Plant Propagation tutor

Full job at http://www.transitionfinsburypark.org.uk/PACTroles

Manor House PACT: Open Spaces

(Edible Landscapes London)

Plant Propagation Tutors

Role Description

£575 in November 2014 and £575 in March 2015

(24 hours teaching time, 11 hours planning and marking time in total)

As part of the Manor House PACT project, supported by the Big Lottery Fund, we will be training people about plant propagation. The course will be spread over two days; one in November 2014 and one in March 2015 and they will be learning about a range of propagation techniques. When booking, students will have the option of registering with the Open College Network to do the accredited course, Developing Plant Propagation Skills.

We will book up to 14 students on each course and it is envisaged that at least half of these will want to be accredited. We are seeking a consultant to:

plan training, using the lesson content guidance in the appendices below
produce and copy lesson handouts. We have existing handouts which may be used.
deliver teaching (4 x 6 hr sessions)
assess accreditation students' work: student demonstrations during classes and two lots of homework that will be submitted to you for marking and marked out of class time
commit to all four training days (8 and 11^th November 2014, 24^th and 28^th March 2015)^,

Essential

a recognised teaching qualification, e.g. PTLLS, PGCE or other teaching qualification
experience and skill at all the learning outcome strands listed in the appendix below

Desirable