Position: Educator
Reports to: Outdoor Education Coordinator
Location: Delavan, WI
Organization Overview: The students who visit House in the Wood Outdoor Education Center refine their essential life and social skills in a safe outdoor environment. With the instruction of fully trained staff members, students learn about the natural world and explore various environments, including forest, lake, and marsh habitats. As a residential Outdoor Education center, we are able to provide a complete outdoor experience for inner-city students.
Job Summary: Educators teach multiple nature-related lessons (indoors and outdoors) to groups of 10 to 15 third through eighth-grade students. Lessons use our marsh, lake, forest, lawn, and Outdoor Education Center. They also implement our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) practice while supervising students. This position provides on-site housing.
Key Responsibilities
Teach outdoor environmental lessons to trail groups of 10 to 15 students between third and eighth grades.
Follow lesson plans as described in training.
Complete onsite training
Teach up to eight hours of outdoor lessons for three days.
Supervise trail group at meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Supper
Implement our social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons during times with students
Help with other areas as needed and complete paperwork as assigned
Cleanup and maintain lesson equipment and facility after group departs
Ideal Skills/Traits
Knowledge of subject matter at third to eighth-grade level
Able to work independently when teaching lessons
Able to work closely with other staff members
Ability to effectively manage students through appropriate behavior-management techniques, as determined in staff training.
Possess adaptability, enthusiasm, a sense of humor, patience, and self-control.
Ability to communicate and work with children, especially 7-12 year-olds, and to provide necessary instruction to students.
Ability to identify and respond to environmental and other hazards related to the activity.
Ability to relate positively to one's peers
Experience/Education
All applicants must be at least 18 years of age and able to work legally in the United States.
At least junior level in college or equivalent in experience. Prefer Bachelor’s degree in a subject related to teaching and/or life science.
Experience with teaching children
Experience with teaching outdoor lessons or desire to learn
Compensation
$150.00 per day. Housing is provided, and when programs are in session, food is included.
Statement of Non-Discrimination
Northwestern Settlement is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, making all employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other characteristic or classification protected by law.