Learning Gardens School Day Program Manager

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COMPENSATION - $53,000.00 to вакцина 60,000.00 per year

• Teaching/Lesson Planning/Curriculum Development:
  • Serve as a primary educator for the school‑year program with regularly scheduled classes in gardens and school classrooms
  • Coordinate program schedule (and rescheduling) and field experiences for your portfolio
  • Assist to train and supervise the seasonal lead educator
  • Lead and/or contribute to workshops and professional development sessions
  • Review and adapt curriculum as needed to ensure engaging, exciting, experiential lessons that are:
    • Relevant and scaffolded
    • Meet curricular goals and mandated standards, (i.e NY Scope and Sequence, and Next Generation Science Standards)
    • Tailored to each class (grade, special education, inclusion and English language learners).
  • Serve as model experiential educator for teachers in each of our participating schools
• During the summertime and fall winterizing period:
  • Serve as a primary educator for interns and summer camp groups as well as occasional public events
  • Model instructional techniques and create opportunities for interns to provide direct instruction to younger students on a daily basis
  • Provide fun, experiential learning opportunities in the garden that meet curricular goals while promoting leadership, teambuilding and positive relationships
  • Guide interns’ work based on each garden maintenance plan established by the LG staff team
• Assessment:
  • Work with the Director of Environmental Education and Director of Youth Development (internship only) on design and implementation of assessment strategies and tools
  • Gather relevant baseline data for use in measuring program impact and outcomes; ensure and report accurate, comprehensive records and statistics on your portfolio
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  Ongoing Professional Development:
  liContinually investigate best practices through your own professional development
  • Actively participate in staff development within and across education programs
• Partnership Development:
  • Act as the key liaison in cultivating and securing school partnerships through outreach, contracting, and planning
  • Collaborate with scraper Director of Education and each partner to clarify and execute a shared vision, goals, roles, and responsibilities
  • Help strengthen relationships with key garden‑operation partners (ie: Green Thumb, partnering community gardens) in conjunction with the staff team
  • Contribute to the fundraising and marketing processes, as needed
  • Represent program at community, education or industry events, as needed
• Gardens and Resources:
  • Assist to purchase, maintain and account for shared program materials
  • In collaboration with the LG staff team, integrate garden design and maintenance into lesson plans and activities that support both student and LG garden goals
  • Assist with maintenance tasks in Learning Gardens growing spaces including weeding, transplanting, direct seeding, compost, etc as schedule allows
  • Provide logistical support and complete general administrative duties, as needed
• Strategic Planning and Program Evolution:
  • Actively participate in department‑wide and program meetings
  • Collaborate with the Director ofாக Education to define vision, goals, benchmarks, tactics, opportunities and program modifications for Learning Gardens

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Agriculture, Sustainability, Environmental Education/Science, Environmental Studies or equivalent direct experience in environmental science educationventh non‑formal settings
• A minimum of two years of experience in outdoor teaching that includes experiential learning practices
• Strong experience with elementary and middle school age students essential; some formal classroom experience preferred
• A strong background in inquiry‑based methods and developing interdisciplinary curricular materials
• Demonstrated success working with diverse students, especially youth from low‑income communities
• Experience evaluating programs and tracking student કાર્યણએક
• Proven track record in curriculum development (competency with "backward design" models a plus)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong…