do you have a detailed garden educator/ coordinator job description you could share

[Michelle Beeson Greissinger]

I am one, but my work keeps growing out of proportion to what I am paid.  I feel the need to clearly define my work, and I am wondering who has a great description they will share with me.

Thanks!

[michelleg...@gmail.com]

Hi Derek, please forgive any weird wording in this email because I am voice dictating. So currently I am the only Garden program manager/instructor/developer in a grade school that has its own district. I say that because I have a lot of control. What I am currently doing is trying to figure things out after COVID-19 started, but before that my school year looks like this: I plants and manage and maintain a large gardening space of wooden and concrete garden beds. I use those beds to help K through eighth graders learn how to manage plants and grow food. We have an on-site cafeteria so I was developing toward supplying the cafeteria with produce as much as possible. Because the program is very new and underfunded, I was being paid a $10,000 contract for the 10 month school year. I found myself working around 20 hours a week average, because I saw each K through four classroom one time a week in the garden, and I also assisted the middle school science teacher for about five hours each Wednesday so he could bring his science classes out. On top  of that I managed the garden growing area and worked on finding money to support the garden program and attended conferences and education classes for myself and had tons of meetings with teachers and administration. It was a really difficult position because I love it but the PTC or the parent teacher union pays me, and so the parents really wanna dictate all of their dreams to me, and they don’t understand what goes into each little thing

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On Aug 13, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Michelle Beeson Greissinger <michelleg...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am one, but my work keeps growing out of proportion to what I am paid.  I feel the need to clearly define my work, and I am wondering who has a great description they will share with me.

Thanks!

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[Katherine Rakowski]

I am very interested in this topic as well!  Thank you for posing the question.

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I am one, but my work keeps growing out of proportion to what I am paid.  I feel the need to clearly define my work, and I am wondering who has a great description they will share with me.

Thanks!

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Katherine Rakowski

Americorps Farm to School Specialist

Bayfield School District

Phone: 715-779-3201   Ex. 410

[Anna Jackson]

Hello, 

Here's the job description for our current School Farm Manager/Garden Educator.  When we initially hired this position there were several qualified applicants which only made me realize how much this work is needed in all schools :)

Originally I had to do some convincing to get a full time position approved, but it is absolutely a full time job. 

Happy to answer any additional questions! 

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Anna Jackson, MPP

Farm to School Coordinator

Healthy Schools Chair, 

Partnership for a Healthy Ventura County

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[Derek Hunsaker]

So, a short list of what I do is included below. My position is a full time, largely grant funded position that is district wide.

• Design/install maintain and coordinate gardens and outdoor classrooms at each of our district's 5 schools
• Coordinate curriculum for Pre-K-5th grade garden engagement with teachers and administrators.
• Coordinate curriculum and accessibility for K-12 Special Education/Life Skills in the garden
• Coordinate Environmental and Sustainability education K-12 as per Washington State standards
• Train teachers, paras and administrators on how to use the garden as a learning tool
• Coordinate with Food Service Dept. on Farm to School Program
• Coordinate with maintenance, food service and admins to expand sustainability practices across the district
• Work with individuals and classes in the garden
• Maintain online Database of electronic resources and activities teachers

During COVID I have also begun to make NGSS aligned videos related to what is happening in our school's garden. Our district is 97% LatinX students with a large portion being spanish speakers so most of what I generate is en espanol tambien.

He is an example of a video I made to support 3rd-5th grade NGSS Life Science curriculum this spring.

English: https://www.wevideo.com/view/1724804166  Spanish: https://www.wevideo.com/view/1733915974

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Derek Hunsaker

Garden & Sustainability - Wahluke School District

[John Fisher]

Hi All,

Rick Sherman the Oregon State School Garden Specialist has shared this folder of school garden related job descriptions. There are many to sort through, enjoy.

Education Outside  has created this 38 page guide of Hiring Considerations for Hiring Garden Educators in Schools. see all of Education Outsides resources documented here  https://lifelab.org/education-outside/

JOHN

[ebke...@gmail.com]

The Vermont Farm to School Network collected some job descriptions here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bxe4cVfKCzv5bTU1TXY1VWtTWXc

The lists include FTS coordinator, food service, regional support organization positions, and garden coordinator.

We also did a survey a few years ago on "FTS coordinators roles, activities, funding, and needs." Here is the summary report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P0SR2Q80QFWwDSXJPs2ywKIiOlIzV2gN3_D7gKxSSEk/edit#