Class 8 -Teaching Non Credit -New Jersey Climate Change Corps (2024-2025)

Rutgers University is hiring AmeriCorps Members for the New Jersey Climate Change Corps (2024-2025) to teach climate change and food waste education in fifth-grade classrooms. Responsibilities include conducting food waste assessments, training school staff, and teaching lessons. Candidates should be at least 18 years old, have completed 60 college credits, and possess reliable transportation. No specific background is required, but a passion for youth, food security, or climate education is essential. Benefits include a living allowance and an education award.
Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title
Class 8 -Teaching Non Credit -New Jersey Climate Change Corps (2024-2025)

Department
SEBS-Family&CommunityHealthSci

Salary
Annual Salary

Posting Summary

Rutgers' New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension Department of Family and Community Health Sciences is currently looking to hire AmeriCorps Members to serve in schools full-time to implement climate change education and programming for the 2024-2025 school year.

Activities performed by the AmeriCorps members will include:
• Teaching lessons on climate change and food waste to fifth grade classes
• Training school food service personnel in strategies to reduce food waste in cafeterias
• Conducting food waste assessments in school cafeterias to measure how much food is wasted

Applicants need not have a background in any specific topic area. They need only be passionate about youth, food security, and/or climate change education, be reliable and responsible, and have reliable transportation to get to the schools where they will be teaching. They will be trained to implement all required activities, including teaching lessons, performing food waste audits, and training staff by the faculty and staff overseeing this program.

10 available positions.
This is an evergreen posting to expire 3/1/2025

Position Status
Full Time

Posting Number
24FA0172

Posting Open Date
03/18/2024

Posting Close Date
03/01/2025

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience
• Be at least 18 years of age
• No criminal history
• Have completed at least 60 college credits
• US citizen or legal permanent resident

Certifications/Licenses

NA

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Presentations Skills
General Computer Skills
Microsoft Office Suite

Equipment Utilized

Computers
Food Scales

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Will be working in schools and with food waste.
Need reliable transportation

Overview

Background on NJ Climate Change Corps

The Rutgers Food Waste Team has been successfully partnering with schools since 2018 to implement strategies in schools that reduce the amount of food waste generated by cafeterias. The team has also piloted curricula in schools across New Jersey

New Jersey became the first state in the nation to mandate climate change education for K-12 public schools and will implement that mandate this year. In response, Rutgers Food Waste Team has developed curricula for fifth grades students that address food waste and its effects on climate change. Food waste reduction practices are framed as a solution to climate change in the unit.

The goals of Climate Change Corps will be to improve school administrations' and fifth grade students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, toward adapting food waste reduction practices, and, ultimately, to reduce the amount of food waste produced by the schools in which they work.

Benefits for AmeriCorps Members:
• Living allowance
• Education Award upon successful completion of the program (can be used to pay tuition or student loans)
• Ability to put student loans into forbearance while serving with AmeriCorps (with no interest accrual)
• Professional, networking, and leadership development opportunities
• Experience teaching in public schools

The position is expected to run from September 15, 2024 through June 30, 2025

Statement

Refer to our website for more information: https://sites.rutgers.edu/food-waste/americorps/

This is a grant-funded position, employment in this position is contingent upon the availability of funds. This position will expire once the grant has ended.

Posting Details

Special Instructions to Applicants

AmeriCorps Position: September 15, 2024 - June 30, 2025.
10 Positions

Quick Link to Posting
https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/221628

Campus
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Home Location Campus
Off Campus

City
New Brunswick

State
NJ

Location Details

AmeriCorps members will be assigned to various participating schools throughout New Jersey.

Pre-employment Screenings

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.

Immunization Requirements
Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals, if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate's offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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