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Group Leader – After School – Brooklyn

About City Growers:

City Growers is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization based in New York City. Rooted in experiential learning theory, our programs use urban agriculture to close fundamental gaps in the experiences of city kids through exploration of the natural world and an understanding of where our food comes from.

 

From field trips to after school, City Growers’ programs engage thousands of kids in farm-based learning each year through our hands-on farm workshops at Brooklyn Grange rooftop farms, summer camps, school garden residencies, after school programs, summer internships, and ecology workshops. City Growers is committed to providing and expanding access to experiential environmental and food education to kids in New York City and beyond.

 

About the Position:

This position will work with our COMPASS after school program. Reporting to the Program Director the Group Leader will teach at our COMPASS after school program from 1:30p-6:00p at PS 20 in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. This is a garden-based afterschool program, which will take place outside in the school garden.  This part-time, seasonal position offers meaningful leadership experience in youth development and environmental education. We are seeking passionate and enthusiastic educators with a strong interest in building relationships with young people to join our team. All programming is conducted outdoors, following COVID-19 protocols and site-specific guidelines.

  

Responsibilities

  • Directly supervising a group of 10-15 afterschool participants, grades 3-5 at PS20
  • Facilitating opening circles and closing circles daily
  • Facilitating daily mindfulness and movement activities in the PS20 outdoor spaces
  • Support and facilitate student-led community projects
  • Foster academic, social and emotional competencies and physical well-being in a safe and nurturing environment
  • Promote an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment that embraces the diversity of all participants
  • Create and maintain a strength-based, youth-focused atmosphere that is consistent and sensitive to participants with varying learning, emotional, and/or behavioral needs
  • Maintaining positive relationships with and among campers and colleagues
  • Facilitating social and emotional growth amongst participants

 

Qualifications

  • Minimum 2 years of experience working with elementary students in a school setting
  • Previous experience in afterschool, summer camp, or enrichment youth program strongly preferred
  • Strong communication and leadership skills
  • Reliable and punctual
  • Background in food, agriculture, STEM, and/or environmental science is a plus
  • Bilingual or Fluent in Arabic, Bangladesi, French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, American Sign Language, or Spanish preferred
  • Must be fingerprinted by DOE and undergo background check
  • Strong communication and leadership skills
  • Reliable and punctual

About the Program:

All program staff will function from the same belief that City Growers embodies in all of our programming: the belief that each student is capable of achieving success and growing as an individual. The program’s overarching goals are to stimulate curiosity about the natural world, and to empower participants to become stewards of their bodies and their environment, and cultivate community engagement.

 

Position Duration

COMPASS After School occurs from 1:30p to 6:00p, four days a week, plus a 1-hour weekly team meeting (time TBD), and runs from April 13-June 24, 2021, with one day for staff to debrief on June 25, 2021.  Educators will be required to commit to the duration of this time, along with mandatory training days the week before programs begin, April 5th-9th.

 

Compensation

$18 per hour

 

How to Apply

Please send a cover letter, resume, and 2 references (1 professional, 1 character)  to employment@citygrowers.org.  Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

 

City Growers, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.