Summer Instructors: Trees and Saplings
Department: Children's Education
Reports to: Children’s Garden Coordinator
Term: Wednesdays, July 3–August 14
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. The Trees and Saplings instructors offer young children (ages 2 to 3) and their caregivers an up-close introduction to gardening and nature through hands-on activities, songs, and stories.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Work in a team to design, prepare, and teach hands-on gardening lessons to a group of ten children and their grown-up partners.
- Help maintain garden plots.
Qualifications:
- Minimum one-year experience teaching young children ages 2 to 3 required.
- AD or BA in early-childhood education or elementary education preferred.
- Demonstrated interest and commitment to hands-on education, urban agriculture, plants, and the environment preferred.
- Ideal candidates are experienced and comfortable working with youth and staff from diverse backgrounds.
Work Schedule: Wednesdays, 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Compensation: $15/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
