QTLS
QTLS
1) Teaching Biography
I can clearly remember from a young age trying to help my younger family members with their school work. I enjoyed helping people, as I progressed through life, I liked coaching members of my team but never pursued it any further until one morning I woke up and decided that I no longer wished to work in a bank. I longed for a change and whilst I was on maternity leave, I looked into the possibility of entering teaching. I cannot afford this I thought, I must be mad wanting to leave a perfectly good job and go back to university, oh well I'll just apply and see what happens..... 6 months later and I'm holding an acceptance letter, was I really going to do this.... YES.
It was a daunting experience heading to university that day, am I going to be the odd one out?, will they all be younger than me?, walking into that lecture theatre was a real eye-opener, people from all different backgrounds, but all similar in wanting to achieve a common goal, becoming a teacher. I was offered a placement at HMP Birmingham (Winson Green Prison), to be mentored within the social and life skills department delivering social science subjects, It was a daunting experience, but I quickly found my feet and began to enjoy the environment I was in, so much so that when my placement came to an end, I was offered a sessional contract, and I accepted. The college experienced many changes over the next 12-18 months, the entire department was put under a notice of redundancy, it was a very stressful time, but there was light at the end of the tunnel and a small number of full time contracts became available. There was a lot of competition for these posts, all from colleagues who had more service than me, but I applied and was pleasantly surprised when I was offered one of the contracts, that was nearly three years ago now and I have not looked back. I have become an integral member of my department and have worked hard to incorporate the functional skills element
1) Teaching Biography
I can clearly remember from a young age trying to help my younger family members with their school work. I enjoyed helping people, as I progressed through life, I liked coaching members of my team but never pursued it any further until one morning I woke up and decided that I no longer wished to work in a bank. I longed for a change and whilst I was on maternity leave, I looked into the possibility of entering teaching. I cannot afford this I thought, I must be mad wanting to leave a perfectly good job and go back to university, oh well I'll just apply and see what happens..... 6 months later and I'm holding an acceptance letter, was I really going to do this.... YES.
It was a daunting experience heading to university that day, am I going to be the odd one out?, will they all be younger than me?, walking into that lecture theatre was a real eye-opener, people from all different backgrounds, but all similar in wanting to achieve a common goal, becoming a teacher. I was offered a placement at HMP Birmingham (Winson Green Prison), to be mentored within the social and life skills department delivering social science subjects, It was a daunting experience, but I quickly found my feet and began to enjoy the environment I was in, so much so that when my placement came to an end, I was offered a sessional contract, and I accepted. The college experienced many changes over the next 12-18 months, the entire department was put under a notice of redundancy, it was a very stressful time, but there was light at the end of the tunnel and a small number of full time contracts became available. There was a lot of competition for these posts, all from colleagues who had more service than me, but I applied and was pleasantly surprised when I was offered one of the contracts, that was nearly three years ago now and I have not looked back. I have become an integral member of my department and have worked hard to incorporate the functional skills element