Job Description

Part-Time Academic Manager required.

Preston Academy of English requires an enthusiastic DELTA-qualified (or equivalent)Academic Manager to join its academic team in September 2025. You will have overall responsibilityfor all aspects of academic quality and teaching delivery, teacher development programme and supervising and providing day-to-day academic support to teachers. Other duties include course planning and teaching, both regular and stand-by.

Work load will possibly include cover of teachers in addtion to normal hours or included.Normal working week will be 20 hours Monday-Friday(Hours to be confirmed). Currently we have 3 teachers and an average of 25 students.

Duties will include- management of the teaching team (appr. 3 teachers)- professional development of teachers: observations, feedback and appraisals- assistance with lesson planning and class management- curriculum development- reviews of policies and procedures- running teacher training sessions - orientating new teachers on the school procedures and supervising during their trial period- academic management and development of English programme and projects- writing syllabus and deciding on course books- placement testing; organizing internal exams and assessment- monitoring groups end of level dates and tests results- ensuring that students are happy and dealing with their problems and being available to talk to students- helping school admin with troubleshooting. The above to be delivered according to British Council requirements.

Qualifications

Candidate profile- Diploma-qualified- previous academic management experience- a proven record of classroom teaching- experience of planning and running a teacher training programme- an awareness of commonly-used teaching materials- computer literacy.

The successful applicant will be a team player who is willing to invest ideas in our school.

Due to the volume of applications received, only successful applicants will be contacted.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Expected hours: 20 per week

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 01/09/2025