Visit the sugar shack and enjoy a variety of family activities to include hikes, our newly upgraded planetarium and live animals from Animal Embassy.   Visit our farmer’s market including potters, cheese maker, candle maker, soap maker, papermaker, honey and syrup vendors, etc.

Schedule online www.sharpereservation.org or call the Nature Center (845) 896-5910.  This event is co-sponsored by the NY State Outdoor Education Association.

SAVE THE DATE: Friday, April 13, 2012

7th Annual Student Summit of the Environmental Consortium

Featuring an Environmental Career and Graduate Program Fair

Time:  11:30am – 4:30pm

Location:  Manhattanville College, Reid Castle, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 

The event is FREE for students and lunch is included! Open to all higher education students in the region.  All majors are welcome.

The Summit program will conclude with a career and graduate program fair giving students interested in the environmental arena a unique opportunity to network with exhibitors from diverse fields and higher education institutions offering environmentally related graduate programs.  Opportunities will include employment, internships, research, and volunteer positions.

Details and registration are forthcoming and will be posted to http://environmentalconsortium.org/programs/student/event.html. RSVP will be required.

Don’t miss out!  If you are student and did not receive this announcement directly from the Environmental Consortium, please join our email list to receive timely and direct announcements about this event and other opportunities through the Consortium and around the region.  Sign up for the email list here: http://environmentalconsortium.org/programs/student/network.html.

Summit Co-Sponsors:

For inquiries, contact the Environmental Consortium at 914-773-3091 or info@environmentalconsortium.org.

Workshops led by Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies education staff are free and open to middle school and high school teachers.  Learn how to use the Hudson River to teach about ecology, evolution, and environmental science using local data.

Data and Ecology: Hudson River Food Webs

• April 17, 2012, 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Norrie Point Environmental Center in Staatsburg, NY, Course # MST-1112009; registration deadline: April 12, 2012.

Ecology and Evolution: Toxins and the Hudson River

• February 18, 2012, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, (snow date: February 25, 2012), Course #MST-1112008; registration deadline: February 15, 2012. For this workshop only, we are offering $50 gift cards for the first 20 teachers who sign up, and you will also become eligible to become a pilot teacher this spring, which provides you with a stipend of $200.  Contact Celia for more information.

Data and Ecology: Using Local Data to Learn About Pollution

• February 28, 2012, 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Marlboro Middle School in Marlboro, NY (snow date: March 13, 2012) Course #MST-1112007; registration deadline: February 23, 2012.

OR

• April 24, 2012, 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Beczak Environmental Education Center, Yonkers, NY, registration deadline: April 19, 2012.

For more information go to the Cary Institute at http://www.caryinstitute.org/ed_teacher_workshops.html  or contact Celia Cuomo at cuomoc@caryinstitute.org.

Register online at the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center or contact Mira Gentry at gentrym@caryinstitute.org.

Seeking an instructor for a survival/life-saving skills summer camp program based upon the book My Side of the Mountain.  Program is a 5-day program, Monday – Friday, 8:45am to noon.  You may select one, two, or more weeks depending on your availability.  Some materials are provided by the Heldeberg Workshop, but you may use your own if available.

The Heldeberg Workshop is located 20 minutes south of Albany in the town of Voorheesville.

For more info about the position, please contact the Workshop at:  info (at) heldebergworkshop.org.

Heldeberg Workshop
PO Box 323
Voorheesville, NY 12186-0323

(518) 765-2777

www.Heldebergworkshop.org

MD

LaTeacher/Naturalist
Echo Hill Outdoor School

NJ

Educator / Deckhands and Interns on New Jersey’s Tall Ship
Bayshore Discovery

Co-Education Coordinator
Bayshore Discovery
NY

AmeriCorps Outdoor Educator
Manice Education Center (MEC)

Outdoor Educator
Manice Education Center (MEC)

Outdoor Educator Assistant
Manice Education Center (MEC)
PA

Environmental Education Summer Camp Counselor
Briar Bush Nature Center

New York, NY – January 25, 2012 – TeachersCount invites you to continue following and participating in the insightful blog series. TeachersCount is in need of your support towards making this monthly blog a unified and representative voice of all teachers nationally. Each month our bloggers explore different topics. February’s hot topic is technology. Educators will discuss how virtual schooling is affecting education, the potential negative effects of technology on education, how technology is affecting student achievement, challenges that educators are facing and what the future of technology looks like in education.

TeachersCount is a national non-profit dedicated to raising the status of the teaching profession and providing free resources to the education community. By using a national campaign and related initiatives TeachersCount works to create a permanent culture of teacher appreciation in the United States. TeachersCount offers services that are tailored to the teaching profession, including up-to-date information about teaching awards and competitions, conference listings and a variety of unique programs designed to aid teachers both inside and outside the classroom.

Wanted: conflict & crises

 In Conflict & Crises: Teaching the Hudson Valley from the Civil War to Civil Rights and Beyond is the theme of the 2012 institute to be held July 24-26 at the Wallace Education Center, Home of FDR and Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York.

Last year’s keynote: teacher and blogger Dina Strasser. (Photo by Bill Urbin, NPS.)

THV is accepting proposals for activities, discussions, panels, workshops, and extended field experiences until March 1.

We’re especially interested in proposals that:

1. Examine ways for teachers and/or site staff to approach controversial issues.

2. Observe the 150th anniversary
of the Civil War by providing context and resources.

3. Practice ways to teach history as ongoing and changeable, rather than a series of unrelated events.

4. Explore how local or regional decision makers try to reconcile divergent views.

Get more information and down load proposal guidelines.

If you recognize this still-standing house in our region, drop us a line. Clue: think Civil War.

Field trip grants available

Newburgh students on the Clearwater.

Trip Tales. E-mail us your funny stories, poems, aha moments, and pictures, from school visits to places around the Valley.

Winning pieces from student writing contest:

Tug of War, 5th grader Aayushi Jha’s essay about the Clearwater.

Poems about Minnewaska State Park and the Mohonk Preserve by 7th grader Emilie Hostetter and 12th grader Nicole Yang.

Primary sources survey closes 2/5

Complete the survey and get priority for free workshops.

Northeast

CT

Environmental Educator (full time)
Sound Waters
DC

Schools-In-Schools Program Intern
Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region

MA

Camp Educator
Blue Hills Summer Camp

Assistant Camp Director
Blue Hills Summer Camp

MD

Deckhand/Educator
Sultana Projects, Inc.

Environmental Education Intern Position
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

NJ

Outdoor Education Naturalist
Camp Mason
NY

Onboard Educator – Mystic Whaler
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater

Director, Education Program
Rainforest Alliance

VT

Nature Camp Instructor
Vermont Institute of Natural Science

DATES: April-August 2012

DAYS/HOURS: 24 hours per week, 3-4 days per week (including some weekend days during the spring and summer.)

SALARY: $22/hour (without benefits)

City Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, non-profit organization to offer park programs throughout the five boroughs of New York City. CPF works in over 700 parks citywide, presenting a broad range of free arts, sports and education programs and helping citizens to support their parks on a local level. Our programs and community-building initiatives reach more than 600,000 New Yorkers each year, contributing to the revitalization of neighborhoods throughout New York City.

CityParks Education, founded in 1993, presents a wide range of programs targeted to children, youth, and educators in public schools, parks, recreation centers and other community sites.

COASTAL CLASSROOM PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Coastal Classroom is a joint project of CityParks Education and the Partnerships for Parks Catalyst Project. CityParks Education has operated interdisciplinary environmental education programs in schools and parks since 1992. Coastal Classroom focuses on coastal ecology, water quality, urban waterfront restoration and preservation on the Queens Waterfront and in Coney Island. Coastal Classroom offers one-time and multi-session programs for schools (4th grade and up), non-profit groups, civic organizations and the general community. Through site specific inquiry-based lessons, we provide stimulating and meaningful learning experiences for a range of community members in their own community.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, adapt, and deliver one-time and/or sequential developmentally appropriate lessons and workshops for diverse participants, including, children, youth, family members and senior citizens.
• Help develop curricula that include a progressive series of hands-on, interdisciplinary lessons that hone academic skills, encourage curiosity, and support mandated academic standards.
• Help conduct outreach and recruitment to schools, organizations, and community groups. Coordinate sites, schedules, and garden visits.
• Supervise and help train high school and college interns.
• Provide logistical support and complete general administrative duties as needed.
• Assist with data collection and recordkeeping.
• Help facilitate the seamless integration of activities, and develop linkages with key park personnel and community members.
• Help maintain, repair and protect tools and equipment, including waders, nets, buckets, water quality kits and other gear.
• Requires ample set-up and break-down time. This includes moving of heavy equipment (waders, nets, moving cart) and other physically arduous tasks.

QUALIFICATIONS

• ? Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Marine Ecology, Marine Biology, Environmental Science, or related field.
  ? Knowledge of marine ecosystems, marine life, data collection, and data analysis.
  ? Experience teaching outdoors and in non-traditional settings using interactive methods desirable. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in inquiry-based methods and in developing interdisciplinary academic curricular materials.
  ? Strong/solid classroom management skills and ability to handle different types of learners.
  ? Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
  ? Valid driver’s license.
  ? Willingness to travel alone on public transportation to schools throughout New York City.
  ? Ability to work with diverse students, all age groups, and low-income communities.
  ? Ability to work independently and as part of a team essential.
  ? Versatility, resourcefulness and creativity required (contagious enthusiasm would be great).
  ? Willingness to work outdoors from April-August in hot/cold/sometimes uncomfortable weather conditions (manual labor necessary).
  ? Willingness to work some weekends on a regular basis.

Interested candidates should email cover letter and resume to: education@CityParksFoundation.org or send via regular mail to:

Education Search
City Parks Foundation
1234 Fifth Avenue, Room 232
New York, NY 10029.

No calls or faxes, please. Only those individuals that are selected for interviews will be contacted.

Applications are now open for year five of the TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Program and Innovation Grants program. All application materials can be found by visiting www.togethergreen.org. The website is designed to make it easier to find information and interact through social media. For the Conservation Leadership (Fellows) and Innovation Grants (Grants) programs, please visit the website links below to get all the information you need and to access the online application. Each site includes background information about the programs, selection criteria, application guidelines, and answers to questions that you might have.

FELLOWS: www.togethergreen.org/fellows  (DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: March 5, 2012)

GRANTS: www.togethergreen.org/grants  (DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: April 2, 2012)

Please encourage the promising conservation leaders in your life to apply for a Fellowship. It’s a remarkable professional development opportunity and an incredible network to join. If you have any questions, please contact Flo Miller (fmiller (at) audubon.org) for Grants and Fellows information. You can also contact Melissa Hopkins (mhopkins (at) audubon.org).