Each AmeriCorps Food Educator will serve as the lead educator at one or more of Common Threads’ partner school sites, leading school-based garden lessons during spring and fall and cooking lessons during winter.

Additionally, each service member may collaborate with the full team (staff and Food Educator teammates) to:

• Lead or support after school gardening and/or cooking clubs (school-based and affordable housing complexes)
• Lead camp-style programs during spring and summer breaks
• Support emergency food production and distribution efforts
• Recruit and manage volunteers to help maintain/improve school garden(s) and support lessons at assigned school(s)
• Manage administrative tasks, including email communications, data collection, and project prep time
• Develop and/or facilitate live or recorded virtual content related to gardening and cooking
• Support school district food service programs, including but not limited to meal production, packing, distribution, and lunch support
• Support other relevant food education and food resiliency opportunities as they arise
• Develop and use an equity lens during all aspects of service

Specialized Roles: Though all of our AmeriCorps service members will be selected as Food Educators, you can additionally apply and be selected for the following specialized roles: Farm Team, Curriculum Team, Communications Team, and Volunteer Coordinator.