Company description Founded in 2000, Calypso Farm & Ecology Center is a non-profit educational farm located in Fairbanks, Alaska. Through hands-on education programs like field trips, summer camps, the Farmer Training Program, workshops and a network of school gardens, Calypso works to encourage local food production and environmental awareness at every age level. Situated on a hill surrounded by boreal forest, Calypso cultivates 3 acres of terraced fields, producing vegetables for CSA, community markets and restaurants.  In all of our programs, we strive to increase access to and awareness of the benefits of purchasing and eating local foods. Job description

Spend the summer immersed in farm and forest based education through field trips and summer camps in Fairbanks, Alaska! 

HOURS: 25-30+ hours/week on average, depending on field trip schedule.  Approximately 40 hours per week during Camp sessions.  

POSITION LENGTH: April 1 - October 1, 2019

COMPENSATION: $15/hour,  Farm lunches May – September (Monday thru Fridays), CSA vegetable share through the growing season (early June through late September)

 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The prime responsibility of the Field Trip Coordinator is to run Calypso's field trips, including:
1) outreaching about field trip options to schools, day care centers, community organizations, and family groups

2) coordinating with group leaders about all trip logistics

3) leading trips with small groups of staff and community volunteers.

Additionally, the Field Trip Coordinator will work along side the Farm Camp & Guide Program Coordinator to offer farm and school garden-based summer camps and to engage a multi-generational group of community volunteers to assist with field trips.  Farm based field trips run from late April through September, with fewer field trips happening in the summer months. Calypso has developed a number of successful and popular field trip themes exploring garden and forest ecology, however the Field Trip Coordinator is welcome and encouraged to create new field trip activities and themes. Field trip groups range in size from 10 - 60 youth and all groups are broken into small groups of 6-8 children, each with an adult leader, that move around the farm and surrounding forest exploring and doing activities. Field trips last 2 hours on average, and are scheduled at least once a day, Monday through Friday, in the spring and fall and an average of 3 to 4 per week during the summer (excluding summer camp weeks).

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Promotion & Planning

• Update and revise (as needed) – the spring, summer and fall field trip offerings
• Promote the field trip offerings to all potential participants
• Post several times weekly on Calypso’s social media sites about our farm based education

 

Scheduling, Recording & Evaluation

• Communicate with the rest of the Calypso staff about field trip scheduling
• Schedule field trips throughout the season
• Coordinate directly with each field trip group leader via email or phone to provide necessary information and get all necessary paperwork from them
• Conduct field trip evaluation for each field trip
• Compile all evaluation into an end of season report

 

Field Trip Operations

• Gather and create (as needed) materials needed for each field trip to function
• Implement engaging field trips!
• Adhere to Calypso’s Field Trip Safety Policy
• Clean up all supplies after each field trip and keep supplies organized throughout season

 

Field Trip Volunteer Guides

• Assist the Farm Camp & Guide Program Coordinator in the cultivation of a group of multi-generational volunteers to help with field trips

 

Summer Camps

• Work with the Farm Camp & Guide Program Coordinator on Farm Camp and LEAF Camp curriculum and plans
• Work as Lead Counselor during all farm and school-garden based camp sessions in June and July

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Environmental education experience
• Ability to work in a team, as well as independently
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Work well under pressure and can troubleshoot on the spot
• Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
• Must have a reliable vehicle to get to the Farm each day
• A good sense of humor!

Compensation this position is : hourly Application instructions Deadlineno deadline