Go!Chefs Culinary Instructor Children's Aid
- Date Posted February 20, 2019
- Location New York, NY
- Category Education / Nonprofit
- Job type Part-Time
Here at Children's Aid we help children in poverty to succeed and thrive. We do this by providing comprehensive supports to children, youth, and their families in targeted high-needs New York City neighborhoods.
We believe all kids have limitless potential. But for those growing up surrounded by poverty, family instability, and physical or emotional stress, life is too often about survival, not possibility. It’s unacceptable that in New York, a city of historic opportunity, so many of our children face serious barriers to realizing their own promise.
Children’s Aid is a professional powerhouse of solutions for young people. We are teachers and social workers, coaches and health care providers. We know what it takes to ensure children grow up strong and healthy, and ready to thrive in school and life: excellent education and health care, social-emotional support, and strong, stable families.
Job descriptionGo!Healthy’s Go!Chefs program is a nutrition education and cooking curriculum for elementary, middle and high school youth. Since 2005, Go!Chefs has introduced youth to the pleasures of growing, preparing and enjoying "real food" that is both nutritious and delicious - an essential step toward health and well-being. Our core goals are for children to embrace fresh fruit and vegetables, increase their food literacy and, build skills and self-sufficiency in the kitchen and garden. This program is a complement to our gardening program, which enables children to experience plant-based foods from seed to table. Both the Go!Chefs and gardening programs integrate movement, inquiry-based science learning, arts and crafts, reflection and journaling.
The Children’s Aid Go!Healthy program is seeking dynamic instructors to lead Go!Chefs programming during afterschool for the 2018-2019 school year. The Go!Chefs instructor will work during afterschool hours 1-4 days per week. The instructor must also be available for training the last week of September and to conduct classes throughout the duration of the school year
Responsibilities:
- Effectively implementing the Go!Chefs curriculum which includes hands-on cooking instruction, nutrition education, activities, and reflection
- Managing and ensuring safety for approx. 15 elementary, middle and/or high school students
- Maintaining classroom equipment and procurement of food needed for lessons
- Communicating with site directors and program manager about program progress and needs
- Facilitating classroom discussion around nutrition and the health benefits of fruits, vegetables, and whole foods
- Reporting to the Go!Chefs and Garden Program Manager
- Collaborating creatively with gardening instructors
- Coaching a selected team of students in our Iron Go!Chefs competition in June
- Comply with all privacy laws including HIPAA, etc.
Qualifications:
- A dynamic teacher with significant teaching experience and culinary skills
- Personally committed to wellness and healthy eating
- Highly organized and able to work independently
- Energetic and self-motivated
- Extremely reliable
- A good communicator
- Bilingual (English & Spanish) a plus but not mandatory