Are you interested in work that is both challenging and rewarding? ARC is hiring highly qualified instructors for our 2010 summer programs at the Sagehen Creek Field Station and the Sierra Nevada Research Institute.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 5, 2010
DESCRIPTION: ARC integrates academics (English, reading, writing, public speaking, research and environmental studies) with adventure education programming. The model is based on the New York City Outward Bound Center leadership and literacy program and adjusted to target English Language Learner students and to fit local California community needs. We link wilderness to academics, adventure to leadership, environmental science to literacy and confidence to activism.
The wilderness components span three mountaineering/backpacking trips in Desolation Wilderness and Yosemite National Park, sea-kayaking, as well as other short expeditions, including rock climbing and rafting. The base camp components are held at the Sagehen Creek Field Station in Truckee or at the Sierra Nevada Research Institute in Wawona. They include daily morning physical fitness, English and Environmental Science class, group reading, and daily evening leadership classes.
This is a summer semester course, which includes 40 days with the students, approximately 20 days of training prior to the start of the course, and a few days of post-course debrief. Work will begin mid-May/early June.
Please note: We are hiring for two programs next summer--one in the Tahoe/Truckee area and the other in Wawona, in Yosemite National Park.
QUALIFICATIONS: This is a very rigorous summer course and requires a high level of professionalism, organization, and skill.
Minimum qualifications include:
o Current WFR and CPR
o Significant experience leading or co-leading groups of youth backpacking in the wilderness
o Significant experience teaching English, Environmental Science, AND/OR Leadership
o 4-year degree
Preferred qualifications include:
o Masters degree or 4-year degree in related field
o Current teaching credential
o Fluent in Spanish
COMPENSATION: Pay depends on experience and typically ranges between $90 and $105 per day.
TO APPLY: Please e-mail all resumes and a cover letter answering the following questions to Jennifer Gurecki at jgurecki@berkeley.edu AND Sarah Cupery Ottley at scottley@berkeley.edu. We will contact you the second week of February.
1) What are your strengths as a teacher in the classroom? What skills are you interested in developing?
2) What are your strengths as a leader in the backcountry? What skills are you interested in developing?
3) Describe your ideal co-instructor. What qualities would best complement your strengths? Your areas of growth?
4) What types of experiences, both personal and professional, have prepared you to manage risk in the backcountry?
5) Why do you specifically want to work for ARC as opposed to another program?
6) In what ways have you personally grown as a human being and a leader in the last year?
7) How do you support your own growth and that of others, especially the students that you work with?
