Closes: Open Until Filled

The focus of this position will be to teach sustainable gardening and nutrition classes to grades K-5 throughout the year using the school garden and hands-on lessons indoors. Topics include garden science, plant botany, agricultural history, pressing agricultural issues with a focus on the Pacific Northwest, cooking lessons, vegetable tasting and the cultural uses of food (80%). Other responsibilities will include managing the garden including garden planning, preparing and maintaining the garden with and without students, harvesting and coordinating summer maintenance (10%), volunteer management, parent and community outreach (10 %), event planning (5%) and strategic planning with partners, staff team and garden committee (5%).

37 hours/week, starting August 15th, 2012.

One year contract with possibility to extend.

Full Job Description available at:
http://abernethyschoolkitchengarden.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/hiring-food-and-garden-educator/

No phone calls please.