£41,064 to £47,389 pro rata. Grade 8.
The School of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in education disciplines, including initial teacher education programmes in Primary undergraduate and postgraduate courses and a range of postgraduate Secondary subjects, including Spanish.
You will be joining a strong team of motivated, dynamic individuals who are aspirational for their students and the wider teaching profession.
We are passionate about high quality education, research and practice. We are committed to empowering the next generation of teachers, supporting strong employability and a passion for life-long learning. We see social justice as central to all that we do.
We are seeking to recruit a fixed-term part-time lecturer in MFL teacher education with particular experience in Secondary Spanish.
About the Role
- In this role you will plan and deliver engaging teaching seminars and lectures, undertake interviews with prospective students in Spanish and visit the student teachers in schools.
- You will have the opportunity to teach across the Primary and Secondary teacher education programmes and may be given the opportunity to teach across other programmes within the education portfolio.
- You will be given the opportunity to lead taught modules in areas of Primary or Secondary teacher education.
- You will support student teachers and school-based mentors via placement visits and professional development under the new requirements for Initial Teacher Education.
- You will act as a personal tutor to identified groups of students, providing academic and pastoral support throughout the academic year.
- You will engage in recruitment activity including interviewing prospective candidates and contributing to recruitment events, open days and twilight recruitment meetings.
- You may also have the opportunity to lead thematic areas linked to the ITE statutory guidance and the new Ofsted framework.
About You
- You will have expertise in primary or secondary education with a particular focus on Spanish.
- You will have experience of supporting student teachers or early career teachers in an education setting demonstrating an understanding of the challenges and priorities within the sector.
- You will understand the requirements and regulatory frameworks associated Initial Teacher Education including the quality requirements for initial teacher training that were introduced in 2024.
- You will hold a good first degree together with a PhD in a relevant discipline (imminent completion may be acceptable) or equivalent sector experience or qualifications, alongside Qualified Teacher Status.
If you would like to apply, please take the time to consider the essential criteria in the job description and consider in your application how you will demonstrate your suitability for the role.
For informal queries about the role, please contact Jo Baynham on J.Baynham@mmu.ac.uk