Job Type: Temporary
Salary Details: $11.00 per hour
See full details at https://www.conservationjobboard.com/job-listing-coastal-environmental-educator-tybee-island-georgia/2361072447
Make the beach and salt marsh your new outdoor classroom on a Georgia barrier island; this opportunity is perfect for the outdoor enthusiast! As part of Georgia 4-H and the University of Georgia, the Burton 4-H Center on Tybee Island provides high-quality day and residential environmental educational experiences.
Seasonal Environmental Educators will teach hands-on day and night classes most frequently to 3rd-8th grade students. Commonly taught classes cover material from ecology of the beach, maritime forest and salt marsh to herpetology, invertebrates, dissections and more.
Duties also include, and are not limited to, dorm cleaning, assisting with meal service in the dining hall, maintaining teaching facilities and supplies, providing animal husbandry for residential education animals, operating a UGA mini-bus, lead staff rotations, and various maintenance projects on center as needed. Educators must be able to work outside in buggy environments, extreme heat / cold and be flexible as schedules sometimes change with changing weather conditions.
Benefits include compensation of $11.00/hour (hours per week will depend on reservations and will vary from week to week), a private bedroom in a spacious staff house for $20/week, limited health insurance, opportunities to network with other UGA 4-H centers, and training in coastal barrier island ecology and environmental education. Plus, the experience to live on an island full of life, just a short stroll to the beach and 15 miles to historic downtown Savannah.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants are required to have a Bachelor’s degree (education or science preferred), minimum 1-2 years of experience working in a summer camp and/or outdoor education setting, passion for teaching children, leadership ability, effective communication skills, a positive attitude, flexibility and the desire to work as a team. Energetic people eager to grow and lead with a passion for education and the outdoors will thrive here.
Please apply at https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/192602 Then email Environmental Education Program Coordinator, Erine-Fay McNaught, your application confirmation #, attached resume, cover letter and 3 work references or 3 letters of recommendation (academic references will not be considered). If interviewed, applicants will be asked to teach a 10 to 15 minute lesson (without PowerPoint) and perform a favorite campfire song/story.
Burton 4-H Center is accepting applications until filled for the Fall 2021-Spring 2022 Environmental Education Season (start dtae September 1, 2021 June 3, 2022; short-term 4 to 6 week Christmas break depending on reservations and Hurricane season).