The PTC are going to be hosting a Gesher stand at this year’s Maccabi Fun Run, they are also wanting runners or walkers to raise funds for Gesher by taking part. Please see the attached poster with details of how to sign up.
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The PTC are going to be hosting a Gesher stand at this year’s Maccabi Fun Run, they are also wanting runners or walkers to raise funds for Gesher by taking part. Please see the attached poster with details of how to sign up.
Kodesh Studies Teacher (KS2/KS3 teaching within a creative and amended curriculum)
Part-time (2 days)
Required for: September 2024 (opportunity for transition days will be arranged).
Working Days: Monday- Thursday (2 days within)
Pay: MPS
Gesher School is a unique all-through school that provides a specialist, meaningful, and functional learning environment for young people with special educational needs. These needs include language, communication, and social-pragmatic difficulties. We specialise in autism spectrum challenges (ASC).
Young people are at the heart of Gesher School, where we foster a sense of belonging and community. Our school offers a happy, safe, friendly, and stimulating environment in which young people are supported to learn, interact and have fun. We believe that all young people have the potential to achieve, but that every child is individual and requires a tailored, young person-centred approach to learning.
The Gesher approach is warm, friendly, and nurturing. Emotional health and resilience, as well as developing young people’s independence and learning, are at the core of our vision.
To deliver and achieve these outcomes we are looking to add a confident, enthusiastic and highly motivated Kodesh Teacher to join our expanding team at Gesher. This post would suit a passionate, dynamic and adaptable individual who ideally has experience teaching and leading within a secondary SEND environment.
This post would suit someone who is passionate about creating meaningful personalised learning that meets all individual needs and interests. The right candidate would have worked previously within a transdisciplinary team, including teachers, therapists, teaching assistants, parents, and carers. They will commit to discussing each young person’s needs to provide the most effective education and therapeutic model of practice.
It would be essential for the candidate to have the expertise to establish and maintain high quality teaching and assessment of the required subjects across the key stages.
It would be desirable for the candidate to have had experience designing learning that focuses on engaging and purposeful projects that will enable our students to be skilled for the future workplace, confident in their sense of self and builders of meaningful relationships.
This position offers fantastic opportunities to develop your skills as a practitioner within an innovative, supportive and collaborative team environment.
We can offer you the following:
● Paid half day Friday closure in the winter months
● 12 weeks paid holidays plus paid extra Jewish holidays throughout the year
● Monthly well-being events and inset days
● Regular social opportunities
● A Competitive salary
You will be a fully integrated and integral member of the whole school team. See us in action here: https://vimeo.com/407682934/a9a6af1bc8 And http://gesherschool.com
The Post Holder Wil:
● be an exemplary, outstanding Kodesh Studies teacher (with a qualification) in KS2 and/or KS3, and able to work alongside a team of TA’s and therapists
● be secure in their Jewish knowledge and confident with differentiating and personalising Jewish learning
● have a deep understanding of how children with special educational needs learn and support them according to their Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP) and Personalised Learning Plans (PLP).
● be comfortable with reading, writing, speaking and teaching Hebrew
● be a proven, successful team player with excellent motivational and interpersonal skills
Main Areas of Duties and Responsibilities
1. To continually develop the Kodesh Studies Curriculum alongside the school team, ensuring it is relevant and accessible for all students and supports teachers and T.A in their planning and teaching of Kodesh Studies.
2. To promote the Jewish ethos, values and middot throughout the school, and be a personal and professional role model for our students
3. Planning and supporting the implementation of Enrichment Days (school celebration of festivals), Tefillah throughout the school day and Shabbat/Havdallah/Chagim assemblies
4. To support children with their Hebrew Reading.
5. To work alongside the teaching and learning team to accelerate pupil progress and raise attainment
6. To support teachers with building cross curricular links, embedding Jewish learning within the projects.
7. To support the implementation of the B’nei Mitzvah program at Gesher.
8. To engage in performance management and attend training and meetings as part of professional development.
9. To keep informed of the latest Jewish Education trends and implement appropriate strategies/schemes through training staff.
10. To develop established and new partnerships beyond the school to support curriculum learning and development within the Jewish Community.
11. To liaise with parents and support them in their child’s Jewish education
12. To carry out responsibilities/duties with regard to Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding and Health and Safety Policies.
For further information, please visit www.gesherschool.com.
To apply, please complete an application form that can be found here: https://gesherschool.com/about-us/join-our-team/
Please, complete and return your application by June 21st to [email protected]. CVs will not be accepted.
Interviews will be organised on a rolling basis. This ad may be withdrawn as a suitable candidate is identified.
Diversity is a core value of Gesher School. We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. As such, we actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds to apply for roles at our school.
Gesher School is committed to safeguarding young people and staff. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Watch the video below to hear more about how we teach at Gesher.
Take a look at some of the project work going on in our secondary classes.
Required for: September 2024 (opportunity for transition days will be arranged).
Working Days: Monday-Friday, availability
Pay: MPS
Gesher School is a unique all-through school that provides a specialist, meaningful, and functional learning environment for young people with special educational needs. These needs include language, communication, and social-pragmatic difficulties. We specialise in autism spectrum challenges (ASC).
Young people are at the heart of Gesher School, where we foster a sense of belonging and community. Our school offers a happy, safe, friendly, and stimulating environment in which young people are supported to learn, interact and have fun. We believe that all young people have the potential to achieve, but that every child is individual and requires a tailored, young person-centred approach to learning.
The Gesher approach is warm, friendly, and nurturing. Emotional health and resilience, as well as developing young people’s independence and learning, are at the core of our vision.
To deliver and achieve these outcomes we are looking to add a confident, enthusiastic and highly motivated Secondary Teacher to join our expanding team at Gesher. This post would suit a passionate, dynamic and adaptable individual who ideally has experience teaching and leading within a secondary SEND environment.
This post would suit someone who is passionate about creating meaningful personalised learning that meets all individual needs and interests. The right candidate would have worked previously within a transdisciplinary team, including teachers, therapists, teaching assistants, parents, and carers. They will commit to discussing each young person’s needs to provide the most effective education and therapeutic model of practice.
It would be essential for the candidate to have the expertise to establish and maintain high quality teaching and assessment of the required subjects across the key stages.
It would be desirable for the candidate to have had experience designing learning that focuses on engaging and purposeful projects that will enable our students to be skilled for the future workplace, confident in their sense of self and builders of meaningful relationships.
This position offers fantastic opportunities to develop your skills as a practitioner within an innovative, supportive and collaborative team environment.
We can offer you the following:
● Paid half day Friday closure in the winter months
● 12 weeks paid holidays plus paid extra Jewish holidays throughout the year
● Ring fenced half day PPA from home, if desired
● Monthly well-being events and inset days
● Regular social opportunities
● A Competitive salary
You will be a fully integrated and integral member of the whole school team. See us in action here: https://vimeo.com/407682934/a9a6af1bc8 And http://gesherschool.com
At Gesher we provide:
Being part of our learning community, you will be able to use your creativity and shape the way our school provides excellent learning opportunities for our young people.
For further information, please visit www.gesherschool.com.
To apply, please complete an application form that can be found here: https://www.gesherschool.com/vacancies/.
Please, complete and return your application by April 26th to [email protected]. CVs will not be accepted.
Interviews will be organised on a rolling basis. This ad may be withdrawn if a suitable candidate is identified.
Diversity is a core value of Gesher School. We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. As such, we actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds to apply for roles at our school.
Gesher School is committed to safeguarding young people and staff. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Watch the video below to hear more about how we teach at Gesher.
Take a look at some of the project work going on in our secondary classes.
Last week was filled with joy as we celebrated Purim with parents, grandparents, and Gesher volunteers! From dressing up to delicious treats, our Enrichment morning was brilliant. Students enjoyed making Hamantaschens (triangular cookies with jam or chocolate inside) and Mishloach Manot (Food packages for friends), crafting puppets and masks, and we even had a petting zoo visit! As a lot of you know, part of Gesher’s tradition is our annual staff Purim video, featuring a hilarious mashup of songs from The Greatest Showman which you can watch below. We hope you all had a wonderful celebration!
Purim 2024: The Greatest Showman Staff Video from Gesher School on Vimeo.
We are delighted to announce that Gesher School have partnered with The United Synagogue so that we can work together effectively, to make Jewish Communities more accessible, not only for our Gesher children, but for all children and adults with additional needs. In line with this, we have appointed Rivka Steinberg to harness the expertise of Gesher School and share it with our communities, in the role of Lead Advocate for Additional needs. She will be spending her time both at Gesher School and the Finchley US office.
In a previous chapter of my life, I spent many years working in scientific research. My interest in improving the quality of education and health services for children with Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND), developed, when my eldest daughter was diagnosed with a physical disability in 2005 and with it the requirement to become a strong advocate for all her additional needs. I trained with IPSEA (Independent provider of SEND legal advice) to develop a strong knowledge of the SEND legislation and I have used my broad knowledge and skills gained over many years, to advise parent carers on SEND matters. I have also worked for voluntary organisations, specialist settings and parent advocacy with Local Authorities.
My personal and professional experiences have seeded a desire and passion to share the knowledge acquired in my own journey and to work closely with leadership in the community, to enable all children and adults, to lead a high quality of life, regardless of their additional needs. This is all about breaking down barriers so that children and adults with needs, are more fully integrated and supported to embody Jewish life in ways that are meaningful to them without feeling compromised.
It is no longer enough that we raise awareness outside of Gesher School, neither can we allow this vital work to be regarded within the framework of a charitable agenda. Rather we need to actively share Gesher’s expertise and resources so communities will make room for difference, engaging wholeheartedly in access and inclusion work, so that children and adults will be enabled in all facets of Jewish community life. It’s about seeing the ‘ability’ in Disability.
I am very excited to be part of Gesher School and to really make a difference as the Lead Advocate for Additional Needs. Some of the projects we are looking at include:
If you have any suggestions or you would just like to be in touch with me directly then please do reach out to me at [email protected].
Required for: As soon as possible
Hours and Pay: Pay dependent on experience. 2 days per half term
Condition of employment: Permanent/Contacted/Freelance
‘Therapists, teachers and teaching assistants work together seamlessly as one team. They truly understand how to meet pupils’ complex special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). While staff are nurturing, they also have high expectations of all pupils. As a result, pupils work hard and learn well’. – OFSTED September 2022.
Gesher School is a unique all-through school providing a specialist, meaningful and functional learning environment for young people with mild to moderate special educational needs. This includes ASC, ADHD, Down’s Syndrome and MLD.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and innovative Educational Psychologist to join our team.
The successful Educational psychologist will:
The Successful candidates will have:
See us in action here:
https://vimeo.com/407682934/a9a6af1bc8
You will join a supportive staff team where teamwork, flexibility and a positive personality are essential attributes.
For more information relating to the above role, or to apply, please contact Victoria Rutter, Head of Therapies 0207 884 5102 or email [email protected]
Ready, set, go! 🏃♂️🏃♀️ The registrations for the Maccabi Fun Run are now open! Join us for a day filled with fun and fitness. You can sign up for a 10k, 5k run, 5k walk, or 1k run. It’s the perfect opportunity to challenge yourself and enjoy a great day out. Don’t miss out on this incredible event. Register now and let’s get moving!
We looking for dedicated and experienced minibus drivers to transport our students to weekly swim sessions and ad-hoc outings. As a driver, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our students, while also providing a friendly and comfortable transportation experience.
By volunteering, you will be providing our students with a unique opportunity to attend invaluable swimming sessions that will contribute significantly to their development. Our curriculum includes a variety of trips throughout the year, and we rely on volunteers to help us transport students to venues that are not easily accessible by public transport.
Driving our minibus will be a rewarding experience that enables you to make a meaningful impact on our students’ education and personal growth.
You will receive a full induction on the vehicle you will be driving.
The school team will provide you with an understanding of the strengths and needs of our students.
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Resilience is a process of moving through difficult or traumatic experiences and adapting and growing. Resilience can be cultivated in individuals and strengthened. For some people it can be challenging to identify positive aspects of themselves, and as such, the metaphor of resilience in nature could be a useful emotional bridge helping ourselves realise the ways in which we are already resilient.
Look at some of these images below for a minute or two and ask yourself:
After thinking about these questions, you may want to think about the ways in which you are resilient yourself.
I invite you to draw or come up with an image from nature that represents your personal resilience, which is a symbolic self-portrait, using nature for inspiration.
Using nature as a metaphor may help to create deep personal meaning, to feel acknowledged for our struggles as well as our inner strength.
Reference:
Required for: September 2024
Hours and Pay: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm, competitive salary.
Gesher School is a unique all-through school providing a specialist, meaningful and functional learning environment for young people with special educational needs. This includes language, communication and social pragmatic difficulties. We have a specialism in autism spectrum challenges (ASC).
Young people are at the heart of Gesher School, where we foster a sense of belonging and community. Our school offers a happy, safe, friendly, and stimulating environment in which young people are supported to learn, interact and have fun. We believe that all young people have the potential to achieve, but that every child is individual and requires a tailored, young person-centred approach to learning.
The Gesher approach is warm, friendly and nurturing. Emotional health and resilience, developing young people’s independence and learning, is at the core of our vision.
At Gesher we provide:
Being part of our learning community, you will be able to use your creativity and shape the way our school provides excellent learning opportunities for our young people.
As a member of our team, you will:
For further information, please visit www.gesherschool.com.
To apply, please complete an application which can be found here.
Please, complete and return your application by May 16th to [email protected]. CVs will not be accepted.
Interviews will be organised on a rolling basis. This ad may be withdrawn as a suitable candidate is identified.
Diversity is a core value of Gesher School. We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. As such, we actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds to apply for roles at our school.
Gesher School is committed to safeguarding young people and staff. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.