Subject Leader for Sociology

• Jan 2022 - Present

Sociology Teacher

• Sep 2017 - Present

Student Teacher

• Sep 2016 - Sep 2017

•Team teach first year criminology students. •Construct and deliver own context whilst meeting University and module requirements. •Teach and deliver materials independently. •Construct lesson plans and rationales for materials delivered. •Track and encourage student progress. •Provide effective feedback. •Assess students both verbally and by written work. •Assess students in terms of critical, analytical and creative thinking skills. •Team teach first year criminology students. •Construct and deliver own context whilst meeting University and module requirements. •Teach and deliver materials independently. •Construct lesson plans and rationales for materials delivered. •Track and encourage student progress. •Provide effective feedback. •Assess students both verbally and by written work. •Assess students in terms of critical, analytical and creative thinking skills.

Undergraduate Degree Projects

• Sep 2015 - Apr 2016

• Produce ethic forms in consideration with ethical guidelines established by the British Sociological Association and the University of Sunderland.• The ability to work effectively with project supervision.• Produced a 9,500 word, written report for undergraduate research project.• Conduct research using both quantitative and qualitative data.

Student Teaching

• Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

•Observed foundation students’ seminars.•Taught foundation students’ the role of health seminar.•Engaged foundation students’ in debate and discussion.•Taught foundation students’ the role of religion in socialisation.•Engaged them in a Marxist analysis of religion using practical student-led techniques.•Observed first year students’ seminars.•Researched learning strategies which could be applied to these seminars. •Taught the first years a seminar on gender and diversity with application to epistemology and sexology. •Researched threshold concepts and why some theoretical knowledge might be difficult for learners to grasp or come to terms with. Show less