Curriculum Tutor

**Purpose of Role**
- Delivery of a learner centred learning opportunities across the curriculum for assigned learners
- Assessment: Literacy and numeracy baselining

**Special Demands**
- Resilience to working outside in all weathers
- Resilience to working in an emotionally challenging environment
- Resilience to work with dysregulated learners

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**

The duties outlined in this job description are in addition to those covered by The Outdoors School policies and procedures. They may be modified by the Headteacher, with your agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the job, commensurate with the salary and job title.
- Planning and delivery of school curriculum based lessons
- Support learning across all curriculum elements: Support learning across all curriculum elements: Literacy, Numeracy, SMEH, PHSE, Forest Skills, STEM, Physical and Creative, through the implementation and delivery of our personalised SMEH curriculum and project based learning
- Preparing and differentiating resources
- Complete and maintain individual learning pathways records and ensure all learners are aware of their next steps
- Yellow box marking - providing constructive feedback
- Assessing and planning next steps across all curriculum areas
- Ensure opportunities to meet EHCP targets
- Line management of 121s attached to your group
- Utilise the accelerated reader programme
- Provide written reports for other colleagues / professionals (e.g prior to EHCP review meetings)
- Ensure opportunities are provided for learners within their individual learning style
- Use creative ways to assess and record progress
- Contribute to individual IBSPs, & PDRs
- Contact with home, to include supporting with the Home Learning Environment
- Safeguarding duties
- Leading assemblies
- Updating/maintaining records eg School Pod
- Engage in staff supervision and appraisal process
- Engage in critical reflective practice and participate in CPD opportunities, developing and sharing ideas and best practice for training and delivery
- Ensure that learners experience a supportive and positive staff team at all times
- Ensure that you play alongside learners for at least two hours a week to experience a supportive and positive place of learning for all

Essential Skills
- Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Knowledge of Primary / Secondary Curriculum and Assessment
- Excellent teaching and learning skills with a commitment to critical reflection and professional development
- Successful recent experience of working with Primary or Secondary learners with SEMH difficulties and ASD/PDA
- Excellent behaviour management and knowledge of needs based education
- Ability to differentiate and extend learning opportunities using different learning pathways
- Creativity and versatility, engaging learners by creating resources and using identified strategies to support their needs
- Reflective and responsive to the needs of learner, recognising potential barriers to learning and seeking to overcome these
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
- Previous experience working within outdoor education or Forest School settings

Desirable Skills
- Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Knowledge of behaviour intervention and support practices
- Knowledge of inter-agency working
- Experience of working with learners with challenging behaviour outdoors

Essential Skills
- Personal Qualities
- Demonstrate a commitment and passion for the forest school ethos
- Resilience to working outdoors in all weathers
- Enthusiasm and drive for improvement
- Ability to work successfully as part of a team
- Commitment to improving outcomes for children and families
- Commitment to safeguarding and safe practice
- Commitment to Equal Opportunities
- Determination and the highest expectations of work and behaviour

Desirable Skills
- Personal Qualities
- Sense of humour
- Forward-thinking

Essential Skills
- Qualifications & Training
- 5 GCSE’s grade A-C or equivalent
- Willingness to undergo training the organisation feels is appropriate

Desirable Skills
- Qualifications & Training
- Outdoor, Adventure or Forest School specific paediatric First Aid
- Safeguarding Level 2
- Forest School Leader L3

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £24,768.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 29/05/2023