Hi Everyone,
Some great Garden Educator jobs you might be interested in (see below
& attached documents). Please pass along to others-
Margie Bushman
Greetings,
The s'Cool Gardens Program sponsored by SBCC Center for
Sustainability and The Orfalea Foundations, is hiring Garden
Educators to work in elementary schools in Santa Barbara county
(specifically Lompoc, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara, Carpinteria). The job
description and qualifications are attached. Be sure to select the
relevant district, north county or south county, as the information
varies slightly. To apply email a cover letter, resume, and two
professional job references to Alexis Schoppe (north county) or Trish
Stone-Damen (south county) at scoolgardens@gmail.com.
Please forward to anyone who may be interested and qualified.
s'Cool Gardens mission is to connect students to their food and their
environment through school gardens. Our team has installed or
enhanced 16 gardens in elementary schools across Santa Barbara county and
are continuously integrating the gardens into the curriculum. s'Cool
Gardens will continue to partner with new schools this next academic
year.
To learn more please visit our website
www.scoolfood.org/initiative/gardens.cfm
Trish Stone-Damen
Coordinators’COOL GARDENS ... Cultivating the Future
Santa Barbara City College ~
Center for Sustainability
In partnership with the Orfalea Foundations
happyesq@gmail.com
805.689-2163
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More Info:
The Center for Sustainability at Santa Barbara City College has partnered
with the Orfalea Fund’s s’Cool Food Initiative to spearhead the s’Cool
Gardens program.
Mission
To connect students to their
food and their environment through school gardens.
Objectives
To develop gardens in
public schools throughout Santa Barbara County.
To support educators in using these gardens to enhance the learning
experience of students through the integration of the garden into their
curriculum.
Throughout the 2009-2010 school year (Year 1), the s'Cool Gardens program
will install and integrate gardens at the following 16 elementary
schools:
Carpinteria Unified School
District
Canalino
Aliso
Summerland
Carpinteria Family
Santa Barbara Unified School District
Monroe
Cleveland
Adams
Open Alternative School
Franklin
César Estrada Chávez Dual Language Immersion Charter
Lompoc Unified School District
La Honda
Arthur Hapgood
La Canada
Los Berros
Buena Vista
Guadalupe School District
Mary Buren