Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Seasonal Education Instructor, SP
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Job Description
- Req#: 498532
- Teach pre-K through 8th-grade classes in-person with whole class and small groups in classrooms, Education Greenhouse, and on Garden tours
- Teach pre-K through 8th grade remotely from BBG’s Education Greenhouses
- Communicate in-person tour logistics among team members
- Assist staff with preparing materials
- Set up lesson materials and clean up after each lesson
- Check and respond to emails in a timely manner
- Attend on-site professional development sessions
- May assist with other educational programs/events for varying ages as needed
- Flexible per diem schedule, depending on instructor availability and program registrations: three to five hours per day, starting at 9 a.m.; two to four days per week, Tuesday–Friday
- Two years’ formal or non-formal teaching experience
- Experience teaching virtually and/or using virtual platforms like Zoom and Google Meet
- Experience teaching with plants (or other related science teaching) indoors and outdoors
- Experience engaging with special needs populations and/or students who are English language learners a plus
- Willingness to work outside in all weather
- Must be able to obtain security clearance for working with students
- BBG offers certain benefits to part-time employees including:
- Up to 56 hours of sick leave
- Short-term disability/New York Paid Family Leave
- As a 501(c)3, BBG is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer
- Museum Pass which provides employees the opportunity to enter many museums in New York City for free
About the company
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City.
Position Title : Seasonal Education Instructor, School Programs
Department: Education
Reports to: School Workshops Coordinator
FLSA Status: Part-time Seasonal, Non-exempt
Compensation: $20 per hour
Term: January 2024–June 7, 2024
Position Description:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is seeking part-time, per diem seasonal instructors for school programs at the Garden. Programs for grades pre–K through 8 include small-group guided tours on-site at the Garden and virtual online field trips, taught from BBG’s Education Greenhouses. Topics focus on botany, ethnobotany, gardens, conservation, and plant ecology, and make use of BBG’s plant collections to support the science curriculum of public and nonpublic schools.
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Benefits
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