Teva Program Coordinator
Position: Teva Program Coordinator
Organization: Teva Learning Center
Location: Falls Village, CT; Baltimore, MD
Description
Fall Season: Dates: Aug 22, 2011 to December 14, 2011.
In general, a workweek is 5 to 5.5 days.
Fall Season
Location: Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT, Southern Berkshires.
Spring Season: Dates: Spring Season: April 16, 2012 to mid-June, 2012.
In general, a workweek is 5 to 5.5 days.
Spring Season Location: Pearlstone Jewish Retreat Center, near Baltimore, MD and Camp Ramah Darom, GA.
Salary for Fall and Spring Seasons: $350 to $500 (depending on experience) per 5-day work week; includes room for the entire contract period and board while programs are in session. Educators are not paid a full salary for the training period at the beginning of a season, but will receive a stipend equivalent to one week’s pay for the three week period.
Winter Season: Dates: mid-December – mid-April. In general, the position is an average of 4 hours per week.
Winter Season Location: Program Coordinator works from home with wireless internet and phone access.
Salary for Winter: $10 – 15/hour (depending on experience). Responsibilities may include: occasional email communication with teachers, administrators, and parents, editing program manuals, and other program preparations.
Brief Job Description
* Liaison with the site, including but not limited to: kitchen, housing, maintenance issues, programming spaces and program turn-over logistics
* Liaison with schools, including but not limited to: housing and group assignments, curricular and programming concerns, students and staff concerns
* Liaison with parents as needed, including but not limited to: food allergies, other medical concerns, and behavioral issues
* Supervise educators, at times in coordination with the Director, including but not limited to: training, evaluation of educators, communal issues, disciplinary action
* Facilitate staff meetings
* Oversee EMT/WFR
* Provide logistical support to educators, including but not limited to moving, packing, and unpacking of the program, maintenance of supplies and ordering new supplies
* Fill in as needed and as time allows in educational opportunities, including but not limited to: song-leading, tefilla coordination, all-group programs, electives
Required Skills:
* Previous experience as a Teva educator preferred
* Organized with great attention to detail
* Computer Skills: Word, Excel, Picasa
* Interest in taking on a leadership position
* Current CPR & First Aid Certification
The Teva Learning Center’s mission is to renew the ecological wisdom inherent in Judaism and to renew the Jewish community through connection with Creation. The Teva Learning Center is the leading Jewish environmental education program in the country. It is the only full-time year-round program dedicated to innovative, experiential Jewish education taught through the lens of the natural world.
The Teva Learning Center defines Jewish environmental education as exciting, experiential Jewish education that is enlivened by contact with the natural world and informed by 3,000 years of dialogue about the relationships between God, creation, and humanity.
How to Apply
To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. If you have any questions, contact Emily Kaplan at 212-807-6376, ext. 112.
