Games Design Lead Tutor

16.9 Hours across 3.5 days Key Tasks

• Plan and deliver lessons supporting learner progression, that relate to their needs and interests
• Promote safety, wellbeing and safeguarding (CPOMS)
• Record attendance and academic notes on Arbor MIS
• Track learner progression on the allocated Google Sheets
• Develop innovative opportunities for interdepartmental and intradepartmental project collaborations
• Use a range of assessment methods and provide outstanding feedback to inspire learners
• Complete learner one-to-one tutorials and individual learning plans on a bi-termly basis
• Facilitate a wide range of enrichment trips and guest speaker events arranged across the year
• Undertake in-house training to remain up to date with awarding body expectations

Essential Qualifications

• Degree/relevant qualification in the subject area
• Candidates must be eligible for the Taking Teaching Further programme
• Candidates must be new to teaching (i.e., they do not hold a Level 5 or higher teaching qualification and have not previously been in a substantive classroom-based teaching position)
• Candidates must sign up for and complete a relevant Teacher Training Qualification
• Have, or be working towards, a Level 2 qualification in English and maths
• Have a Level 3 qualification, or adequate industry experience, in their subject area

Essential Qualities

• Extremely organised and able to manage workload effectively and flexibly
• Highly motivated and driven to succeed
• Outstanding teaching and communication skills and understanding of Ofsted framework
• Solution-focused and able to respond to data trends
• Assertive and confident in learning environment management
• Ambitious and committed to meeting targets, setting standards of behaviour and work
• Empathy towards the many challenges faced by young adults in a demographic with high free school meals rate and poverty levels
• Excellent communication skills
• Visual scripting/programming skills

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Adobe Photoshop/After Effects/Premiere – modelling, concept art/textures
• Experience of working professionally in a relevant creative industry/as an entrepreneur
• Experience with Autodesk Maya/Blender – animating, skinning, rigging, texturing, 3D modelling
• Experience with Unity/Unreal Engine – animation-to-engine pipelines
• Drawing and art skills