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Darlington, United Kingdom

Responsible for a caseload of approximately 150 full-time students within the Engineering, Motor Vehicle and Science curriculum area, mainly aged 16-18 but also some 19+ adult and pre-16 learners.Monitoring and responding to student absences from maths, English and vocational programmes. Communicating with parents / guardians to establish reasons for absence and production of twice-daily reports for Curriculum Managers using Microsoft Outlook. Also production of weekly overall… Show more Responsible for a caseload of approximately 150 full-time students within the Engineering, Motor Vehicle and Science curriculum area, mainly aged 16-18 but also some 19+ adult and pre-16 learners.Monitoring and responding to student absences from maths, English and vocational programmes. Communicating with parents / guardians to establish reasons for absence and production of twice-daily reports for Curriculum Managers using Microsoft Outlook. Also production of weekly overall attendance reports for every student and subject group using Microsoft Excel and Word.Providing regular one-to-one tutorials with all students to review attendance, punctuality and progress with all aspects of their study programme and updating their Individual Learning Plan using the ProMonitor software package. Setting of targets to assist with time management and promote improvement of attendance, punctuality and conduct where necessary. Prioritising 'at risk' students for more frequent meetings.Development and delivery of ten group tutorials to all subject groups covering topics such as online safety, sexual exploitation, healthy relationships and bullying. Tailoring these tutorials to the specific requirements of my caseload - e.g. I researched forms of grooming and sexual exploitation that can happen to young men and persuaded the college to order some hard-hitting video resources from the 'BLAST Project' which have been very well received by students. Identifying additional support needs and referring students to relevant staff in college: the Specific Learning Disability (SpLD) team for learning support assessment and the Student Support Advisers team regarding any pastoral issues. Immediate reporting of any safeguarding issues to the college's Safeguarding Officer. Acting as 'first contact' for students and their parents / guardians for any queries or issues and informally liaising with teaching and support staff to solve any issues raised. Show less

Darlington, United Kingdom

Delivery and assessment of OCR Level 3 Diploma in Creative and Digital Media Competence NVQ as part of the Creative & Digital Media Apprenticeship Framework with 100% timely completion and achievement rate. OCR External Verifier quality assurance report stated that the overall quality of the learner's e-portfolios was very good with a strong and effective balance of evidence demonstrating good practice and that this was an impressive first delivery of the qualification. Delivery of… Show more Delivery and assessment of OCR Level 3 Diploma in Creative and Digital Media Competence NVQ as part of the Creative & Digital Media Apprenticeship Framework with 100% timely completion and achievement rate. OCR External Verifier quality assurance report stated that the overall quality of the learner's e-portfolios was very good with a strong and effective balance of evidence demonstrating good practice and that this was an impressive first delivery of the qualification. Delivery of ‘Production Skills’ sessions to BTEC Level 2 Media and BTEC Level 3 Creative Media (Games) and Creative Media (Journalism) students covering study and research skills, time management, SMART target setting, creative thinking, planning and writing UCAS personal statements, Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Visual Communication using Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Print & Digital Media Publication using Adobe InDesign CS6. Show less

Darlington, United Kingdom

Responsible for delivering Additional Learning Support (ALS) for full-time 16-19 year old and part-time adult students across the curriculum areas of the Digital Technologies & Creative Media department in sessions ranging from web design, multimedia, computer games design, digital imaging and digital photography and graphic design to networking, spreadsheets, databases and Level 1 & 2 Functional Skills Literacy.Delivery of European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) evening classes to… Show more Responsible for delivering Additional Learning Support (ALS) for full-time 16-19 year old and part-time adult students across the curriculum areas of the Digital Technologies & Creative Media department in sessions ranging from web design, multimedia, computer games design, digital imaging and digital photography and graphic design to networking, spreadsheets, databases and Level 1 & 2 Functional Skills Literacy.Delivery of European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) evening classes to part-time adult learners with a pass rate of 100% for ECDL Essentials and 75% for ECDL Extra.Delivery of Level 1 Web design / Dreamweaver and Photoshop to NEETS (Not in Employment, Education or Training) on Project-U Creative Media course at Darlington College at Catterick with a 100% pass rate 2010/11.Between November 2009 and March 2011 delivered the IT element of the college's Job Centre Plus contract. This 8 week course achieved pass rates of 71% for ECDL Essentials and 48% for ECDL Extra and directly generated income for the college in excess of £70,000. This was the best-performing subject area for the project not only within the college but within the entire north east region. Devised and delivered Job Seekers’ Basic IT course starting in January 2011 for complete beginners in IT with a 100% completion rate and 40% progression rate on to ECDL. Show less

Darlington, United Kingdom

Working alongside the Project Co-Ordinator to implement and run the Pre and Post Unemployment Job Centre Plus contract, awarded to Darlington College for vocational training for job-seekers and those at risk of being made redundant. Responsible for designing, producing and maintaining Skills Funding Agency (SFA) audited tracking systems for the college’s Job Centre Plus contract using MS Access and Excel to produce weekly reports for Darlington College's Executive Directorate and which… Show more Working alongside the Project Co-Ordinator to implement and run the Pre and Post Unemployment Job Centre Plus contract, awarded to Darlington College for vocational training for job-seekers and those at risk of being made redundant. Responsible for designing, producing and maintaining Skills Funding Agency (SFA) audited tracking systems for the college’s Job Centre Plus contract using MS Access and Excel to produce weekly reports for Darlington College's Executive Directorate and which were used to claim an income for the contract in excess of a quarter of a million pounds.Developed and delivered six three-hour employment skills workshops for job seekers covering topics such as the hidden job market and using LinkedIn and Twitter to search for vacancies, CVs, interview techniques and basic / intermediate IT (Internet & Email, Word and PowerPoint) delivered to groups of around 25 learners with differing levels of literacy and numeracy skills and a wide range in age and educational experiences. Show less

Darlington, United Kingdom

Working as part of a team supporting the delivery of Entry Level and Level 1 & 2 Adult Literacy and Numeracy courses, Basic IT, CLAIT (Computer Literacy and Information Technology), IBT2 (Integrated Business Technologies Level 2), ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) and Desktop Publishing Level 1 & 2 courses to adult learners in the community via resource-based and on-line learning, including Learndirect (www.learndirect.com).Responsible for weekly student tracking and monitoring… Show more Working as part of a team supporting the delivery of Entry Level and Level 1 & 2 Adult Literacy and Numeracy courses, Basic IT, CLAIT (Computer Literacy and Information Technology), IBT2 (Integrated Business Technologies Level 2), ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) and Desktop Publishing Level 1 & 2 courses to adult learners in the community via resource-based and on-line learning, including Learndirect (www.learndirect.com).Responsible for weekly student tracking and monitoring to ensure that all students achieved SMART and course completion date targets.Part of a team that supported learners to consistently achieve Learndirect annual targets (Key Performance Indicators or KPIs) for Skills for Life test passes in Literacy and Numeracy.Learners' completion and achievement rate of 80% achieved in all subject areas, 5% above the Learndirect national average.Participated in achieving the 'Matrix Standard' accreditation (http://matrixstandard.com) in 2008 for information, advice and guidance (IAG) during which 100% of learners questioned said that they were 'very satisfied' with the quality of tutor support. Show less

Darlington, United Kingdom

Provided first-line IT support for students and staff using Darlington College's Learning Resources Centre (LRC), solving customers' problems with using Windows 95, Microsoft Office 97 and Internet Explorer.Promoted the use of the World Wide Web as an educational resource to students by producing guides to educational web sites in a variety of subjectcurriculum areas. While undertaking this role I taught myself HTML and developed and delivered a two-day Basic Skills Summer School for… Show more Provided first-line IT support for students and staff using Darlington College's Learning Resources Centre (LRC), solving customers' problems with using Windows 95, Microsoft Office 97 and Internet Explorer.Promoted the use of the World Wide Web as an educational resource to students by producing guides to educational web sites in a variety of subjectcurriculum areas. While undertaking this role I taught myself HTML and developed and delivered a two-day Basic Skills Summer School for adults in beginner's web design at Darlington College. Show less

Ba (Hons) Media Studies, Major, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Archery, Campus TV, Community Radio, Fencing. BA (Hons) Media Studies in the School of Cultural and Community.

Postgraduate Certificate, Multimedia Production, Pass

Designed and produced an interactive beginners' guide to using information technology using Macromedia Director and Adobe Photoshop, which.

Pgce, Further Education, Pass

Activities and Societies: People & Planet (http://peopleandplanet.org) Undertook a 6 month industrial placement at Gateshead College where.

Ma (With Distinction) Film & Television Studies, Film & Television Studies, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Yoga I was awarded a British Academy scholarship to fund my studies and achieved one of only two MA.