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Position Description

The City of Tacoma is recruiting for an Enviro-Challenger Educator in the classification of Program Development Specialist.  We are searching for an outgoing, energetic person with a proven background in creating engaging and innovative environmental lessons through artistic expressions.

Primary responsibilities for this position include creating art environmental lessons which foster student’s desire to make changes in daily life to promote environmental health and sustainability, teaching and maintain current teaching in K-8th grade classrooms during the school year, staffing the will be teaching and creating environmental lessons to K-8 students in a classroom setting during the school year, staffing the City’s Environmental Services community events outreach booth, teaching summer camps, and creating art environmental lessons. We hope to foster students’ desire to make changes in daily life to promote environmental lessons, build relationships with schools and environmental communities partners to promote environmental sustainability.

Our Ideal Candidate will enjoy working with students, will enjoy working in a team environment, will posses excellent communication skills, flexibility, planning, project management and evaluation skills, along with a professional and courteous attitude.

If you have the following skills and abilities in the list below, then you are the person we are searching for to join our team!:

Background in researching program requirements, developing training materials.
Is comfortable presenting lessons to the public and school communities.
Artistic, creative and passionate in seeking new ways to approach STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) powered classrooms.
Enjoys and excels in working with students from diverse cultural, economic and ability backgrounds.
Is highly engaged in their work, a self-starter whose enthusiasm for environmental sustainability encourages and motivates others to participate.
Loves to connect with people during community outreach events in providing program information to the public.
A lifelong learner who seeks out knowledge about current trends in environmental issues and topics to support lessons and discussions.

Examples of Job Duties:

Present classroom lessons, mainly K-8th grade, teaching and promoting environmental health, meeting City environmental sustainability goals and State education standards, as well as district/classroom expectations.
Present Environmental Sustainability messages at public events; coordinate and schedule with various organizations and City’s offices, inform and educate public, assemble and dismantle Enviro-Challenger outreach booth.
Expand and develop the Enviro-Challenger program, develop and implement art curriculum to meet City environmental sustainability goals and State art standards, as well as district/classroom expectations using creative and expressive STEAM-powered lessons.
Collect and maintain supplies for art curriculum and maintain and clean supplies for lessons.
Research and keep abreast of current environmental issues, changes in messaging, and various organizations within the City involved with sustainability.
Attend various meetings, build and maintain professional relationships with other City Departments, organizations and individuals within the fields of education and environmental health.
Work with the EnviroChallenger team to evaluate programs progress and results; research and compile information concerning program needs and resources
Promote program through TV, photo shoots, distribution of fliers and other marketing strategies
Create a unique art connection for Enviro-Challenger and environmental sustainability with reintroduction of an art contest, school art projects.

Benefits
The City of Tacoma offers a generous program of employee benefits including:

Great defined-benefit retirement plan
Paid holidays
Personal time off
Outstanding working conditions and a supportive work environment
Leadership pathways and promotional opportunities
Medical, dental and life insurance coverage for eligible employees
Deferred compensation allowing tax-deferred savings as authorized under Section 457 of the IRS Code

City of Tacoma Recruitment
One of the primary goals of the Equity and Empowerment Initiative is for the City of Tacoma workforce to reflect the community it serves. We actively work to eliminate racial and other disparities and welcome candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or multicultural skill sets and experiences. Our goal is for Tacoma to be an inclusive and equitable place to live, work, and play.Qualifications

An equivalent combination to:
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in teaching or environmental studies and two years work experience in teaching (formal or informal) to youth;

OR

Six years’ experience in formal or informal teaching to youth with emphasis on arts and environment.

Desired

Experience teaching youths
Teaching certificate with Arts endorsement;

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Valid Washington Driver’s License.
A complete background check to include fingerprinting and successful Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Intelligence background clearance/sexual misconduct clearance.Knowledge & Skills

KNOWLEDGE:

Washington State K–12 Learning Standards a for Arts and Environment and Sustainability
Plan, prepare and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate active learning
Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities
Incorporate knowledge derived from experiential and practical experiences in the classroom lessons
Participate in professional learning communities
Use a variety of instructional strategies that are culturally responsive to the needs, interests, and goals of learners
Develop, plan, and strategize a program of study that is based on and capitalizes on the learning needs of students and meets the individual needs
Knowledge and skill in instructional principles, methods and techniques
Knowledge of applicable Washington State and Federal rules and regulations.
Community relations and resources.
Oral and written communications skills.
Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
Basic research methods.
Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary.
Modern office practices, procedures and equipment.

SKILLS:

Maintain a high standard of professional behavior at all times
Ability to multi-task, set priorities and meet deadlines
Ability to work with difficult and/or sensitive situations to provide appropriate resolutions
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of people in a multi-cultural, diverse socio-economic setting
Establish a powerful classroom culture where children have high expectations for themselves and others
Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
Strives to implement, by pedagogical content knowledge, instruction, action and support
Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect the students
Skill in obtaining, clarifying and exchanging information
Skill in classroom management.
Ability to exercise critical thinking and use sound judgment
Ability to be flexible and adaptable
Ability to serve as role model and treat students and colleagues as individuals in a professional and ethical manner
Ability to lift and carry up to 10 pounds, stoop, kneel, crouch, walk, twist, bend, climb and/or be mobile
Develop, implement and coordinate program activities
Ability to learn and grow
Write program objectives, implementation procedures and evaluation.
Analyze situations and data accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
Plan and organize work
Meet schedules and timelines
Work independently with little direction
Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
Prepare publications, visual aids and displays as required