Teacher Naturalist

Posted by College Settlement Camps on 07/31/2024

Job Basics

Industry Sector: Outdoor

Job Categories: Outdoor Education

Company Type: Service

State: PA

City: Horsham

Country: United States

Required Experience: 0 - 1 year

Job Type: Seasonal Full Time

Salary:

Required to Relocate: Yes

Required to Travel: No

Employee May Telecommute: No

Job Seeker Must Live Within:

Job Description & Requirements

Hourly Teacher Naturalist ($15-$22/hr)

Hiring TNs now for our 3-part Outdoor School program. Environmental education/team building/camp fun!

MAIN DUTIES

• Lead small groups of students through natural history-based lessons
• Lead small groups of students through group challenge activities
• Lead large group icebreaker activities
• Lead evening programs (campfires, night hikes) 
• Make students' field trips a fun, rewarding, and memorable positive experience!

Our ideal staff members exhibit enthusiasm, a sense of humor, patience, and a passion for working outdoors with kids.  They are collaborative, spontaneous, and willing to be goofy but have a good head on their shoulders! We look for staff members who are comfortable working with students and teachers from various schools, from urban to private, elementary to high school.

Programs include day and evening duties but no overnight supervisory duties. Benefits include $15-20per hour DOE, housing is available.  Housing is a private room in a shared house with 2-3 other staff members. Meals are provided when residential programs are in session.

College Settlement is committed to offering a very positive, inclusive, and friendly workplace for its staff and patrons. 

DATES: (flexible) September 3rd - November 22nd 2024.  

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor's degree in any youth development, recreation, environmental, outdoor or education-related field OR equivalent experience
• Passionate about working outdoors, and in positive youth development.  
• Three months+ experience with outdoor facilitation; challenge courses, environmental education, outdoor/nature-themed programs, and/or summer camp preferred.
• Ability to work outdoors in all types of weather

Our three-part program incorporates environmental education, team building, and that intangible camp magic that makes a student's time spent here the highlight of their elementary and middle school years.  

Our programs are kid-centered, paced at a rate that enables kids to build relationships with classmates, and spend quality time exploring the natural ecology of the area.  

We work with students from all sorts of backgrounds, and our programs are intentionally designed to foster inclusion.   Our Teacher Naturalists (TNs) teach and engage students in a variety of classes including sustainable farming, outdoor survival, wildlife, wetlands, animals, and ecology-themed classes. 

OUR CULTURE

College Settlement's culture is progressive, embraces diversity and inclusion, and is rooted in deep-seated traditions of treating people with dignity and respect. 

OUR IMPACT

All of our program fees are heavily subsidized, thus ensuring that all schools can afford to attend our camp.  We are able to offer a high-value program at a much reduced cost thanks to our many funders and sponsors.  We work with public, private, and specialty school groups. 

BENEFITS OF JOINING OUR TEAM

Other than the great work environment and rewards of being able to make a real difference - 

• • Excellent resume-building opportunity
  • Culturally diverse environment
  • Accommodations and a partial meal plan 
  • College Internship or Credit (contact your college for details)
  • Opportunity to extend work into other seasons
  • Opportunity to design own curriculum
  • Ability to network with local school districts and organizations
  • Opportunity to earn extra compensation with weekend work

About College Settlement Camps

Great jobs, great mission, great kids!

As one of the longest running non-profit summer camps and Outdoor School programs in the camping industry, our jobs are a great way to gain great experience in youth development and education, expand your own skill set and join a team where staff members are valued as the heart and soul of what we do.

We recruit a dedicated, talented, driven, diverse staff who are encouraged to be creative and think big - to bring their own ideas and skills to each of our programs.  We have a wide variety of jobs available during our three program seasons and have staff from all over the USA and around the globe to bring our programs to life.

Our program fees are subsidized, thus ensuring that all children can afford to participate in our programs.  We are able to offer high-value programs at a much reduced cost thanks to our many funders and sponsors.