Position/Title: Green Girls College Intern Position (12 hours/week)
Start Date: March2021 (12 weeks total)
Salary: Competitive Hourly
Contact: Send resume and cover letter to education [at]city parks foundation.org
ABOUT CITY PARKS FOUNDATION
City Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to offer programs in public parks through out the five boroughs of New York City. At CPF, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community development, and education programs for all New Yorkers. Our programs and community building initiatives–located in more than 350 parks, recreation centers, and public schools across New York City–reach 425,000 people each year.
● We present the largest free, outdoor performing arts festival in NYC through Summer Stage ,presenting artists of the highest quality across multiple disciplines and genres, and marionette puppet theater in all five boroughs with our Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre and the roving Puppet Mobile.
● Partnerships for Parks, a public-private program of City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks, supports and champions a growing network of leaders who care and advocate for the transformation of their neighborhood parks.
● We connect youngsters to nature in the urban environment with education programs that provide learning experiences through classroom and hands-on activities in parks, ,coastal areas ,gardens, and recreation centers.
●Free golf, tennis, track & field, soccer, and fitness programs bring high-quality instruction and equipment into areas where few organized athletic opportunities exist. We offer leveled training, year-round scholarship coaching, and special pro events.
Our ethos is simple: we believe thriving parks reflect thriving communities.
POSITIONSUMMARY
Green Girls After-School is a STEM-based program for middle school girls and female-identifying youth from under-resourced communities in hands-on activities and outdoor adventures in New York City parks and waterways. During our weekly after-school program, students explore current environmental issuessuch as climate change, the health of our water ways, drinking water supply, and urban forests. Green Girls engages students through experiential, outdoor activities, service learning, and advocacy projects and aims to increase student awareness, interest, knowledge and skills in science and conservation.
CPF has created this opportunity for talented college students to gain hands-on experience working with youth, and to explore environmental science education while helping to promote stewardship and supporting positive youth development.Green Girls After-School program operates during the school year, after-school hours (3:30pm-5pm) from March-June. Each site meets once a week for a total of 12 weeks online this Spring.
CPF is seeking a College Intern to support the Green Girls After-School Program Manager in providing instruction and guidance to middle school girls program hours for up to12 paid hours each week from March-June. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of environmental science and basic understanding of youth development. This spring the Green Girls After-Schoolprogram will take place on line via Zoom Monday-Thursday.
RESPONSIBILITIES
●Directly support and assist Program Manager with implementation of after-school programs on Zoom and Google Classroom
●Co-facilitate meetings on Zoom and other online platforms, lessons, activities and service-learning projects for middle school girls
●Help design engaging, age-appropriate, inquiry-based, environmental education activities for remote sessions such as at-home labs, games, demo videos, virtual icebreakers and slide presentations
●Provide logistical support and complete general administrative duties as needed for each virtual session, including taking attendance, encouraging participation, supervising remote activities and break out rooms
●Support the gathering of materials, photos ,and anecdotes of the program
QUALIFICATIONS
●Currently pursuing a college degree in education, ecology, biology, environmental science, or related field.
●Experience working and building rapport with youth and/or children a plus
●Knowledge or interest in urban forestry & wildlife, water ecology, waste management, and climate change science and advocacy
●Understanding of scientific methods and inquiry-based practices
●Interest in working with diverse students, all age groups, and historically disadvantaged communities
●Commitment to Green Girls mission
CONTACT:
Interested parties should email a cover letter and resumeto: education[at]cityparksfoundation.org. Put ‘Green Girls College Intern’ in the subject header.
Thank you for your interest in City Parks Foundation, an equal opportunity employer. Only potential candidates will be contacted. No calls, please.
