Outdoor Education Teacher

Empowering Learning are looking for a Outdoor Education Lead to work in a SEND Provision in Nottinghamshire. The ideal candidate should have experience of working with SEND children, though this is not essential. The ability to teach a range of age groups and individual needs would be highly advantageous.

The ideal candidate will:

• Tutoring or training experience
• Experience of running forest school sessions
• High level of outdoor learning
• Have the ability to teach across the age groups.
• Knowledge of secondary age curriculum expectations
• Be highly organised with excellent communication skills
• Have a desire to work with, inspire and support children from all needs and backgrounds
• Have excellent behaviour management skills
• Understand the expectations against the Teachers Standards.

Main Responsibilities:

• Teaching and leading in forest school provision within SEND school.
• Planning lessons and activities for whole class learning and group learning.
• Supporting SEND children with their work in a class setting
• Managing difficult behaviours and implementing the school behaviour policy
• Safeguarding vulnerable pupils
• Possible supervising on lunch and break times
• Supporting and managing teaching assistants within the classroom
• Building relationships with staff and pupils
• Collecting evidence of pupils work to support their assessments
• Feedback to the relevant member of staff about the pupils progress
• To have pastoral responsibility for a group of pupils
• Potentially lead in a subject area
• Ensure a team approach to education with stakeholders such as parents and carers

Benefits of working with Empowering Learning:

• Dedicated consultant allocated to support you with any questions or concerns.
• Support in writing CV's and job applications
• Fast, effective compliance service
• £150 for referral of Teachers or Teaching Assistants!
• You will receive free, up to date safeguarding training

Empowering Learning Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a successful Enhanced Disclosure, Barring Service (DBS) check and two professional references.