This job expired on January 25, 2020
CT Schoolyards Program Manager Common Ground
- Date Posted November 26, 2019
- Location New Haven, CT
- Category Education / Nonprofit
- Job type Full-Time
Company description
The CT Schoolyards Program of Common Ground supports the creation and effective use of school gardens, schoolyard habitats, and outdoor classrooms in schools. We believe that by using our knowledge and resources to provide professional and technical support, we can help schools realize the full potential of teaching outside in deepening the academic and emotional learning of their students.
Job description
Seeking applicants who are looking to step outside the traditional teaching box, who are passionate about nature-based education, and who will thrive in a position that balances indoor and outdoor work as well as administrative time and hands-in-the-dirt time! In a single busy spring week, the CT Schoolyards Manager may:
- Meet with a principal of a partner school to discuss details of a contract for service for the following school year
- Lead a faculty meeting mini-workshop on outdoor learning at a local public school
- Lead a crew of high school students in using hand tools and power tools to build raised beds to install at a local school
- Dig for worms and plant lettuce with children at an Outdoor Day that sees 350 children participate in outdoor activities over the course of the school day
- Participate in a conference call with partners to discuss deliverables and timeline on a grant funded project
- Place orders for soil deliveries to partner schools
- Deliver flats of spring seedlings to partner schools and arrange additional pick-ups at Common Ground
- Respond to a press inquiry regarding a photographer and journalist attending an upcoming weekend Schoolyard Habitat ribbon cutting ceremony
- Lead a CT Schoolyards team meeting to debrief a busy week and make sure the team is ready for the next one!
This job expired on January 25, 2020
DeadlineDecember 09, 2019