{"id":101696,"date":"2026-04-16T19:58:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/garden-educator-4\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T20:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T00:13:14","slug":"garden-educator-4","status":"publish","type":"ch_job","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/job\/garden-educator-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Educator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Garden Educator is responsible for leading the development and implementation of a garden program at Jefferson and Washington Houses in East Harlem. This role focuses on training AmeriCorps Members to lead hands-on garden education for after-school, internship, and field trip programs, and coordinating volunteer and community engagement events. The educator will work to foster a sense of ownership and community around the gardens while promoting healthy lifestyles and environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Garden Education &amp; Programming:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Train AmeriCorps members to lead children and youth in a) environmental health literacy and placemaking curriculum ) garden and tree-centered service-learning projects &#8211; in the after school, school day, summer camp, and internship programs.<\/p>\n<p>Create gardening lesson for residents, school, school day, summer camp, and internship programs that we engage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Engagement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assist in the recruitment of participants for Green Exercise Days and other garden events.<\/li>\n<li>Engage residents in the planning, planting, and maintenance of the community gardens.<\/li>\n<li>Serve as a point of contact for residents and community members regarding garden activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Program Administration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assist with the coordination of garden-related activities led by AmeriCorps members.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that staff and participants know and follow safety and educational procedures.<\/li>\n<li>Apply basic child development principles in working with participants through communication, and relationship development.<\/li>\n<li>Assure that participants are properly supervised at all times.<\/li>\n<li>Manage garden supplies and resources.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain records of program participation and progress.<\/li>\n<li>Be a role model to participants and staff in your attitude and behavior. Set a good example to participants and others in regard to general procedures and practices including sanitation, schedule, and sportsmanship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shovels, rakes, wheelbarrow, pruning tools, hoses, power tools, and other gardening equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Ability to lift up to 100 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>College Degree in agriculture, soil, environmental health, or other urban farm related track a must.<\/p>\n<p>NYS Mandated Reporter, First Aid, &amp; CPR. Must be at least 21 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. Use mathematical reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>High level of executive functioning, professionalism, integrity, work ethic, accountability, and responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Highly organized self-starter; ability to work independently and in a team, take and give direction, structure tasks, establish priorities, and set goals.<\/p>\n<p>Horticulture: 3 years; Gardening\/Horticulture\/Trees: 3 years; Youth Development\/Education: 3 years<\/p>\n<p>Work Location: In person<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_ch_employer_id":"12562","_ch_external_id":"10963641","_ch_location_state":"","_ch_location_city":"","_ch_is_ocr_job":"","_ch_expiration_date":"2026-10-17","_ch_apply_link":"https:\/\/monmouth.joinhandshake.com\/jobs\/10963641\/share_preview"},"ch_stakeholder":[],"ch_class_year":[],"ch_job_category":[86],"ch_career_skill":[],"ch_industry":[64],"class_list":["post-101696","ch_job","type-ch_job","status-publish","hentry","ch_job_category-full-time","ch_industry-non-profit-education-community-organizations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_job\/101696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_job"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ch_job"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ch_stakeholder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_stakeholder?post=101696"},{"taxonomy":"ch_class_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_class_year?post=101696"},{"taxonomy":"ch_job_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_job_category?post=101696"},{"taxonomy":"ch_career_skill","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_career_skill?post=101696"},{"taxonomy":"ch_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/career-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ch_industry?post=101696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}