Job Details
HORTICULTURIST INSTRUCTOR
Do you have green fingers?
Are you creative and live local?
Passion for developing young people’s knowledge in horticulture?
Starting Salary: Unqualified/Instructor Inner London pay scale point 1-4 £25,831 – £32,640 dependent on any previous teaching experience
Required for: September 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our staff team in our Horticulture department. Your role will be to prepare and deliver exciting and engaging horticulture lessons whereby horticulture can be used as a therapeutic tool to support pupils with emotional difficulties including trauma. It is therefore essential that you are educated to degree standard in a related subject area. You will work alongside highly experienced teachers from whom you will learn from and develop high quality teaching strategies that differentiate learning to meet a wide range of SEN needs in a creative and age appropriate style.
About the school
Belvue School is a secondary special school for young people with moderate and severe learning difficulties. We are committed to providing an outstanding and inclusive education for the young people and have a positive and stimulating environment with a range of wonderful learning opportunities. We offer a very broad and yet personalised curriculum in order to meet the needs of each learner and allow them to achieve their potential. The school has exceptional outdoor and woodland learning spaces and strong community partnerships.
About you
You must be passionate about working with young people with special needs and have high levels of energy and enthusiasm to inspire and motivate young people to learn and thrive. You must possess excellent communication and personal skills, and be able to build supportive and trusting relationships with pupils, families and colleagues.
In return you will be joining a creative and professional staff team and you will find your role challenging, stimulating and rewarding. The school is committed to CPD which will ensure that you develop professionally. You will receive mentoring, professional support, effective feedback and opportunities for reflection.
