PGTA - Communication, Culture and Media

Job description

In this role you will support teaching and learning in the professional placement and academic modules of the Secondary Art and Design PGCE. The main duties of the post are to meet regularly with the Art and Design PGCE Subject Lead, to read and provide feedback to students on drafts of academic assignments and lesson plans, to provide support for students in developing planning skills, to mark coursework, to provide weekly office hours, and attendance reporting.

You will receive professional development in teaching support.

Please be aware that the role has a total allocation of 90 hours and a job share will be considered. If you are already working as a PGTA on another UCL or UCL IOE programme then we will not be able to appoint you to one of our positions. If appointed you will not be able to work as a PGTA on another programme.

Further information can be found in the Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Marking students' work;
• Giving feedback to students;
• After-class contact time with students, including time-tabled office hours

Requirements for role

This post is open to UCL students with QTS and experience of mentoring student art and design teachers in school only. The department is inclusive and is working on increasing the diversity of its staff.

How to apply

Your application form should address all the person specification points in the job description and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria. It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

Please note: Your responses to all the selection criteria form an essential part of the selection process and a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered.

Please send your application (no more than one page) through to ioe.recruitment@ucl.ac.uk by 5th January 2025.

Nb. Enter ‘PGTA PGCE Art and Design’ as the email subject.

These vacancies are available from January 2025 to 31st July 2025.