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Don Lee Center. |
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Program/Project Mgmt.
Education/Training Other |
| Travel Required: | None |
| Job Type: | Contract |
| Preferred Degree: | Bachelors |
| Experience Required: | 1 year |
| State/Province: | NC - North Carolina |
| City: | Arapahoe |
| Salary: | $275 per week plus room and board |
| Job Description: |
Environmental Education Instructors at Don Lee Center teach students through a residential outdoor environmental education program known as Coastal Communities. Instructors of the Coastal Communities program facilitate students in grades 3 - 8, and occasionally students as young as kindergarten and high school age. In this program, students come with their class for a one-day, two-day, three-day, or even five-day nature experience. Instructors teach a variety of different explorations, depending on which programs teachers select from the following list. Program options offered through Coastal Communities include: Neuse River Study, Beach Study, Salt Marsh Study, Pond Study, Herpetology, Fantastic Fish (dissection), Tidal Creek Study (canoeing), Ocean Study, Marine Invertebrates, Creeping Critters, Forest Ecology, Coastal Soil Ecology, Coastal Birds, Weather, Traditional Coastal Transportation (sailing), Coastal Seafood Experience, Fossils, Coastal Folklore, Settlers, Fishing, Arts and Crafts, Creatures of the Neuse, Plankton, Man and the Neuse River, Challenge Course, Stars and Constellations, Night Nature, Native Americans, Pirates, and Maps and Charts Navigation. Experiential education at Don Lee also incorporates our low element challenge course through both the Common Ground program and the Coastal Communities program. Groups may participate in the challenge course experience for a small portion of their extended visit, or for an entire day! This experience is designed to raise the awareness of students as being part of a group, help them to better learn to cooperate, communicate, and work more effectively as a team. Together, the experiences of these two programs can be a very effective tool to help reinforce lessons of teachers working in a classroom setting.
Expectations of Don Lee Experiential Education Staff: * Enthusiasm about the environment and the experiential education process Benefits: Teaching at the beach!! What is a typical day like at Don Lee: Spring Season: Our days begin before breakfast, when staff are expected to have their classes/activities set-up to begin immediately following breakfast at 8:45 a.m. Staff will usually teach 3 program options between breakfast and lunch (at 12:30), and then teach 3 to 4 more rotations of that exploration between lunch and dinner. After dinner, there is a time for group reflections (facilitated by staff), and evening programs. Lights out for all groups is at 10:00 p.m. Fall Season: Although this may be a brief description of what your workday could be like, sometimes staff are required to facilitate nature experiences or challenge course work with weekend retreat groups or other groups visiting the facility. Also, we try to cater the experience to meet the needs of each group, so a visit could be either program, or a combination of both programs. A little about Don Lee Center policy: Each staff member is expected to provide his/her own transportation to and from the Center. Staff may bring automobiles to Don Lee if the auto is fully insured. No pets may be brought. Because of the unique nature of the Center and its operation, it may, from time to time, become necessary to deploy staff members across job description lines. Staff members are expected to share in those tasks for which he/she may be deployed so that the total operation of the Camp may proceed smoothly. Mailing address is (your name), 315 Camp Don Lee Rd, Arapahoe, NC 28510. Spring and Fall staff have access to a computer with internet in the staff house, wireless internet in the Fellowship Hall, as well as a phone that is shared by all seasonal staff. Housing: What Kind of Recreational Things Are There to Do At or Near the Don Lee Center? Cape Lookout National Seahore
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| Post Date: | 03/08/2010 |
