Over the summer I was informed that my HPL contract at CCW was not going to be renewed as all staff members working on Foundation who were outside of the entitlement period (2 years of work or more) have been let go due to the merger between CSM and CCW Foundations. This was on the back of being nominated by students for a UAL teaching award for the second year running and really feeling committed and happy in this role that I had enjoyed so much. In addition to this it came as a surprise having been told by my line manager to expect more work, not less (or none) for this coming academic year. This has been a pretty hard change to accept and has implications for how I can viably complete this module of the PGCERT.
I am continuing to run short courses for UAL and I am also currently working as a one to one tutor for Sunny Arts and running evening classes for City Academy, but earning half of my UAL hourly rate and working with students who in general are starting off at a lower level. Which is all a little demoralising. On the flip side, I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to work at CCW and hope to get back there.
The implications from these changes for my PGCERT are that my ARP interventions plans are going to have shift to accommodate a different and new mode of teaching.