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Enrolment Procedure:

  1. Course Title:      Adult Tutor Training Course is an in-service training programme offered by the City of Cork VEC and funded by Department of Education and Science.

  2. Course Duration:    This is a one-year programme i.e. one academic year.

  3. Time:                         Monday night 7pm-9.30pm.

  4. Venue:                      St John's Central College.

  5. Fees:                         Course fee - none.

  6. Closing Date:          Please return a completed application form during the 1st.week in 09

  7. Advisory Session: Attend an advisory session 4276410 in early September.

  8. Attend for interview, be held September early September. Applicants will be advised.

  9. Commencement Date  September.

  10. Information from Ms B. Barry c/o St. Johns Central College. Cork 4276410
    e-mail bbm@eircom.net  or  aeo@eircom.net 

Adult Community Education has grown significantly in the City of Cork with the emergence of Family Resource Centres, Community Education Groups, The Home School Community Liaison Service and specialist education groups for the Older Person, Disabled, Unemployed and Travellers have facilitated many adults to participate in informal education. The City of Cork V.E.C. adult education service is playing a major role in promoting Community based Adult Education.

Community Tutors who teach in Community Education are those who are highly skilled in their subject matter.  They bring to their community an enthusiasm for helping other adults to acquire or develop skills.  The majority of these tutors come from within their network areas and work in the above mentioned centres. 
“It really brought to light for me that everybody, no matter what class, creed or origin is entitled to be educated. "Tutor Participant]

2001 Data, the tutors who accessed the allocated hours totalled 145:

  • 107 women

  •   38 men

Of these tutors,

  1. 87% teach either one or two courses. 

  2. 9% have undertaken the adult tutor-training programme.  This programme develops the tutor’s skills in tutoring adults. It is an in-service training programme that is funded by the Department of Education and Science. This figure does not take into account other teaching qualifications such as qualifications in the teaching of children or qualifications in teaching specific subject areas.  Adult Tutor Training Course

  3. 74% female and 26% Male

Purpose  Aims & Objectives  of the Programme

The purpose of the course is to develop the teaching skills of the participants. The course is aimed at those who work in the field of Adult and Community Education either in a paid or a voluntary capacity.  The course builds on the experiences of the tutors and integrates their rich practical knowledge into an educational framework that supports diversity and creativity in the community-learning environment. 

  1. To provide an intellectually challenging and vocationally relevant programme that will equip tutors with the necessary skills to organise, implement and support the education needs of adult learners.

  2. To stimulate, encourage and support Adult and Community Education.

  3. To train tutors through a participatory approach.

  4. To gain an understanding of and to apply the principles and methods of learning and teaching.

  5. To explore and make effective use of Tutors, their personal qualities and styles of teaching.

  6. To develop the knowledge, skills and experience to be effective tutors of adults.

  7. The course aims to challenge Community Tutors/Facilitators to respond appropriately and effectively to the needs of adult learners.

  8. To promote positive attitudes in Adult Learners towards themselves and their future advancement, fully exploring and utilising their potential.

Expected Outcomes

It is hoped the course will provide an opportunity for the Tutor to develop teaching and communication skills which will greatly assist the giving of a Community Educational Class that is an enjoyable and a beneficial experience for the Adult Student.

On completion of the programme tutors will have developed skills that will enable them to:

  1. Be aware of their role and the value systems that underpin it;

  2. Assess the learning requirement of a group;

  3. Use a wide and appropriate range of teaching and learning methods effectively and efficiently in order to work with groups;

  4. Reflect on their own personal and professional practice and development;

  5. Use appropriate learning resources to support adult learning;

  6. Understand the guidance and support pathways of adult education.

Foundation Course & Structure

Duration:        The Adult Tutor Training Foundation Programme takes place over one academic year.
Tutorials:        The Course includes tutorials that are held once a month the details of which will be given at the advisory session.
Supervisions:  Each candidate will receive two/three workplace supervisions.
Assessment:   Candidates will be required to complete a number of assignments during the year.
Certification:   VEC Adult Tutor Training Foundation Award – External Evaluator: UCC.

 It is divided into 11 modules as follows:

  1. Module 1: Roles and Responsibilities of the Community Tutor

  2. Module 2: Communication in the Community Learning Environment

  3. Module 3: Principles of Adult Learning

  4. Module 4: Adult Teaching Methodologies

  5. Module 5: Assessment and Evaluation in Community Education

  6. Module 6: Course Design, Organisation, Methodology and Curriculum Development.

  7. Module 7: Learning Resources

  8. Module 8: Guidance and Support in Community Education

  9. Module 9: Group Management in the Community Learning Environment

  10. Module 10: Legal issues in Community Education

  11. Module 11: Supervision

Course Work:

  1. To carry out all assignments and tasks as requested.

  2. To produce a short portfolio case study -"Teaching Study".

  3. To assess and evaluate teaching materials and aides.

  4. To plan, prepare and present role-play classes.


Each year, the participants tutor a variety of subjects within the community. In 2001, the participants on the programme tutored in the following subject areas:

15 participants partake on the course each year.  Selection is through interview. 

The gender distribution in 2001 was:

The Certificate Course

This is an advanced course and is open to those who have successfully completed a foundation course in Tutor Training. It aims to build on the foundation skills and knowledge acquired and to bring participants to a deeper understanding and skill in Tutoring.
Acceptance on the course will be by application and interview.

Please note the Certificate course is not held every year. Those who hold the foundation Certificate will be eligible to receive a place on the certificate course when it is held.

1.PERSONAL DATA:

 

Name in full:

 

Address:

 

Date of Birth:

 

Telephone:   Home…                          Work…                                                  Mobile…

 

E-MAIL:

 

2.TUTORING EXPERIENCE:

 

Teaching Subject:

 

Qualifications:

 

Number of Years Tutoring:

 

Are you now Tutoring on City of Cork VEC teaching hours: [please tick]

Yes…         staff number…                                        No…

 

3. REFERENCE

Please provide the name and address of the Centre and co-ordinator in which you are now Tutoring and/ or from whom we can obtain a reference

 

 

 

 4.GENERAL DATA

Please state why you wish to take the Adult Tutor Training Course