​​We are hiring Substitute Educators with availability in the spring, summer, fall, winter, or year-round. We are looking for folks with flexible schedules who are open to being contacted for our staff’s planned time off as well as unplanned, day-of staff absences. We do not expect Substitute Educators to drop their other responsibilities for the Farm when contacted. We do expect Substitute Educators to respond to sub requests within a reasonable timeframe. 

 

Required Qualities:

• Relevant educational or childcare experience

• Prior farm experience, in livestock or veg, is preferred but not required

• A passion for the outdoors and the work of farming and gardening 

• A passion for fostering nature awareness, mindfulness, wonder, and creativity

• The ability to direct and support farm chore times for a mixed-age group, so that they experience satisfaction and competence

• The ability to support kids in pursuing healthy, self-directed projects and interests
  Exceptional group management skills

• Professional and compassionate interpersonal skills

• Exceptional intuition and judgment, and willingness to use it

• Reliable transportation (car, bus, or ability to coordinate carpooling with other staff)

• A personal cell phone for inter-staff communication 

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Responsibilities include:

• Managing the arc of the camp day, including farm chores (goat milking, chicken & bunny chores, pasture management, garden tasks, etc.)

• Leading morning and closing circles

• Teaching daily nature skills (weaving with cattails, plant-ID, natural dyeing, spinning wool, fire by friction, building skills, clay, craft projects, etc)

• Mediating challenges within the group using restorative practices 

• Teaching and practicing safe farm boundaries

• Co-leading with our educators and other farm staff

• Managing verbal communication with parents

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Hourly wage $15-20 dependent upon experience. 

 

Please send a cover letter, resume, contact information, and two references to newvillagefarmprograms@gmail.com.  In the subject line please include “Substitute Educator role” and which season you are available in (spring, fall, summer, winter, or year-round). In your cover letter, please write about why you’d like to work in farm-based education, what you think feels unique about NVF, what skills/activities you’d like to bring to the work, and your relevant experience working with kids and farming. 

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We are looking to expand our budding internship program this upcoming Fall. This program is geared towards high school & college students, recent grads, people taking a gap year, and anyone else who is looking to dive into the field of farm-based & environmental education.

 

As an intern, you’ll jump into learning new skills alongside the kids in our educational programming – raising chickens, bunnies, goats, and cows, milking animals, gardening, carpentry, handwork, wilderness skills, etc. You’ll also have the opportunity to take on a leadership role, becoming more familiar with group management skills, and honing your ability to identify the kids’ varied needs and engage them accordingly — through farm care, play, and exploration.

 

In this program, we will immerse interns in NVF’s unique teaching philosophy. Our mission is to foster a sense of belonging in kids through meaningful work and connections with plants, animals, and other people. In our work, we strive to:

• Minimize playground structures and sports equipment to maximize the draw of marshes, climbing trees, forests, meadows of flowers, wood chips, etc. 

• Minimize rules and support children in making safe and positive choices on their own.

• Add responsibility as participants rise to the work to keep them growing and engaged. 

• Meet life as it unfolds – allowing the curriculum to shift as the needs of the animals, gardens, and farm change.

• Help kids to find balance and peace in an increasingly busy & digital world.

• Use a behavior is communication approach to understanding conflict, and use restorative practices to move forward. 

 

Gratitude, resilience, collaboration, and presence are core to the work we do.

 

Interns are invited to join our Family Farming Time (Mondays, with kids aged 2-4 yrs), Farm School programs (Tues-Fri, with kids 5-12 yrs) and in our After-School programs (Mon, Wed, Thurs, with kids 5-9 yrs), and other visiting school groups. Hours can vary based on interns’ schedules and the farm’s needs.

 

This is an unpaid role. We can offer academic credit and volunteer hours. We will consider applicants on a rolling basis. To apply, please send a resume to newvillagefarmprograms@gmail.com. 

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