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This job expired on May 22, 2017

Summer Camp Educator Cedar Circle Farm

  • Date Posted March 23, 2017
  • Location East Thetford, VT
  • Category Education
  • Job type Summer Job
Company description

Cedar Circle Farm is a certified organic vegetable and berry farm with a Farmstand and Education Center. We have retail greenhouses, a farm kitchen, a coffee shop, and a CSA program. We are an organic farm with a social mission, engaging the community to develop and share practices that promote regenerative agriculture, good health, and a resource-rich environment.

Our farmstand offers an abundance of fresh vegetables, berries, and flowers grown right here on our farm, plus a variety of local and organic grocery items, many from other local producers. From the earliest spring greens, right through to the pumpkins and winter storage crops, our produce is of the highest quality, grown with care, and certified organic.

The Hello Café is our on-farm coffee shop, serving certified organic, fair-trade coffee and espresso and fresh baked treats from our farm kitchen.

Job description Summer Camp Educators

Full-time from June 26 -August 11
7 weeks, M-F, 8:30am-4:30pm

We need experienced educators who are interested in helping to work with a developing, unique, farm-based summer program for area kids. Together, our staff will plan the weekly activities, build a safe environment for learning and fun, and make meaningful relationships with our campers. Our program success depends wholly on the enthusiasm and commitment of our staff. If you are creative, energetic, willing to be silly, and passionate about food, health and nature, then we want to hear from you.

Essential Functions:

  • Daily execution of programs designed to encourage campers to investigate Cedar Circle Farm’s fields, greenhouses, and natural spaces
  • Direct supervision and safe keeping of our campers
  • Collaborative generation of activities and projects that represent our educational goals
  • Active participation in program development meetings
  • Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation

Qualifications:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in education, the sciences, the humanities, or other relevant course of study is preferred (but not required)
  • Experience working as a camp counselor, classroom teacher or informal educator
  • A special interest in organic agriculture
  • Enthusiasm for place-based education
  • The physical and mental wherewithal to teach outdoors, sometimes under difficult circumstances.
  • The ability and desire to work with children
  • A familiarity with Cedar Circle Farm
  • CPR and First Aid Certification a plus
Compensation this position is : hourly Application instructions
This job expired on May 22, 2017
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