Garden Educator

MSTFP is seeking two Garden Educators to serve in our school gardens at the Montezuma School to Farm Project. 

MSTFP’s mission is to unite our local agricultural heritage with our growing future by engaging students at the crossroads of food production, resource conservation, and nutrition through educational experiences. 

MSTFP has been operational in the community of Montezuma County for 17 years. What began as a project under the conservation district grew into its own nonprofit in 2020. MSTFP has hosted AmeriCorps members for at least 10 years. Members have taught lessons, helped in the school gardens and become an integral part of the organization and community. 

Service Position Summary: The Garden Educator’s main focus will be on education surrounding food literacy in the local schools. They will assist with in-school lessons and out of school programming and create community outreach events focusing on nutrition, food production and resource conservation. They will be increasing capacity for food distribution and community outreach through educational events. When serving in the schools, the AmeriCorps members will focus primarily on elementary aged students, with an occasional visit to middle schools. AmeriCorps members will serve together in a team implementing programming alongside our Educator Director, Production Director and Executive Director. During harvest and planting season, more time will be spent in the MSTFP school gardens and during the winter, more time will be spent teaching and planning programs. 

The duties are very seasonally-dependent and follow the school year, so time will be split up to reflect these ebbs and flows. When planning community events, members will be expected to collaborate as a team, and during teaching, they may be together or be split up to assist another member of the MSTFP team.