Part-Time Curriculum Administrator

PUDDLESTOMPERS™ Nature Exploration; Newton (MA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

PUDDLESTOMPERS Nature Exploration in Newton, MA is seeking a part-time educator to inspire young children through outdoor learning, ages 2 to 9, and to support families.

The role blends teaching during school vacation programs with light administrative work, including lesson prep, materials organization, and communicating with families.

If you are creative, energetic, and passionate about nature, join a small team that brings the outdoors into daily learning.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience teaching or writing curriculum for outdoor education programs or community science programs (preschooler level a plus).
• General knowledge and/or interest in science/nature.
• Dependable, responsible and organized.
• Fun-loving, creative and engaging.
• Experience in outdoor education and/or degree in the sciences is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prep lessons for PUDDLESTOMPERS programs
• Produce teaching aides, gather, clean and sort lesson materials
• Review lesson plans and develop and enhance current lessons
• Gather info for class handouts
• Research for STEM/STEAM – based projects and experiments
• Communicate with families about required forms, answer inquiries, distribute
• Team Teacher at our school vacation programs (December, February, and April vacations)

Skills

Creative

Engaging

Dependable

Organized

Job description

Do you love to teach young children (ages 2-9) and have a passion for nature? Are you creative, energetic, engaging and genuinely interested in connecting young children (and their parents and caregivers) to the natural world?

PUDDLESTOMPERS’ mission is to connect the youngest naturalists, ages 2 to 9 years, to the open spaces that surround their homes. By providing families with seeds of interest and tools of exploration, PUDDLESTOMPERS seeks to help build the foundation for a lifelong enjoyment and love of the outdoors.

Responsibilities

This is a Part-Time 20/hour a week position which includes administrative workand intermittent teaching at school vacation programs.

Programming and Class Production (weekly classes, family programs, enrichment,afterschool, camp, and birthdays)

• Prep lessons for PUDDLESTOMPERS programs
• Produce teaching aides, gather, clean and sort lesson materials
• Review lesson plans and develop and enhance current lessons
• Gather info for class handouts
• Research for STEM/STEAM – based projects and experiments
• Communicate with families about required forms, answer inquiries, distribute

Information

• Receive & file necessary health forms (health records, consent forms, waivers, and vaccination status records) for each participant in drop off programs

Teaching

• Team Teacher at our school vacation programs (December, February, and April vacations)

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience teaching or writing curriculum for outdoor education programs or community science programs (preschooler level a plus)
• General knowledge and/or interest in science/nature
• Dependable, responsible and organized
• Fun-loving, creative and engaging
• Experience in outdoor education and/or degree in the sciences is a plus.