparation material available before students go on excursions.
- To ensure that all students are presented with a certificate of achievement (correctly completed) before they leave.
- To ensure that students adhere to the code of conduct laid down by the company.
- To liaise with the Centre Manager and Group Leaders on all issues of student welfare/behaviour.
Rates of Pay
Pay is dependent on qualifications, experience and the number of students at the centre, and will be in the range £80.00 - £92.00 per day (£400 - £460 p.w.)