Program: Every Student
a Success! That is the overall mission of the Merced County of Education,
and it happens here at MCOE’s Jack L. Boyd Outdoor School at Green Meadows in our multi-disciplinary
student-centered programs. Programs are generally four or five days in length
and most frequently serve fifth or sixth grade students. Our students are
representative of California’s rich diversity, with over 35 language
groups in their home environments. The curriculum each week varies with the
goals of the client school, but all programs address core content areas and
positive social development. We
teach to the whole child taking into account psychological, intellectual,
and physical success in all situations! High school students,
the elementary school teachers, and the Green Meadows staff all play integral
roles in the program, and the up-and-coming leaders in environmental education
are mentored through our year-long intern-naturalist positions.
Location, Location, Location…The Jack L. Boyd Outdoor
School at Green Meadows is in Fish Camp, California, at the edge of Yosemite
National Park. We are at 5,000 feet in elevation which gives us snow
programs from December through March most years! In addition to the massive
granite, waterfalls, and giant Sequoias of neighboring Yosemite we have “Big
Creek” running right through our campus, an active beaver pond, a meadow,
and one million acres of our Sierra National forest classroom surrounding our
school. It is an amazing and inspiring place to live and teach! By car
we are 5 minutes from the Southern Yosemite entrance, 1.5 hours to Fresno,
3.5 hours to Sacramento, and 4 hours to San Francisco.
Naturalist Overview: Green Meadows Naturalists are
fun, professional and dedicated to teaching and learning in an exceptional
program where we host students and teachers visiting from the great Central
Valley. Naturalists take the lead in role modeling Green Meadows curriculum
and teaching classes aligned with the California State Standards. Subjects
ranging from stream ecology, snow science, forest ecology, Giant Sequoia ecology,
astronomy, night prowl, to a day in Yosemite Valley or Glacier Point are taught
to students and learned by Intern-Naturalists. Other creative duties include
rotating through the cabin leader coordinator position leading high School
cabin leaders through a leadership course, mentoring intern naturalists and
each other, curriculum development, and site logistics. Our motto is "Every
Student a Success" and we mean it!
These items seem valuable but would likely go under a different heading
than “Naturalist Overview,” Visiting students and staff are impressed
with our commitment to creating the finest environmental and outdoor education
in the southern Yosemite area! We are a COSA certified program.
Naturalist Responsibilities: Observe, Reflect, Try New
Techniques, Journal, Teach, Inservice, Counsel, Sing (with gusto!) and Play
Guitar, Mentor Others, Communicate, Think Critically, First Aide, Hike, Guide,
Interpret, Inspire, Play, Evaluate, Plow/Shovel/and-play-in Snow, Dance, Tell
Stories, act as on-site administrator as needed, and anything and everything
else that we do here to inspire children and create our culture!
Qualifications:
Salary: Currently $18.31/hr. Overtime paid over
8 hours, generally we work about 160 days per school year.
Other Benefits: Office internet
and computer. Paid registration and staff vehicle to attend Fall
and Spring AEOE conferences. Staff vehicle and 16 hours paid time to visit
one other EE site during the course of their internship.
Housing: Full-time through the school year, all
utilities except long distance phone paid- you get your own room in a real
house with the other real staff - these are nice houses on the edge of
campus so you can walk to work without living in the middle of work!
Meals: Meals are provided during program days -
and our food is pretty great, too!
Deadline: Positions open until filled, Interviews
will be held for the first round of qualified applicants Friday May 11th,
2007 and continue on following Fridays until all positions are filled.
Available: August 27, 2007-June 13, 2008
Procedure: Send/fax/email cover letter, resume
and application. Online application and the official job description can
be found through the employment link at our MCOE web site, http://www.mcoe.org/
Contact Name: Peter Leinau, Principal
Contact Address: P.O. Box 69, Fish Camp, CA 93623
Contact Telephone: (559) 642-0122
Contact Fax: (559) 683-2969
Contact Email:
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Website: http://www.mercedlearn.org/jlb/