What are the responsibilities and job description for the Seasonal Trees & Saplings Lead Instructor position at Brooklyn Botanic Garden?
Job Description
Position Title: Seasonal Trees & Saplings Lead Instructor
Department: Children’s Education
Reports to: Children’s Garden Co-coordinators
FLSA Status: Part-time Seasonal, Non-exempt
Compensation: $25.00 per hour
Position Description:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Children’s Education programs are renowned for teaching hands-on gardening and plant science to children. The seasonal Trees and Saplings lead instructor will spend the spring and fall seasons in BBG’s Children’s Garden, where they will plan and team-teach age and seasonally appropriate gardening and related activities to a group of 10 child-and-adult pairs. Children will learn how to grow, maintain, and harvest vegetables, herbs, and flowers, make simple recipes with garden produce, care for the environment, and explore the natural world.
The seasonal Trees and Saplings lead instructor will teach alongside the Children’s Garden lead instructor, with a commitment of about 18 hours per week during the spring and fall seasons. The instructor gains experience in early childhood education, lesson planning, and horticulture.
This is a part-time, seasonal position from March through early June, and September through November (no summer shifts).
Responsibilities:
No telephone calls for position inquiries, please. Applicants with disabilities who need assistance with the online system, or who may require a reasonable accommodation during the application process, should contact Human Resources at hr@bbg.org.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Position Title: Seasonal Trees & Saplings Lead Instructor
Department: Children’s Education
Reports to: Children’s Garden Co-coordinators
FLSA Status: Part-time Seasonal, Non-exempt
Compensation: $25.00 per hour
Position Description:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Children’s Education programs are renowned for teaching hands-on gardening and plant science to children. The seasonal Trees and Saplings lead instructor will spend the spring and fall seasons in BBG’s Children’s Garden, where they will plan and team-teach age and seasonally appropriate gardening and related activities to a group of 10 child-and-adult pairs. Children will learn how to grow, maintain, and harvest vegetables, herbs, and flowers, make simple recipes with garden produce, care for the environment, and explore the natural world.
The seasonal Trees and Saplings lead instructor will teach alongside the Children’s Garden lead instructor, with a commitment of about 18 hours per week during the spring and fall seasons. The instructor gains experience in early childhood education, lesson planning, and horticulture.
This is a part-time, seasonal position from March through early June, and September through November (no summer shifts).
Responsibilities:
- Design, prepare, and teach hands-on gardening lessons to a group of 10 young children (2–4 years old) and their adult partners.
- Develop and lead supplementary enrichment activities such as seasonal cooking, nature crafts and science exploration.
- Collaborate with the Children’s Garden Lead Instructor to develop material list and program preparation needs.
- Ensure that assigned garden plots are maintained according to weekly schedule (including planting, weeding, mulching, and watering).
- Prepare and set up all program materials and clean up after programming.
- Assist in teaching other education programs as needed.
- Formal or non-formal early-childhood education experience, ideally in a classroom or outdoor setting
- Experience or comfort with singing songs, imaginative play, cooking, and exploring nature with children 2 through 4
- Experience with gardening, plants, horticulture, and/or botany
- Flexibility and willingness to take on a variety of tasks; ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
- Experience and comfort working in a team with staff from diverse backgrounds
- High level of responsibility, reliability, and motivation
- Ability to perform physical labor and work outdoors in various weather conditions
- Passion for education, gardening, and fun
- Fridays March 14, 21, 28 | 2–6 p.m.
- Saturdays March 15, 22, 29 | 9 a.m. –3:30 p.m.
- Fall training date TBD
- 7 Wednesdays, April 2–May 21 | 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
- 7 Thursdays, April 3 – May 22 | 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
- 8 Fridays, April 4–May 30 | 2–6 p.m.
- 8 Saturdays, April 5–June 1 | 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
- No work shifts April 16 through 19, May 23 and 24
- 9 Fridays, September 5–October 31 | 2–6 p.m.
- 9 Saturdays, September 6–November 1 | 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
- 7 Wednesdays, September 10–October 22 | 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
- 7 Thursdays, September 11–October 23 | 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
- BBG offers certain benefits to part-time employees including:
- Up to 56 hours of sick leave
- Short-term disability/New York Paid Family Leave
- As a 501(c)3, BBG is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer.
- Museum Pass which provides employees the opportunity to enter many museums in New York City for free
- Free Garden admission for employee plus one guest
- Employee discount at BBG’s retail shop and food venues
No telephone calls for position inquiries, please. Applicants with disabilities who need assistance with the online system, or who may require a reasonable accommodation during the application process, should contact Human Resources at hr@bbg.org.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
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