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Current undergraduate students can earn up to 8 college credits\/quarter and masters students can earn up to 6 credits\/quarter.<\/strong><\/p>\n Position pays:<\/strong> $16\/hour for 20 hours a week. DESCRIPTION<\/strong><\/span> Field Trips<\/strong><\/span> QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/span> Applicant will use their own personal computer as well as the Estuarium\u2019s desktop, and easily learn new computer programs\/apps. Current undergraduate students can earn up to 8 college credits\/quarter and masters students can earn up to 6 credits\/quarter. Position pays:<\/strong> $16\/hour for 20 hours a week. However, additional hours are frequently available during field trips and other funded K-12 Programs throughout the year. The Education\/NP Intern reports to the Education Coordinator\/Executive Director and communicates regularly with all Estuarium staff.<\/p>\n APPLICATION
However, additional hours are frequently available during field trips and other funded K-12 Programs throughout the year.<\/em><\/p>\n
This Estuarium internship program provides college students and recent graduates with environmental education and animal husbandry experience, as well as experience with working at a growing non-profit organization. While the majority of the internship will be spent assisting the Education Coordinator by providing hands-on field trips to K-12 school groups, leading beach investigations, and delivering marine programs for the community; this position will require staffing the information desk, helping in facilities maintenance, and assisting with administrative projects.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES<\/strong><\/span>
\u25cf Attend all Education Team meetings and trainings.
\u25cf Lead a variety of environmental education programs for the public, including but not limited to, hands-on dissections, low tide investigations, plankton tows, and short lectures on such topics as marine biodiversity, water quality and estuaries; For a description of each program that we offer, please visit https:\/\/pugetsoundestuarium.org\/education\/<\/a>;
\u25cf Create, document, and organize lesson plans, assessments, and evaluations in a professional manner by shadowing and learning from the current Estuarium staff, and by independent research.
\u25cf Assist with other duties as necessary, including working at the information desk, facilities maintenance, and the Estuarium Office;
\u25cf Foster learning opportunities that inspire people of all ages to connect with, protect, and enjoy the unique estuary environment of south Puget Sound
\u25cf Assist with special events activities including facility events, lectures, and hosting visiting groups of students and scouts;
\u25cf Other duties as assigned.<\/p>\n
\u25cf On the Water (May)
\u25cf Estuary Life and Landforms (Oct)
\u25cf Classroom Robotics at Bud Bay (CRABB) (Mar)
\u25cf Capitol Land Trust (Spring\/Fall)
\u25cf Meet the Beach (Spring\/Summer\/Fall)
\u25cf Estuarium (All year)
\u25cf Estuary Explorers Spring Tide and Summer Camp
\u25cf STEM Programs with Together!
Education Events<\/strong><\/span>
\u25cf South Sound Green Student Congress
\u25cf South Sound GREEN Nearshore Program
\u25cf Expanding Horizons
\u25cf Squaxin Tribe Partnership
All Ages Programs<\/strong><\/span>
\u25cf Pier Peer (all year)
\u25cf Bird Walk (spring-fall)
\u25cf Sea Stroll (spring-fall)
\u25cf Meet the Beach (spring-summer)
\u25cf Estuarium interpreter (all year)<\/p>\n
\u25cf Currently enrolled in college course in environmental or marine biology field, education, communications, natural resource management, business or public administration, or related field,
\u25cf or Recent graduate in fields listed above.
\u25cf Excellent listening and communication skills. Good public speaking skills; comfortable speaking to diverse groups of people.
\u25cf Excels at working with a wide variety of community members\/volunteers.
\u25cf Interpersonal skills essential for working collaboratively with staff, board, donors, partners, and the regional community.
\u25cf Computer proficiency with knowledge of MS Office applications.
\u25cf Ability to be self-directed and work within a team environment.
\u25cf Ability to work in physically challenging environments including long periods exposed in extreme temperatures and field conditions while keeping an upbeat personality.
\u25cf Ability to lift 40 lbs.
\u25cf Must possess a valid Driver\u2019s License.
\u25cf CLEAN Background check is required before selection.
\u25cf Previous work as an educator and developing STEM, NGSS, Common Core, and NOAA Ocean Literacy aligned curriculum desired.
\u25cf Current First Aid\/CPR certified or ability to become certified after hire.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/span>If you are interested in this internship position, please email your resume, cover letter, a list of three professional references to (education@pugetsoundestuarium.org) by 2\/15\/2023, and CC our Executive Director (paris@pugetsoundestuarium.org). If you desire more information about the Environmental Education and Non-profit Internship, please send questions to:<\/strong> education@pugetsoundestuarium.org.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9909,"featured_media":34096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[18,26],"tags":[1297,227,1774,1192,1198,1787,521,352,522,1783,50,1775,1793,242,1784,1788,702,1772,1776,1778,251,36,1792,1777,1785,1781,1779,571,1782,350,1770,349,281,454,998,230,1315,993,1790,1780,1773,589,351,232,344,1786,1791,1789,1314,9,1771,275,1133],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48289,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48282\/revisions\/48289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}