Job description

We are now hiring a teacher or co-teachers for Farm School NYC's Plant Health course.

This course offers students an introduction to common NYC pests and diseases and an overview of organic pest control prevention and treatment. The course should enable students to:

• Assess a site for potential to grow crop plants
• List key pests and diseases associated with crop plant families Identify key insects pests associated with major crop plants you may grow.
• Identify key diseases associated with major crop plants you may grow.
• Understanding of how crop planning over an entire season helps manage insect and disease pest populations.
• Understanding of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) as a scientific method used to determine management strategies for key pests.
• Familiar with management strategies to minimize insect pests. Familiar with management strategies to minimize vegetable diseases.
• Familiar with different methods to control weeds
• Understand the importance of timing in weed control Be aware of how weeds can benefit a farm
• Understand weeds as soil indicators

Number of teachers: 1 - 2
Number of class hours: 14
Dates/times of course: July 30 to August 9; Wednesdays 6-9pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm
Compensation: $595 per co-teacher, or $1,190 for someone teaching alone
Note that Farm School NYC prefers co-teachers to offer students exposure to different teaching styles and experiences, but we will consider offering the position to one teacher for the right candidate.

Experience and Qualifications for Farm School NYC teachers:

• Passion for food justice and building local, sustainable food systems
• At least three years teaching experience
• Extensive demonstrated experience teaching and/or working with the relevant course material
• Experience with and commitment to popular education and participatory teaching techniques. Farm School NYC teachers value hands-on, experiential learning and recognize that students have different learning styles
• Ability to work with an adult audience with a range of experience and education levels: Students will be aged 18 and up
• Capable of working independently for class preparation including lesson planning and class scheduling
• Ability to meet class schedule requirements (please refer to application for dates and times)
• Ability to use plain language in written materials: Plain language is simple, straightforward language, that people of all learning levels can understand
• Will work with Farm School NYC staff and outdoor classroom contacts to plan and schedule outdoor classroom visits Will contribute to evaluation, which is a critical part of our future planning.

Compensation

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Application instructions

Deadline

June 15, 2014

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