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New tutors often feel all at sea about some of the resources needed to deliver a lesson, but there's no need to feel on your own or to provide everything out of your own pocket. If you're employed by a college or an adult education institute then your programme leader or coordinator (titles vary, but it will probably be the person who interviewed you and offered you the work,) will be able to tell you how to access
Accommodation tends to be outside our control, but if the room you've been allocated is clearly not appropriate for the needs of your class, then tell your programme leader. These things can be changed and there's no need to put up with a classroom that's too small or where you aren't able to use the equipment you need. If the accommodation puts a strain on what you can provide, then the students will waste no time in complaining or voting with their feet and that is in the interest of no-one. Administrative paperwork is usually the responsibility of a separate Student Services or Registry department but it falls to us, as the tutors who see the students week in, week out, to ensure that every member of the class has registered or enrolled and to keep a proper record of attendance by completing the register fully each session. Registers are a vital document to tutors and colleges alike. They will show students' personal details, so are therefore confidential but do remember that if you need to contact members of your class, perhaps to enquire about absence, then addresses and phone numbers will be found there. The college will need to keep a check on registers for attendance; the college funding depends upon it. Syllabuses too are likely to be provided by the programme leader. Make sure you know the level at which you should pitch your lessons. Unless you're taking a class aimed at complete beginners, it is helpful to study the syllabuses of the levels before and after yours; that way you know what the learners are likely to have covered before and what they will need to do in the future. |