Outdoor Educator

Organization

University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond

Job Posted

November 19, 2025

Job status

Job Category

Job Type

Job Duration

Job Compensation Type

Remote

No

Contact Name

Mary A Proulx

Contact Email

mary.gorham@maine.edu

Contact Phone

207-890-4536

Deadline to Apply

Location

Bryant Pond, ME
United States
Looking for a job that combines teaching, adventure, and the outdoors? Spend your season at Bryant Pond 4-H Learning Center, leading youth in environmental education, canoe trips, campfires, and community building. You’ll gain real-world experience, build leadership skills, and make lasting memories all while working in one of Maine’s most beautiful outdoor classrooms.

Summary

You will provide hands-on nature-based and group-building lessons for students as part of our Lakeside Classroom programming. All school programming is customized and incorporates different curriculum standards with students across grades K-12. Although the main responsibility of an Outdoor Educator is to work directly with participants teaching lessons, work in other areas may be required.  Staff may be asked to help with facility upkeep and maintenance, office work, building projects, gardening, outreach, and lesson planning.  Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center is dedicated to providing support and high-quality training to its Field Teachers.  Staff training happens three times within a seven-month season. Training consists of in-depth teambuilding, low/high challenge course, and climbing wall facilitation skills, concepts of ecology, engineering lessons, outdoor skills such as canoeing, hiking, shooting sports, and survival. We also cover Bryant Pond’s policies, procedures, mission, and vision.  

Compensation Information

Stipend is $475-550 per week for about 30 weeks, including paid training, paid in bi-weekly installments.