SNAP-Ed - School Garden Educator

Ascentria Care Alliance
West Springfield, MA , US
Full-time

Job Details

Description

The SNAP-Ed School Garden Educator promotes and improves individual and community health by teaching gardening, agricultural healthy eating behaviors, and physical activity practices to low-income communities.

Deliver appropriate gardening, agricultural, health and nutrition programs to meet audience needs and prepare, instruct and evaluate day-to-day classes.

Assist School Garden Coordinator as needed. Help to implement farm-to-school program activities, including the development and maintenance of school gardens and teaching garden-based nutrition programming.

Assist with garden planning and installations, Harvest of the Month, and Farm to School grant projects.

Essential Responsibilities :

  • Provide support for SNAP-Ed’s School Garden Program, by providing hands-on garden based education and technical assistance for each garden site.
  • Develop creative lesson plans for remote and in-person programs that include interactive demonstrations and group activities as relevant.
  • Adapt and deliver educational curricula to non-English speaking audiences through an Interpreter or teach in the native language.
  • Promote program through social media platforms, community networking and outreach in order to recruit SNAP-Ed participants and deliver programs.

Who are we?

Ascentria Care Alliance is a nonprofit organization that has spent the past 150 years helping people in need. We empower people of all backgrounds to rise together and reach beyond life’s challenges by building stronger communities and helping people move forward together.

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Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.

At Ascentria we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Company Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • FSA and dependent care account
  • 3 Weeks PTO and 9 Holidays!
  • Tuition Assistance
  • 403 B Retirement plan
  • And many more!

Ascentria Care Alliance celebrates diversity and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with federal and state employment opportunity laws, qualified applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, pregnancy, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, or any other legally-protected category.

Candidates who identify as BIPOC, multilingual or have lived experience with immigration or human services are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

Skills

Behaviors

Motivations

Education

Required

Bachelors or better.

Experience

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Driver's License

30+ days ago
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