Environmental Educator
Theme: Science Education and Sustainability / Environmental Studies
Location: Enderby
Age Group: Elementary
Expected Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m
Number of Placements: 2
Associated Costs: The candidate will be responsible for the cost of their own transportation to and from the site.
Preferred Candidate Stream: Teaching children
Language: English
Position Description
The UBCO teacher candidate will assist with the delivery of outdoor, experiential, ecology based, educational programs for elementary aged students. We endeavour to use a “hands-on” approach and aspire to offer the participants a unique and memorable learning experience. We have been developing our programs for over thirty years and always welcome new ideas. The UBCO student will have an opportunity to customize a learning program for the participants, gain knowledge about our own successes, failures and techniques and have direct contact with hundreds of local students that will be from varying population demographics. We offer a fun, supportive, safe, working environment and have a strong team of experienced, knowledgeable staff that are always happy to help out in any way.
The placement will occur entirely outdoors.
We will train the UBCO student(s) to run the stations that we have already developed and encourage them to personalize their presentation(s).
Prior knowledge about natural resource sciences is an asset but not essential. We are happy to provide the information that will be needed, in order to teach the visiting school children.
We will also share information with the participants about some ethno-botanical uses of local plant species and will at times, discuss local indigenous ecological knowledge.
Organization Information
Our organization offers place-based, outdoor, experiential learning. We are a community run salmon hatchery and education centre and provide salmon eggs to over 40 local schools. The field trip season (in May and June) offers ecologically based education to thousands of school children annually.
Kingfisher Interpretive Centre Society Website