ESYKC Kitchen Educator Grimm Family Education Foundation
- Date Posted August 09, 2022
- Location Bakersfield, CA
- Category Education / Nonprofit
- Job type Full-Time
Reports to: ESYKC Site Supervisor
Position Summary:
The Kitchen Educator is involved in teaching kitchen and garden classes and is responsible for the maintenance, care and upkeep of the kitchen classroom.
Duties and Responsibilities:
(Include but are not limited to)
- Maintains the order and cleanliness of kitchen as stated in the kitchen handbook and utilizing kitchen maintenance schedules
- Involved in kitchen classes guiding students through lesson and recipe execution and clean up
- Involved in garden classes, guiding students through propagation, harvesting, cultivation, composting, greenhouse production and maintenance of the garden
- Remains familiar with both the curriculum and the current harvest in the garden, to ensure preparedness to teach the classes
- Remains informed about daily class schedule and lessons
- Collaborates with the ESY Site Supervisor on the execution of grade appropriate kitchen skills, activities and lessons
- Plans and executes Family Cooking/Garden Classes
- Attends garden walk-throughs and distributes garden walk-through notes
- Maintains kitchen inventory
All Kitchen Staff Will:
- Participate in the implementation, set up and teaching of daily lessons
- Help maintain kitchen facilities and equipment
- Help with daily and weekly kitchen work
- Participate in garden work
- Teaches or participates as needed in the garden or other ESYKC sites
- Attend and participate in all staff meetings, garden walk-throughs and scheduled ESYKC professional development days.
- Grocery shops in an efficient, sot-effective manner
- Coordinates maintenance of kitchen facility and equipment including, dishwasher, refrigerators/freezers, ovens, stoves, washer/dryer, cooking tools, and knives.
Community:
- Help plan and/or execute Community Cooking & Garden Classes, Annual Plant Sale, camps, and fundraising events.
- Attend school-wide functions (i.e.: Open House, Showcase Night etc.)
- Maintain healthy relationship with BV Elementary, GFEF and ESYKC Staff
- Represent ESYKC program to wider community (i.e.: giving tours of ESY, public speaking engagements, off site community events)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to work with elementary school children in an educational environment
- Ability to maintain order and safe working practices in a kitchen setting with young students
- Knowledge of effective and efficient kitchen techniques
- Attention to detail is a must to maintain aesthetic of environment
- Ability to take direction and work on a variety of tasks simultaneously
- Ability to interact positively and effectively with a variety of constituents including students, co-workers, parents, teachers, volunteers and visitors
- Ability to work collaboratively
Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree preferred
- Experience in a culinary or kitchen setting a plus
- Experience working with young students preferred
- Educational experience in related fields preferred
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Ability to work with frequent interruption
- Ability to stand, stoop, reach and bend
- Ability to grasp and manipulate small and large objects
- Ability to read small print
- Ability to taste, smell and feel to determine quality of food
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
- Ability to work with and near electrical and other equipment
- Ability to work outside in summer heat