Coastal Classroom After School, Lead Educator -Part-time

City Parks Foundation is hiring a part-time Lead Educator for the Coastal Classroom After School program in New York City. The role involves teaching middle school students about coastal ecology and urban waterfront restoration at various park locations. Candidates should have a background in marine science and experience working with adolescents. The position offers an hourly salary of $22-$25 and requires delivering hands-on, inquiry-based lessons.
Position/Title: Coastal Classroom After School, Lead Educator -Part-time

Start Date: March 2023

Hourly Salary: $22-$25 per hour

ABOUT CITY PARKS FOUNDATION

City Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to offer programs in public parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. At CPF, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community development, and education programs for all New Yorkers. Our programs and community building initiatives -- located in more than 350 parks, recreation centers, and public schools across New York City -- reach 425,000 people each year.
• We present the largest free, outdoor performing arts festival in NYC through SummerStage, presenting artists of the highest quality across multiple disciplines and genres, and marionette puppet theater in all five boroughs with our Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre and the roving PuppetMobile.
• Partnerships for Parks, a public-private program of City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks, supports and champions a growing network of leaders who care and advocate for the transformation of their neighborhood parks.
• We connect youngsters to nature in the urban environment with education programs that provide learning experiences through classroom and hands-on activities in parks, urban forests, coastal areas, gardens, and recreation centers.
• Free golf, tennis, track & field, soccer, and fitness programs bring high-quality instruction and equipment into areas where few organized athletic opportunities exist. We offer leveled training, year-round scholarship coaching, and special pro events.

Our ethos is simple: we believe thriving parks reflect thriving communities.

POSITION SUMMARY

City Parks Education has operated interdisciplinary environmental education programs in schools and parks since 1992. The Coastal Classroom after school program focuses on coastal ecology, water quality, urban waterfront restoration and preservation on the NYC waterfront, with sites in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan, Bushwick Inlet Park and Kaiser Park in Brooklyn, and one additional site TBD. Coastal Classroom will provide after school programming for up to 30 middle school students at each of the 4 locations, using site-specific inquiry-based lessons to stimulate meaningful learning experiences in their own communities.

City Parks Foundation (CPF) seeks an experienced environmental educator with a background in marine science to provide instruction and guidance to middle school students and paid high school interns under the supervision of the Associate Director of Environmental Education. The successful candidate will have a strong knowledge base in aquatic ecosystems and shoreline ecology as well as at least one or two years of experience in delivering instruction to and working with adolescents in an educational setting.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Adapt and deliver developmentally appropriate lessons for youth ages 8 to 14 in an after school setting
• Implement a curriculum that includes a progressive series of hands-on, interdisciplinary activities that hone academic skills, encourage curiosity, and support mandated academic standards
• Implement assessment tools and analyze data to measure the learning outcomes of the program
• Supervise and support 4-8 high school and/or college interns
• Provide logistical support and complete general administrative duties as needed
• Assist with record-keeping and reporting requirements
• Maintain, repair and ensure proper storage of tools and equipment, including rowboats, waders, nets, buckets, water quality kits, and other gear
• Devote adequate time to set-up and break-down on-site to ensure program starts and ends on time
• Ability to oversee and/or participate in moving heavy equipment (boats, waders, nets, moving cart) and other strenuous physical tasks

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City Parks Foundation is a collegial, mission-focused organization that values its employees and encourages professional growth and advancement.