Company description

Over the last 26 years, Growing Gardens has brought gardening, nutrition education and produce donations to over 162,000 Boulder County residents.

 We offer a variety of programs to get people of all ages, backgrounds, income levels, and abilities involved in growing and cooking their own food. These educational opportunities are paired with seed, plant start, and produce donations, as well as gardening space, to impart greater food security and hunger relief in our community.

Job description

The Growing Gardens Education Program Manager plays an important role in developing, implementing and teaching farm-based environmental education programs for preschool and elementary age youth.  The EPM oversees the management of and is the lead educator in our Nutrition Education Program which offers free programming in English and Spanish. The EPM is also the manager of our 9 week Summer Camp programs. They are responsible for hiring and training a diverse group of summer educators and assist in training our education interns. Working with the Education team, this position is essential in setting and attaining program goals and objections and to develop and implement a variety of learning opportunities in our community.

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Job Title: Education Program Manager

Job Status: Salaried position is an average of 40 hours a week (hours do change seasonally and can go up to 45+ hours during the summer season)

Reports To: Education Program Director

Salary: $45,000-$54,000 annually depending on experience and qualifications Additional compensation provided for Spanish language speaking and writing skills

Benefits: Generous Benefits Package includes: Health and Dental Insurance, paid Holiday, Floating Holiday, PTO and paid sick time, monthly cell phone reimbursement stipend, discount on plant starts and vegetables, IRA Benefit.

Education Program Manager Specific Job Responsibilities:

Summer Camp

●       Effectively hire, train and manage 7 Summer Camp Educators

●       Manage Summer camp paperwork to comply with School Age Child Care Licensing requirements

●       Oversee parent communication and daily summer camp schedules

●       Develop and plan all 9 weeks of summer camp with the support of the Education Team. 

Nutrition Education

●       Coordinate with Nutrition Education partners to donate seeds, plant starts and produce

●       Develop partnerships and teach Nutrition Education programming in elementary and preschools and to lead on farm field trips

●       Lead class visits at schools in the area - this position does involve driving to different schools to teach

●       Coordinate produce donations to nutrition education partner preschools and elementary schools

●       Curriculum development that aligns with CO state standards and comprehensive health standards for nutrition education

●       Build and maintain trustworthy, professional relationships with program partners, teachers, participants, and parents.

●       Lead educator in Longmont for our Children’s Peace Garden Programming (Growing Gardens has two sites in Longmont that education takes place at)

●       Roughly 50 hours of Nutrition Education programming each year is taught in Spanish.

Other Programming

●       Manage and schedule gleaning at the Boulder County Farmers Market on Wednesday evenings in May, August, September and October. This position splits this responsibility with the Education Coordinator.

●       Attending outreach and other GG events during evening and weekend hours

●       Weekly chore shift with the goat herd from November - February

●       Teach Horticulture Therapy programming with support of the Education Team. 

●       Assist Education Team as needed in all other Children Peace Garden Programming (Field Trips, Class Visits, School Day Off Programs, Etc.)

●       Train and support interns assisting with or teaching programming

Admin and Curriculum Development

●       Collaborate with Education team members to develop new programming, create new curriculum and review programming process and procedures

●       Support Education team in collecting paperwork for School Day Off Programming

●       Track and record date for program reports

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Compensation

this position is: salaried, varies DOE, $45,000.00 - $54,000.00

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