English teacher

Some of the duties of an English teacher include the following:

• planning lessons: as an English teacher, you develop lesson plans for your classes based on the national curriculum. When building the lesson plans, you define the learning guidelines and factor in your students' needs. You also prepare the materials required for the lessons. For instance, you ensure the students have the relevant books and tools to achieve the learning outcomes.
• conducting class discussions and debates: while your main role is teaching the principles of English, you help your students practice the principles and apply them in real life. You can plan for class discussions and debates to build communication and presentation skills. The discussions engage students, and you provide constructive feedback to help them improve.
• developing assessment tools: as an English teacher, you develop assessment tools to gauge students' progress. For instance, you prepare discussion topics, comprehension examinations and essay questions. You also mark and evaluate each student's performance and recommend improvement areas.
• tutoring students: as an English teacher, it is important to identify students with learning challenges. You can offer tutoring services to help them keep up with their peers and prepare for exams. Some English teachers tutor students online or outside of school hours.

As an English teacher, you work in a classroom environment and spend most of the day teaching students or preparing lessons. You work indoors and may spend most of the day standing while teaching students or sitting during meetings and marking work.

As well as working indoors, sometimes you work outdoors or away from the classroom. For instance, you work outside the classroom during staff and parent-teacher meetings. When you organise field trips for your students, you accompany them.

As an English teacher, you work alongside cover supervisors, headteachers, primary school teachers and secondary school teachers. Other colleagues who work within the school environment include school nurses and school administrators. You also work with other professionals, including maths teachers, science teachers and SEN teachers.

English teachers follow the school timetable. For instance, if the school day runs from 8 am to 3 pm, you arrive at the school before the lessons start. Most English teachers work full-time and get summer holidays off when the school summer term ends. You can also find part-time work schedules as an English supply teacher.

Working as an English teacher provides plenty of career opportunities. You can start as an English teaching assistant and get the skills and qualifications to become a full-time English teacher. If you teach in a primary school, you can gain further qualifications to teach in secondary schools or move into administrative roles. With experience, you can become an online English tutor for extra income.

Finding your English teacher job through Randstad provides important advantages such as:

• a wide variety of training and development opportunities
• an experienced contact person to provide help if needed
• a range of opportunities in your area
• get paid weekly or monthly, depending on the job
• temporary and permanent contracts

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As an English teacher, you teach the principles of the English language to students in primary and secondary education. You teach students how to read, write and speak the English language. When you work in primary and secondary schools, you develop lessons focusing on literacy, vocabulary and grammar.

Your passion for English literature and language helps you impart knowledge to students. It also motivates and inspires them to achieve their learning goals. English teachers are great communicators who rely on their communication skills to teach students. Creativity also helps you develop interesting and engaging learning strategies.

A bachelor's degree in the UK is the first step to attaining qualified teacher status. You can pursue a general degree in any subject, followed by a postgraduate teaching degree, or take a teaching degree with QTS. Alternatively, you can gain classroom experience by becoming a teaching assistant and improve your skills and qualifications part-time.

As a primary school English teacher, you teach pupils English based on the national curriculum. You prepare lesson plans and develop learning strategies that align with the curriculum to ensure students pass their exams and progress to the next stage. You also develop teaching techniques and methodologies.

Working as an English teacher is a promising career with an exciting job outlook. For instance, an English teacher can progress to other roles in school administration. As an English teacher, you may provide English teaching services to international students or gain additional certifications to teach English as a second language.

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