[SEMCO] School year Teacher Naturalist Position on Cape Cod

[Eleanor Moody]

The N.E.E.D. (National Environmental Education Development) Academy, in Truro, is seeking 2 enthusiastic, skilled Teacher-Naturalists for the 2016-2017 school year.  

The NEED Academy is a small residential environmental education school, housed in a retired Coast Guard Station within the Cape Cod National Seashore. The program serves 5th grade students from 3 school districts.  Our total group size each week is less than 30 students. Teaching groups are 8-9 students.

Teacher/Naturalists lead 3 hikes/lessons per day for their teaching group, rotating off for one day and one evening during the week. Teachers develop and present experiential lessons based on the MA Education Frameworks (NGSS) and centered on the local environments (Beach & Dune, Dune Forest, Kettlehole pond, Freshwater Swamps) and history (Pilgrims, Shipwrecks & U.S. Lifesaving Service).  Lessons also include: Nightwalk, Group Dynamics, and Pizza Making.   Staff members are also responsible on a rotating basis for helping with meal preparation and serving, bedtime duties, group supervision during short bus trips to various natural and historical areas of the outer Cape, and the overall care and maintenance of the facility. 


Qualifications: B.S. required. A background/experience in natural history interpretation, marine science, or general ecology will be given precedence--experience with youth, residential camping, and facilitating team building preferred.  CPR & First Aid certification required.  Strong candidates will have a love of being outdoors in all kinds of weather on the great outer beach of the Cape Cod National Seashore.  



Dates: Early September 2016 - mid-June 2017. One week off at Thanksgiving, at Christmas/New Years, and February Break. (Week of President's Day)

Salary and Benefits: ~ $525 per week, plus private room and board. Health, Life, and Dental Insurance are available. Good food, great views, and generally likable kids. Fresh air and plenty of exercise are guaranteed. 



Apply to: Eleanor Moody, Director NEED Academy PO Box 896 Truro, MA. 02666-0896 or e-mail to: moodye at dy-regional.k12.ma.us


http://sites.google.com/a/dy-regional.k12.ma.us/need-collaborative/


Eleanor Moody
Director, N.E.E.D. Academy



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