Environmental Educator (Multiple Positions in TX, CA, FL, and WI)

Environmental Educator Positions for Nature’s Classroom Institute 

This unique opportunity involves teaching throughout the 2022/2023 school year. We are hiring multiple Environmental Educators in Texas, California, Florida and Wisconsin. 

Nature’s Classroom Institute (NCI) is a non-profit outdoor environmental education organization providing innovative, multidisciplinary instruction to students in 1st through 8th grade. We implement many effective and diverse 3-day and 5-day programs to our local community schools. We are currently seeking college graduates with a strong commitment to children and the environment to join our team and teach in a supportive and energetic program. 

• Develop your skills as a teacher and naturalist under the guidance of experienced NCI staff. 
• Choose lesson topics based upon your own personal interests and educational background.   
• Teach on a 1:12 ratio in multiple natural settings. 
• Develop your own curriculum or adapt any of the hundreds of lessons from the NCI Handbook to suit your own instructional style. 
• Facilitate teambuilding initiatives and low-ropes challenges. 
• Participate in group activities such as cultural and historical simulations, character development programs, and land stewardship projects. 

Take the opportunity to become part of a supportive, diverse community. Our environmental educators come from across the United States and around the world! 

Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree; strong commitment to children and the environment; creativity; adaptability; interest in motivational learning, community awareness, and conservation of natural resources; CPR/First-Aid Certified; Proof of vaccination for Covid-19. 

Salary: This position pays $395 a week with housing accommodations provided for the Wisconsin, Texas and California sites. The Florida site does not provide housing. Meals are included during programming for every site. All work-related travel costs are covered.

Contract Date: August of 2022 through June of 2023. 

Position Start Date: August 20th, 2022

Job Duration: Seasonal

For more information on the job, please visit the following link: 
https://naturesclassroomin.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/EciVkmByxgNNv5dpnYlIhxoB5NYaGBi2LBS5vm06VPrz_w 

How to apply:

Please send resume and cover letter to Britta Wood at Britta@discoverNCI.org. 

Make sure to include preferred location of employment, availability and what time zone you are located in. Interviews will take place via Zoom until positions are filled.