{"id":9457,"date":"2018-08-28T12:36:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T19:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/?p=9457"},"modified":"2019-05-08T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T18:44:02","slug":"k-8-garden-educators-ecology-gardening-multiarts-literacy-nutrition-teachers-needed-living-library-gardens-diverse-locations-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/a-l-l-pedagogy\/k-8-garden-educators-ecology-gardening-multiarts-literacy-nutrition-teachers-needed-living-library-gardens-diverse-locations-san-francisco","title":{"rendered":"K-8 Garden Educators-Ecology-Gardening-MultiArts-Literacy-Nutrition Teachers Needed For A Living Library Gardens in Diverse locations in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180227_154344-e1535412798263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180227_154344-e1535412798263.jpg 550w, https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180227_154344-e1535412798263-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180227_154344-e1535412798263-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>K-8 Garden Educators-Ecology-Gardening-MultiArts-Literacy-Nutrition Teachers Needed for A Living Library Gardens (SF-Diverse Locations)\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">compensation: TBD\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Job Description:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Dynamic Teachers &amp; Gardeners For K-5 and\/or Middle School in Organic Gardening \/ California Natives \/ Ecology \/ Multi-Arts \/ Technology \/ Literacy \/ Nutrition\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The dynamic, inspired, and cheerful, outdoor educator and expert gardener will be leading groups of K-5 and\/or 6-8 students and teachers, in hands-on learning and doing, in organic and native gardening, multi-arts including digital media, literacy and nutrition projects, as well as leading students in researching local ecology, history, watersheds, and existing local community, including its natural, multicultural, and built resources. You will be attracting students for hands-on, learning programs, and leading gardening, related landscape, and arts activities as standards-based learning processes. You will be communicating about sustainability, ecological systems and native landscapes as well as performing community outreach activities with children and adults in ways that are fun, educational, and relevant. You will also help with some administration of program.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Qualifications:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The exceptional candidate must have at least a B.A. and knowledge of science, organic gardening, California native species, and the arts; digital media a plus ! MUST ALSO BE AN EXCELLENT GARDENER !<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Must have extensive experience teaching, including Elementary, Middle School and High School students &#8211; working creatively and artistically with all learners with knowledge of Common Core Standards<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Must be excellent and have ease in managing and leading groups of students with good classroom management skills in an outdoor setting<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Must have a dynamic, outgoing personality and ability to attract middle school youth&#8217;s participation in hands-on afterschool and summer program and captivate and hold young students&#8217; attention<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Must be an excellent organic gardener, tree planter, and landscaper with knowledge of botany, cycles of life, insects, natural pest management, companion planting, California Native species, plant communities, nutrition &amp; health<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Knowledge about San Francisco ecology and watershed systems very important !<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Must have excellent communication, writing, research skills &amp; experience with curriculum development; knowledge of state standards a plus<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Must have an evolved aesthetic\/design sensibility; ability to draw well is fantastic and able to make attractive digital flyers a real win; carpentry skills are desired; digital media, video &amp; other art skills a real plus!<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bilingual Spanish, Tagalog, Cantonese, or Mandarin, a real plus !!!<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Must be creative, hard-working, strong with a can-do attitude, a self-starter, resourceful, flexible, team player, good team teacher, and able to also take direction from the Director<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ability &amp; willingness to do some administrative work and social media !<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Must be able to do physical gardening work and be able to lift 50 lbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">This year-round position is a unique opportunity to work with a leading-edge, creative, environmental and educational nonprofit, Life Frames, Inc., dedicated to integrating community resources and creating transformative ecological and multicultural learning landscapes. Called A Living Library and Think Park, this program works with local schools and other community resources, to build on-site educational organic gardens and content-rich landscapes interlaced with other ecological elements, including the arts and digital technologies. A Living Library is linked to the curricula of the schools and animates all subjects through real-world experience. Students, together with adults, are involved in all aspects of the research, planning, design, implementation, use, maintenance, management and communications of the transformed learning environments and integrated community programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">(Life Frames, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to establishing a team of staff and volunteers who reflect the multicultural and linguistic diversity of the communities that we serve.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>To find out more about A Living Library:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Please visit our website:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>www.alivinglibrary.org<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Please Reply to the Founder and Director with cover letter and resume: bonnieora@alivinglibrary.org<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K-8 Garden Educators-Ecology-Gardening-MultiArts-Literacy-Nutrition Teachers Needed for A Living Library Gardens (SF-Diverse Locations)\u00a0 compensation: TBD\u00a0 Job Description:\u00a0 Dynamic Teachers &amp; Gardeners For K-5 and\/or Middle School in Organic Gardening \/ California Natives \/ Ecology \/ Multi-Arts \/ Technology \/ Literacy \/ Nutrition\u00a0 The dynamic, inspired, and cheerful, outdoor educator and expert gardener will be leading groups [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"K-8 Garden Educators-Ecology-Gardening-MultiArts-Literacy-Nutrition Teachers Needed For A Living Library Gardens in Diverse locations in San Francisco - A Living Library - Archive Site","description":"K-8 Garden Educators-Ecology-Gardening-MultiArts-Literacy-Nutrition Teachers Needed for A Living Library Gardens (SF-Diverse Locations)\u00a0 compensation: TBD\u00a0 Job"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,86],"tags":[23,32,37,22,38,45,28,82],"class_list":["post-9457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-l-l-pedagogy","category-jobs","tag-a-living-library","tag-a-living-library-nature-walk","tag-art-and-social-practice","tag-bonnie-ora-sherk","tag-ecological-art","tag-ecological-garden","tag-education-for-sustainable-development","tag-omiexcelsior-living-library-think-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9457"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9467,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9457\/revisions\/9467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}