Orla B. Email & Phone Number

Derby, England, United Kingdom

In this role, I am responsible for externally verifying student achievement and provider grading for an Access to HE Diploma or Subject. This requires an interim and final moderation for each academic year, which can take place in the center or remotely. Working in small centre specific teams, I am able to communicate my concerns to my team, and listen to theirs, to inform our judgements about the necessity for a wider investigation. This information is fed back to my lead, to the centre staff through a ‘challenging friend’ discussion and formalized in a report. Experience of challenging discussions in this role, where centre staff have underperformed through delivery, grading or feedback, has helped me to develop the confidence and tenacity to thoroughly explore these issues. While these conversations have been challenging in some cases, they have forced me to explore methods of tackling these conversations that ultimately provide a higher quality learning experience for students. Involvement in this team has allowed me to foster excellent relations with staff at other centres and work with staff teams to identify development opportunities and requirements, as well as offering support in overcoming obstacles that I have experienced or observed. Reports must be precise and reliable, recognising good practice as well as areas for improvement in any centre.

Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

In my teaching career, I have qualified in Education in the Life Long Learning Sector as well as gained specialist qualifications in numeracy in teaching, in addition to my QTLS (legal equivalent to QTS and recognized in the state schools).Diversity in delivery has allowed me the opportunity to explore a range of subjects including History, Criminology, Business, and Sociology all to level 3, in both long and short courses. The cornerstone of my pedagogical practice has however always been Law, for which I currently deliver a range of units on the Access to Higher Education Course for the Business and the Policing pathways as well as the HNC Level 4 / HND Level 5 in Pubic Services. That said, almost half of my teaching is on the AQA A Level Law Programme, straddling both the AS and the A-Level, although this will be moving to OCR in the coming academic year. To support students I provide regular additional revision sessions, extracurricular activities such as a weekly debate club, as well as active engagement with local opportunities to promote employability in the community. It has been my pleasure to take students to the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg respectively.

Remote

Freelance digital content creator, building online learning materials in the form of live link pdf unit guides. These were bespoke to the units requested, the learning content, and the unit assessment methodology. Each guide consisted of several chapters enabling students to choose their level of engagement to either meet the minimum requirements of the unit, engaging in additional activities to improve their understanding and performance should they have the time. Guides included direction to improve student performance through grading insights. A range of content was embedded including teaching videos, diagrams, power points, links to online journal articles, periodical articles, conference reports, webinars, podcasts, etc.

Functional Skills In Math'S Level 3, Numeracy In Teaching, Functional Skills In Math'S Level 3, Achieved

Activities and Societies: Using mathematics: academic subjects (6 credits) Using mathematics: professional and vocational contexts (6.

Qtls, Qualified Teaching And Learning Status, Pass

QTLS is a legal equivalent to QTS giving me the opportunity to explore positions in a Secondary as well an F.E. setting.

Pgce, Education

Law With History Hons (Llb), Law

Activities and Societies: Keele Drama Society - Member Keele University Broadcasting Enterprises (KUBE) Radio - President