What are the responsibilities and job description for the Outdoor School - Assistant Teacher (Carpinteria) position at Lanterns Global?
We are looking for a fun, engaging, reliable, and safe individual to assist our Head Teacher for our Farm to Table Outdoor School Enrichment Program. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced individual who loves kids, and loves everything about the outdoors, exploring, gardening, and farming (including our furry and feathered friends)! If you have experience as a teacher/teaching assistant, a tutor, or working with kids, we'd love to hear from you!
You will uphold and embody our Core Values:
Initiative Taking. We generate ideas, share them, and implement them so that our programs can be continuously improved each day at each location.
Nurturing Influence. We go beyond the lessons, and we use emotional intelligence to nurture our students to be their best selves.
Ultimate Responsibility. We are personally committed to the long-term success of our programs/company and embody this to our parents.
Joyful Flexibility. We embrace change, weather, ambiguity, and conflict with joyful hearts and with steady hands.
Outdoorsy Grit. We love nature in all of its countless elements, and we inspire others with this love.
Passionate Lifelong Learner. We have our own interesting worlds of intrigue, hobby and expertise which we use to inspire others.
Our Farm to Table Enrichment provides experiential schooling and exploration to students between kindergarten and third grade.
- This will be multiple subjects: Math, History, English, Science, Art. We provide general homeschool support in these core subjects as well as fun, engaging monthly themes.
- Our program is run on our beautiful 3.5 acre farm property -- also incorporating local trails, beach time, gardening, active time, and recess.
- Schedule: Mondays & Wednesdays, 10am-3pm (shift would be 9:30-3:15ish).
- For immediate hire.
Semester Dates: Farm to Table is a year-long program, with Fall and Spring semesters:
Spring Semester ‘25 (18 weeks): January 6 – May 23
Days Off: April 7-18 (1 week allocated for make-up classes as necessary)
Qualifications:
- You have experience as a Teacher, Assistant Teacher, Camp Counselor, Childcare worker, tutor, etc., and love to make learning fun.
- You love the outdoors and perhaps have experience with outdoor education.
- You love to garden and are comfortable in a farm setting around animals (sheep, ducks, rabbits, chickens, etc). Experience in this area is a huge PLUS!
- You are patient and capable of guiding young children toward exploration.
- You are able to handle "weather" with positivity and a fun attitude!
- You are comfortable with a Porta Potty as the Farm Bathroom.
- You have 3 references who will validate your track record of being trustworthy, safe, consistent, and nurturing.
- You are available Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30am - 3:15pm, starting immediately.
Compensation: $18-20/hr. (DOE)
Benefits: 401k plan, PSL
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour
Expected hours: 11.75 – 12 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
Schedule:
- Day shift
Application Question(s):
- If you have Outdoor Education and/or Farming experience, please tell us a bit about it and why you are passionate about sharing this experience with others?
- Are you available Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-3:15ish?
Education:
- Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience:
- Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $18 - $20
