What is Urban Sprouts?
Urban Sprouts is a school garden program that serves low-income youth from San Francisco's under-served neighborhoods. We teach youth to grow, harvest, prepare and eat vegetables from the school garden in order to help youth become more engaged in school, eat better, exercise more, and connect with the environment and each other.
Urban Sprouts uses garden-based education to:
Improve students' learning in science and their ecoliteracy (environmental awareness and responsibility).
Improve students' nutrition and physical fitness.
Build community involvement within urban schools.
Help youth and their families take action to improve food access and environmental justice in their communities.
This year we'll work with over 750 youth at six San Francisco public schools: Aptos Middle School, International Studies Academy, June Jordan School for Equity, Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, SF Community School, and Ida B. Wells Continuation High School.
Job Description
The Community Programs Manager will organize a greater community of support around Urban Sprouts' core in-school program, engaging school families, individuals and businesses. Members of this community will volunteer in our garden-based education classes, attend garden work parties, make in-kind donations of supplies, and become educated on issues that affect Urban Sprouts, like garden-based education, food policy, and food systems change. The Community Programs Manager will engage with school families specifically to help them strengthen the impacts of our programs for their children and to grow food within our school gardens for family and community consumption.
Job Responsibilities
Manage the volunteer program, including recruiting, clearing, orienting/training, retaining and supporting individual volunteers and corporate groups who help during garden classes and work days.
Collaborate with Urban Sprouts' Garden Educators to plan Garden Party Work Days at each school. Coordinate outreach and communications, assist in developing building projects for garden structures, and manage volunteer groups during the work day.
Organize school families at school sites to become advocates for the school garden. Attend PTA meetings and school events, and work closely with school Parent Liaison staff.
Organize community volunteers to become educated advocates for issues related to our mission, using online social media and social networking tools.
Coordinate with Garden Educators to identify needed in-kind supply donations from businesses and corporations; coordinate receiving and distribution of donated supplies.
Pilot Urban Sprouts' new Family Garden Plots program at two sites, in which parents will serve as garden Interns, each with their own garden plot within the school garden.
Promote the mission wherever possible; represent Urban Sprouts in public meetings and forums and support organizational communications, as needed by the Executive Director.
Monitor, document and report on all activities and results in a timely and thorough manner, to the Executive Director.
Participate in regular and ongoing communication with other staff through meetings and online project management tools.
Desired Skills and Experience
Knowledge of or interest in issues relating to small-scale food production / gardening, food systems, farm/food policy, health and nutrition, youth and their families, urban schools and social justice.
At least 3-5 years of experience in program coordination, volunteer management, organizing, teaching, school support work, and/or group facilitation.
Demonstrated knowledge of small-scale food production required and of nutrition / public health preferred.
A Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred.
Bilingual and/or bi-cultural preferred (languages include Spanish, Tagalog, Cantonese).
Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations including youth and adults.
Strong oral and written communication skills, including public speaking skills.
Strong computer skills, organizational and project management skills must be demonstrated.
Strong skills in interpersonal communication, collaboration, and emotional intelligence.
Ability to work independently, flexible, strives for excellence, creative thinker
This is a part-time position working 25-30 hours per week, $45,000-49,000 FTE, depending on experience, and includes health and vacation/sick benefits.
To Apply
Please send a resume, cover letter and contact information for three references, via email to Abby Jaramillo, Executive Director, at abby@urbansprouts.org . For more information, visit our website/blog at urbansprouts.blogspot.com
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Abby R. Jaramillo
Director
Urban Sprouts
abby@urbansprouts.org
(415) 648-4596
http://urbansprouts.blogspot.com
2. Job Opening: Sunset Green Ecology Instructor at Sunset Neighborhood Beacon
Position Title: Sunset Green Ecology Instructor
Reports to: Rec Connect Program Director
Employee Status: Part-Time, Non-Exempt ($20 per hour, Thursday evenings 7:00-8:30pm, 1 1/2 hour of class time, 1 1/2 hours of paid out-of-class preparation time - 3 total hours per week)
The Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center (SNBC) provides supports and opportunities to ensure the healthy development of children, youth, and adults in the Sunset community. SNBC offers a wide variety of educational and recreational programs at no charge to the community, including technology instruction to children and adults.
As part of SNBC's Rec Connect program, SNBC offers "Sunset Green", a high school course intended to teach students how they can impact their local environment to promote conscientious purchasing, conservation of resources, political activism, and take advantage of technological advances to turn the Sunset into a more sustainable place to live. Class will serve approximately 15 children per week. Instructor will be responsible for designing a weekly curriculum that both educates students about our current environmental crisis and directs them to undertake pragmatic projects to effect positive change.
Qualifications:
· Experience working with youth
· Proficiency as a teacher
· Extensive knowledge of implementable strategies and projects which can create a more sustainable local environment.
· Energetic, dynamic, and capable of sharing that enthusiasm with youth.
· Self-starter with strong initiative and ability to design, implement, and evaluate a three month curriculum.
· Well organized.
Upon Hire:
· Fingerprint clearance from the Department of Justice.
· TB test clearance.
· Health Clearance.
· Three Reference checks
· DMV check
Duties:
· Instruct the Sunset Green course.
· Design and implement a class curriculum.
· Conduct weekly classes in a safe, educational, and fun manner.
· Secure attendance and evaluation data as required by the Rec Connect Initiative and SNBC.
· Regularly monitor program quality and content, including participant attendance and level of interest.
· Represent self and Agency in a professional manner.
· Support and model SNBC's Core Values: Respect, Integrity, Courage, Hope, Innovation.
· Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural and age differences.
· Perform additional duties as assigned by the Rec Connect Coordinator.
Compensation: $20/hour for 3 hours (Thursdays: 7-8:30pm, 1 ½ total hours of instruction; 1 ½ hours of prep time)
Start Date: February 5th, 2009
End Date: March 12th, 2009- with option to extend through school year
If interested, send resume to:
Ryan McCarthy, Rec Connect Program Director
3925 Noriega Street
San Francisco, CA 94122
Email: rmccarthy@snbc.org
415.694.3624
www.snbc.org
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