Program Description: Emandal Environmental Education is a small (only four naturalists and a director), short (only six to eight weeks) and wonderfully diverse and rewarding program. Emandal Environmental Education students are first through seventh graders from all across California, but more often than not our students come from Bay Area schools adhering to Montessori or Waldorf inspired philosophies. Our program lengths vary from one to five days with most schools choosing a five day program. Our program goals are a mixture of those of outdoor and environmental education and farm education.

Emandal Environmental Education is a part of Emandal Farm. Emandal is located on a thousand acres, the majority of which is forested, alongside the beautiful Eel River, one of America's National Wild and Scenic Rivers. We are also adjacent to the Mendocino National Forest with six thousand foot Mount San Hedrin within a day's hike. We are thirty minutes from Willits, California, a town of about six thousand people, though at times it feels farther. We are approximately three hours north of San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, etc.

Job Description:

• The Head Naturalist / Environmental Education Director is key to the success of our Environmental Education program. The EE Director is responsible for working with naturalists, teachers, students, and farm staff to ensure that the needs of the program are met.
• Main Responsibilities include hiring and training naturalists, communicating with participating schools in order to create a schedule, and communicating needs of the program to management.
• During program times your primary focus is to effectively manage the day-to-day activities of the EE program staff and participants. This will include scheduling, chaperone orientation, leading meals, occasionally teaching activites, and lots of behind the scene activities.
• Please read the detailed description of our EE program in the naturalist job description at our website www.emandal.com.
• Year round staff will have varied facilities and program maintenance jobs during the off season. This may include --but is not limited to-- building projects, firewood collection, animal care, and office support.
  

Job Duration: Year Round, Seasonal: Winter, Spring
Job Status: Full-Time

Qualifications: The individual should be a good communicator, flexible, and enthusiastic with a love for the outdoors, natural history, and farm life. Must have experience working with children in outdoor settings and knowledge of the inner workings of a residential Environmental Education Program. Desired experience hiring and training naturalists, communicating with teachers and schools, and working with students and teachers in both large groups and one-on-one basis. Experience with curriculum design and improvement is helpful.

Salary: $250-$300 + room and board / week

Housing: Provided Full Time
Meals: Provided Full Time
Comments: Housing for naturalists includes a private bedroom in a shared house with a communal kitchen, living room, and bathrooms. House is located on the farm a short walk from the river, garden , and dining room. Board is composed of home cooked meals, seasonal garden produce, and in house roasted coffee among other delights. Definitely not institutional food!

Deadline for Application: open until filled
Start Date / Job Period: January 1, 2009 - June 13, 2009; possibility for summer employment with family camp
Application Procedure: Please see our website www.emandal.com for more details.

Contact: Wick Prichard
Address: 16500 Hearst Post Office Road, Willits, California 95490
Telephone: 707-459-5439
e-mail: emandalpacific.net
Website: www.emandal.com