Ranch & Homestead Experiential Educator - HF

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps; Colorado; On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Stipend

Education award

Childcare assistance

Job summary

Guidestone's Hutchinson Homestead & Learning Center in Colorado seeks a Ranch & Homestead Experiential Educator to run education programs for youth, focusing on ranching, homesteading, traditional arts, and agriculture history.

You will develop and implement camps, field trips, and community events, create teaching materials, and ensure a safe, engaging environment. Housing and education award support included; position starts 3/1/2027.

Qualifications

• Some college coursework or degree is preferred.
• Experience with youth education and hands-on activities is desired.
• Ability to create engaging education materials and lessons.

Responsibilities

• Support summer camp development and scheduling for 1-day and 3-day camps for ages 5-11.
• Connect youth with land and agricultural traditions.
• Assist with Spring Break, after-school, and field trip programming.
• Develop teaching and interpretation materials.
• Maintain a safe, positive learning environment.
• Provide tours and visitor center support during open hours.
• Help plan community events like AgriSummit and Pumpkin Patch.

Skills

Communications

Community Organization

Computers/Technology

Education

First Aid

Leadership

Public Speaking

Teaching/Tutoring

Trade/Construction

Writing/Editing

Youth Development

General Skills

Environment

Social Services

Team Work

Education

Some college

Job description

Ranch & Homestead Experiential Educator - HF

The Ranch & Homestead Experiential Educator will run education programs at the Hutchinson Homestead & Learning Center and is a good fit for a member who is passionate about working with youth, supporting local agriculture, ranching, agricultural history, traditional arts and experiential education, and building connections in the community. The position offers space for a member’s creativity, through opportunities to help with agriculture-focused programs and incorporate arts and hands-on traditional skills into the ranching curriculum. The position is focused on pioneer, homestead, and ranching education and includes exposure to fundraising, marketing, and farm and ranch production.Guidestone operates the Hutchinson Homestead & Learning Center with the vision of bringing the story of the land and history to life through events, programs, and community celebrations to create a dynamic living, historical, and cultural interpretation and agriculture education center that bridges the past to the future of agriculture in our community. The Hutchinson Homestead & Learning Center provides a home base for Guidestone operations, is a primary site for Farmhands Youth Education Programs, and will continue to grow to support community events and agritourism opportunities in the Upper Arkansas Region.

Member Duties :

• Support summer camp development; descriptions, scheduling & implementation for 1-day & 3-day camps for ages 5-11 engaging kids in ranching, homesteading, traditional arts, history, storytelling & animals.
• Connecting them with land & agricultural traditions.
• Support the development & implementation of Spring Break programs, Friday enrichment, Little Spurs preschool programs, after-school programs, & school field trip programming at the Homestead.
• Assist with the development of teaching & interpretation materials.
• Ensure a safe, effective & positive learning environment.
• Empower students to connect to the land, its history, traditional arts & agriculture.
• Provide tours & visitor center support when open to the public.
• Assist with the development & implementation of community events, including AgriSummit, Pumpkin Patch, Music at the Mill, and other events at the Hutchinson Homestead & Ranch.

Program Benefits :

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Housing
• Health Coverage
• Living Allowance
• Stipend

Terms :

• Car recommended
• Permits working at another job during off hours.

Skills :

• Communications
• Community Organization
• Computers/Technology
• Education
• First Aid
• Leadership
• Public Speaking
• Teaching/Tutoring
• Trade/Construction
• Writing/Editing
• Youth Development
• General Skills
• Environment
• Social Services
• Team Work

Ranch & Homestead Experiential Educator - HF

Program Start/End Date

03/01/2027- 10/24/2027

Work Schedule

Full Time

Some college

Age Requirement

Minimum:18 Maximum:54

Program Locations

COLORADO

Languages

English Spanish

Accepting Applications

From 09/25/2026 To 10/23/2026

Contact

Marisela Ballesteros

PO Box 323

Gunnison CO 81230

9705964135

https://www.mountainrootsfoodproject.org/healthy-futures