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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)
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