SCA Educator

• Assist educators in planning, setting up, teaching, and evaluating in-person programs and workshops
• Lead interpretive hikes on forested trails
• Design education content that motivates, inspires, and informs across a wide variety of digital platforms using a variety of media
• Assist with the creation of program materials
• Keep materials organized and catalogued to maintain inventory
• Conduct research and perform field work to support education programs, community science, and stewardship such as wildlife surveys and invasive species removal
• Manage a farm plot and provide care and upkeep of resident chickens at the historic Gericke Farm to support programming
• Assist with maple syrup production and education
• Engage in outreach to principals, teachers, and the public
• Help to design and distribute marketing materials
• Aid in volunteer recruitment and coordination
• Represent NY State Parks at large events
• Assist with general Nature Interpretive Center upkeep including, but not limited to: designing and creating new exhibits, handling and caring for live animals, garden maintenance, greeting and interacting with visitors, and composting
• Travel to other State Parks throughout NYC to assist with special events
• Spend at least one workday each month with the region’s Stewardship Team removing invasive species from Parks and conducting research
• Other duties as assigned by management based on the facilities’ operational needs

• Member must be willing and able to speak publicly to audiences of all ages, from infants to adults
• A creative background in art, design, graphic arts, marketing, etc. is very helpful in this position
• Knowledge of local species and ecology

Fluency in a second language is a plus

• First Aid/CPR
• Interpretive Skills
• Leave No Trace Level 1 Certification
• Wilderness First Aid Training
• Mental Health First Aid
• Health Insurance
• AmeriCorps: Eligible/Required
• Housing Provided
• Amount of the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award being offered for successful completion of the member’s term of service: $5,176.50
• Amount of Living Allowance member will receive: $440/week