Lead Outdoor Educator & Curriculum Coordinator

Benefits :

• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Training & development

Proposed Job Posting :

Title : Coyle Outside Foundation Lead Outdoor Educator and Curriculum Coordinator

30hrs per week, potentially additional tasks for FT work, & less hours (appx 20-30 / week) in Dec / Jan

Job Description :

The lead educator position is a new position that will be taking a lead role in the development of the Coyle Outside Foundation, a 2024 formed non profit arm of Coyle Outside, that serves the Benton County, Oregon area.

Its intention is to elevate the quality and accessibility of local outdoor education.

This position would lead instruction for weekly programs that are more immersive and curriculum focused and would spend 25% of their time working on supporting administrative tasks such as program promotions, training staff, developing curriculum, and communication with families and partner organizations.

The lead educator would work toward curating a strong and credible curriculum for various offerings. The ideal candidate

• Has 3-5+ years outdoor teaching experience
• Has other teaching experience and can use this to connect curriculum to conventional learning environments
• Is self starting, innovative and motivated to act in a leadership position
• Is comfortable working outdoors in ALL seasons
• Is highly aligned with the values of Coyle Outside and its mission to have youth engaging the natural world
• Has strong risk / group / behavior management skills and experience in the outdoors including Outdoor First Aid training
• Can mentor / train and supervise assistant and team instructors
• Loves working with kids and comfortable leading programs for a variety of age groups
• Solutions and big picture focus / capable
• Looking for a meaningful challenge as much as they are looking for a job
• This individual has a passion for outdoor education and creating a vision which serves our community's children and families.
• Optimally we would love to find a candidate with backpacking experience who can develop seasonal overnight programming.

Duties include :

• Leading 100% outdoors, year round after school, homeschool, and seasonal camps with children ages 6+
• Working with co staff during programs
• Behavior / group / risk management
• Developing / elevating curriculum for current program offerings, expanding classes, & developing new curriculum
• Weekly email communications with parents
• Weekly / biweekly phone check ins with administration
• Instructor team support & feedback
• Communicating with Parks & Rec partners & additional non-profit partners

Tasks to provide additional, more full time hours as desired :

• Support with marketing (newsletters, social media, photography)
• Development of monthly skills trainings
• Development of instructor trainings pertaining to content, delivery, & professionalism
• Community event staffing tables, interacting with the public
• Gear organization
• Land recruitment / development for program use
• Development and support of Counselor in Training program

Coyle Outside provides :

• $24-32 / hr DOE and credentials
• Training in operations, policy and procedure, culture, and mission / vision
• Programs, rosters, gear / supplies to perform curricula
• Discounted / free access to programming for self / child(ren)
• Opportunities for growth & personal / professional / skills development & training

Check out our website at coyleoutside.com

Call / email Ashleah Collver with questions 541-554-0797 [email protected]