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Creative Green Skills Job Training Youth Leader & Native Plant Coordinator (San Francisco)<\/strong> compensation: TBD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n employment type: part-time <\/strong> Job Description: The dynamic, inspired, and cheerful, Outdoor Landscape Educator and Expert Gardener will be leading and recruiting groups of Middle School and High School Students in hands-on learning and doing for After School and Summer Paid Internships in: CA native gardening and tree planting\/staking\/tying, urban agriculture, and diverse landscape projects, as well as leading students in understanding local ecology, history, watersheds, and existing local community, including its natural, multicultural, and built resources. Leader will be doing student outreach and recruitment, attracting students for hands-on, Paid Internship learning program, and leading gardening, related landscape activities as standards-based learning processes. You will be communicating about sustainability, ecological systems and native landscapes as well as performing community outreach activities in ways that are fun, educational, and relevant. You will also help with some administration of program. Youtu may also work with K-5 students in hands-on gardening and landscaping.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Qualifications: \u2022 Must have extensive experience teaching with excellent classroom management skills, including Middle School and High School students – working creatively and artistically with all learners with knowledge of Common Core Standards and Next Generation Science Standards a plus<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Must be excellent and have ease in managing and leading groups of students with good classroom management skills in an outdoor setting<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Must have a dynamic, outgoing personality and ability to attract older youth’s participation in hands-on afterschool and summer program and captivate and hold young students’ attention<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Must be an excellent tree planter, tree staker, gardener and landscaper with knowledge of science including botany, cycles of life, insects, natural pest management, companion planting, California Native species, plant communities, nutrition and health<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Knowledge about San Francisco ecology and watershed systems very important – especially Islais Creek Watershed !<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Must have excellent communication, writing, research skills; experience with curriculum development; knowledge of state standards a plus <\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 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 and other art skills a real plus! <\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Bilingual Spanish, Tagalog, Cantonese, or Mandarin, a real plus !!!<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 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<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Ability and willingness to do some administrative work and social media <\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Must be able to do physical gardening work and be able to lift 40 lbs<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p><\/p>\n
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Dynamic Leader \/ Teacher \/ Gardener For Middle School \/ High School Students who receive Paid Internship: \/ California Native Trees-Understory \/ Ecology \/ Plant Communities \/ Rain Gardens \/ Urban Agriculture \/ Flood Mitigation \/ Watersheds \/ Green Job Opportunities \/ Work Ethic (part-time) May also work with K-5 Students in hands-on gardening<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 The exceptional candidate must have at least a B.A. and knowledge of science, California Native Species, Urban Agriculture and the Arts \/ Digital Media a plus ! MUST ALSO BE A GOOD and Experienced GARDENER with CA Native Species, Landscapes, and Organic Agriculture <\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
(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.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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