Teacher Naturalist

The Teacher-Naturalist works with the Director of Education and the NBNC education staff to provide informative and experiential programs for schools participating in Educating Children Outdoors (ECO) throughout Central Vermont; collaboratively leads nature immersive afterschool, homeschool, and summer camp programming for ages 4-14; and develops and implements natural history, community science, evening, weekend and family programs, and other nature-based educational programming throughout the year as needed.

NBNC Teacher-Naturalists’ programmatic responsibilities vary significantly with the seasons. During the school year, the focus is  n the ECO program, ECO Homeschool, Afterschool, and other programming. During the summer, Teacher-Naturalists teach  NBNC’s popular summer camps. Mixed in with these programmatic responsibilities is a considerable amount of planning and debriefing time, administrative tasks related to the programs, team meetings, and other desk duties. Across the year, Teacher-Naturalists spend roughly 80% of their time in the field teaching and about 20% of their time on planning or other administrative tasks, though that breakdown varies significantly based on the time of year.

For more details and a list of qualifications, see the full position description.