Summer Instructors: Plant Investigator and Junior Botanist Programs

Department: Children's Education
Reports to: Project Green Reach Coordinator

Term: Training: June 11–28; Program: July 2–August 10

BBG’s children’s education programs are world renowned for using the Garden’s indoor, outdoor, and preserved plant collections to teach plant science to urban children. Junior Botanists (new participants exiting 4th, 5th, and 6th grades) and Plant Investigators (returning participants exiting 5th, 6th, and 7th grades) are scholarship students selected from Title I schools in Brooklyn that have partnered with BBG during the school year through our Project Green Reach outreach program. This position entails three weeks of intensive training followed by six weeks of fast-paced programming.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate and work within an inquiry-based team-teaching model.
• Codevelop and lead activities that are multidisciplinary and exploratory, with a focus on hands-on vegetable gardening and botanical/environmental science.
• Maintain garden plots with participants.
• Colead staff team on a three-day overnight camping trip.

Qualifications:

• Some college-level studies or career experience in environmental/botanical science, nutrition, horticulture and/or vegetable gardening required.
• Demonstrated background in education/teaching required.
• Ideal candidate is experienced and comfortable working with students and staff from diverse backgrounds.

Work Schedule: Training: Tuesday–Friday, 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.; Program: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m., with two required Saturdays and a three-day midweek overnight camping trip.

Compensation: $10/hour

Application Requirements: In addition to résumé and cover letter with details pertinent to the position, please provide two references with contact information. To apply for multiple BBG summer instructor positions, send a single application, making note of all the positions in which you are interested in your cover letter as well as in the email’s subject line.

Application Deadline: March 7