Bilingual Conservation Educator

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Bilingual Conservation Educator at Point Blue Conservation Science

Location: Petaluma, CA. Most STRAW staff continue to do office work remotely, from home. This position would involve a mix of office work from home, time in the field, and at schools.

Duration: September 2023-May 2024, with possibility of extension.

Deadline to Apply: August 9, 2023

Position Type: Full-Time, Non-Exempt

Compensation and Benefits: $26.25 per hour, depending on experience. Point Blue provides a comprehensive benefit package including employer paid medical and dental for staff and 75% for dependents. Other benefits include life insurance, long-term care, long and short-term disability, flexible spending accounts, and retirement plans as well as time off benefits.

About Point Blue:

Point Blue Conservation Science is a growing and internationally renowned non-profit with over 160 staff and scientists based in Petaluma, California. Founded in 1965 as Point Reyes Bird Observatory, our mission and programs have evolved over time to include a broad range of conservation activity, from restoration to environmental education to innovative work in the field of regenerative agriculture. We have a proven track record of scientific excellence.

We recognize that increasing racial, gender, cultural, and other diversity, equity, and inclusion factors at Point Blue and in our partnerships is essential for the success of our mission, vision, and strategy. We are actively engaging in a process to create lasting organizational change. We seek applicants from all backgrounds to join our teams. We strongly encourage applications from people with backgrounds that are under-represented in the conservation community.

Job Summary

The STRAW Bilingual Conservation Educator position works as part of a collaborative team responsible for meeting program objectives, including providing meaningful opportunities for students and teachers to learn about and make a positive change in their local community through wetland and riparian restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The STRAW Bilingual Conservation Educator will teach a significant portion of our total school-based lessons and support many student restoration days.

Essential Functions

STRAW Program Implementation: 90-95%

• Teaching independently and with another educator throughout the Bay Area, in both English and Spanish

  • Primarily outdoors

    • On school campuses

      • Prepare students for upcoming restoration day

      • Teach Multi- Visit Program (MVP) lessons

      • Teach supplemental lessons to classes who will not attend a restoration day

      • Model teaching science outdoors for K-12 teachers

      • Provide enrichment to students through teaching outdoors (benefits include social emotional learning, kinesthetic learning, 3D model making/ engineering skill development, increased Covid safety, and more)

    • At restoration days with students and adult chaperones

      • Lead large and small groups of students (i.e. opening and closing circles, learning stations, chaperone circles, planting demonstrations, facilitating student planting groups, etc).

• Lead, coordinate and schedule school visits to deliver lessons throughout the Bay Area

• Attend and support restoration days with students, chaperones, and teachers throughout the Bay Area

• Design and edit restoration science, native plant nursery, and place-based curriculum

• Build relationships with STRAW teachers, support them with resources, ideas, and check ins

• Support STRAW Faculty, a group of retired teachers, with logistics, scheduling, teaching technology

• Attend environmental education collaborative meetings and build relationships with local environmental educators and support environmental education efforts regionally.

• Support delivery of Maestra Moments (sharing teaching tips and ideas) in STRAW team meetings

• Provide support and guidance to STRAW Apprentices in developing their skills as educators.

• Assist with Watershed Week teacher training development and logistics, lead portions of the event.

• Support the Conservation Community College Internship program through all stages: recruitment, hiring, teaching, coordinating.

• Outreach to local high schools, junior colleges, and universities to raise awareness about careers in conservation science.

• Support with education related grant writing and reporting

Other Duties as Assigned: 5-10%

• Participate in cross programmatic initiatives and working groups (i.e. DEI WG, Indigenous Partnership Dialogue group, etc)