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Nature Explorers Educator

New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY Part Time
POSTED ON 4/2/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/2/2025
Position Summary 
The Nature Explorers Educator is responsible for implementing Nature Explorers, a weekly series of 60-minute outdoor program for registered families consisting of one adult for every child. This constructivist exploration of surrounding seasonal landscapes for very young children (ages 2-3) and their grown-ups will include songs, stories, and a very simple, seasonally appropriate make and take experiment or craft that allows children to continue their investigation back at home/in their neighborhood. Work under the supervision of the Program Manager of the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
  • Work collaboratively with Everett Children’s Adventure Garden Manager to design and lead each week’s activities around a Garden/Theme based on a curricular template.
  • Set up and clean-up all program materials needed for program in whichever outdoor or indoor location is designated, changing each week.
  • Teach 10 young children and their caregivers in a 60-minute outdoor exploration of signs of the season and a short make and take activity (10am-11am).
  • Provide feedback on refining and improving this program
 
Qualifications
  • Prior inquiry-based science teaching experience with 2-3-year olds   
  • Experience in outdoor education and/or degree in the natural sciences, early childhood education or museum education 
  • Able to work independently as well as on a team 
  • Dependable, responsible and organized  
  • Outgoing, creative and engaging  
  • College graduate  
  • Additional language skills a plus
 
Physical Demands & Work Environment:  
Work outdoors under a variety of weather conditions; be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; kneel or crouch down to plant or child level.
 
 
Baseline Work Schedule:
Schedule: Sundays 9:15-11:45am, 6 weeks each season depending on class registrations. Temporary Part Time Position
 
Start date: 4/25/2025
 
      Pay Rate: $28/hr 
                             
If you require an accommodation for any part of the application process, please notify the Human Resources department at HR@nybg.org.

EOE/BIPOC/F/Persons with disabilities/Veterans
 
 

Salary : $28

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