Job Title: Adjunct Conservation Educator – Camp After Care
Location: The New York Aquarium (NYA)
Pay Rate: $23 per hour
Schedule: June 10 - August 30, 2024, Monday-Friday, 8 am to 3 pm or 10:30 pm-5:30pm
POSITION SUMMARY
The New York Aquarium Education Department is hiring an Adjunct Conservation Educator focused on summer camp after-care. This is a part-time job in the WCS Education Department. This is a unique opportunity to coordinate a camp after-care program at an informal science institution. You will teach exciting science content and supervise the after-care camp counselor(s). You will report to work on-site at the aquarium. This is not a remote work opportunity. Working with a Conservation Camp Counselor under your supervision, you will facilitate the camp after-care program, act as the lead instructor for that program, liaise with parents and aquarium staff, teach exciting science content, welcome campers with diverse interests, abilities, and backgrounds, and maintain a lively learning environment. You will also assist with activities and teach lessons during the regularly scheduled camp day. You will have the opportunity to learn about different teaching styles and methods, facilitate fun activities, and utilize restorative practices in group management.
The Candidate
You are creative, energetic, dependable, capable of taking initiative and enjoy working as part of a team. You have experience leading fun activities with children, an enthusiasm for learning and an interest in wildlife and/or conservation science. You are committed to instilling a love of learning and fostering a supportive environment for children from all walks of life.
WHO WE ARE
WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. To achieve this, we harness the power of our Global Conservation Program in nearly 60 nations, in all the world’s oceans, and our five wildlife parks in New York City - Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and New York Aquarium - visited by 4 million people annually. We combine our expertise in the field, zoos, and aquarium to achieve our conservation mission. The WCS Education Department works across our Zoos & Aquarium. We inspire a diverse and inclusive movement of conservation advocates by sparking connections with animals and nature, improving scientific literacy through hands-on investigation, and engaging constituents in stewardship and action to conserve wildlife and wild places.
RESPONSIBILITES
As an Aftercare Adjunct Educator, you will:
• Work on-site at the New York Aquarium. This is not a remote work opportunity.
• Follow and reinforce all health and safety protocols and procedures while implementing camp activities
• Learn and teach summer after-camp programs that are fun and engaging.
• During the regularly scheduled camp day you may assist with science experiments, art projects, games, and explorations in the summer camp programs as necessary
• Communicate with parents and staff via email, phone and in person meetings as necessary and assist with various camp-related administrative tasks.
• Supervise and interact with Conservation Camp Counselors, college interns, and volunteers when they are assisting with after-care programs
• Supervise and interact with children ranging in age from 4-17 years-old
• Assist Education staff in shuttling children to and from locations within our parks and with late camper check-in if necessary.
• Maintain a fun and lively learning environment
• Prepare and organize materials for programs as necessary
• Attend regular, relevant staff meetings
• Perform all related tasks and duties, as assigned
• Comply with all policies and procedures as presented by WCS and the WCS Education Department