People
Other Ruth Godfrey
Education Officer - Botanic Garden
School/Department: Genetics and Genome Biology, Department of
Telephone: +44 (0)116 271 2933
Email: RG76@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
I have worked in primary and secondary schools in both the UK and Zambia and as a co-ordinator of a small charity. I have been at the Botanic Garden for about 20 years initially as a teacher and then in the newly created Education Officer post. Alongside teaching visiting school and youth groups at the Botanic Garden and Attenborough Arboretum I lead teacher training Learning Outside the Classroom sessions and co-ordinate a team of teachers.
Teaching
PGCE
Press and media
Learning Outside the Classroom for schools
Activities
Annually work with 10000 local school children. Membership of Botanic Garden Education Network. (BGEN)
Conferences
Lead a workshop at a BGEN conference.
Qualifications
BA(with Qualified Teacher Status)