Weekend Nature School Educator

4 days ago


Toronto, Canada Toronto Nature School Full time

**Position Title**:Weekend Nature School Educator

**Organization**: Toronto Nature School

**Start Date**: Saturday, September 14 times 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
- **Fall session**:Saturdays
- September 14 - November 30
- **Winter Session**:Saturdays
- January 18- March 8
- **Spring Session**: Saturday, April 5- June 21
- Additional opportunities: _Saturday afternoon birthday parties, PA day Camps, Winter Holiday camps, March Break Camps and Full Time Summer Camp instructor positions 2025, occasional teaching

**Compensation**:$18-$22/Hr

**About Toronto Nature School**

**Responsibilities**
- Helping to facilitate plan activities that engages children from ages 4-10
- Work with Lead Teachers to ensure that programs are age appropriate and inclusive of all learners and participants
- Ensure that participants are having a fun, safe, and engaging high quality learning experience
- Be comfortable around water, beach. Monitor children vigilantly.
- Take direction from the lead instructor and share ideas
- Supervise and ensure children are being safe and supported at all times during their program
- Ensure that students are on time for pick up
- Follow Health and Safety protocols and procedures
- Clean up after activities ensuring that the learning and playing areas are clean, organized-and safe to ensure the Health & Safety of all participants.
- Maintain the safety of children, understanding sun/ snow safety.
- Engage in play based and developmentally appropriate programming for all
- Collaborate with other staff to share ideas.
- Assess risks and risk management of sites and children, perform a site check upon arrival
- Ensure first aid kits and contact information are properly handled and stored.
- Encourage community culture
- Familiarize yourself with the school philosophies and forms.
- Set up and clean up at the beginning and end of classes
- Other duties as required

**Qualifications**
- Teaching Qualifications / Graduate or currently enrolled with an ECE/ Education Program/ Forest School Practitioners course is an asset
- Extensive Experience working with children
- Love for the outdoors
- Current First Aid and CPR with level C ( or intention to get over the next 6 moths)
- Police Vulnerable Sectors Check ( or declaration and intent to get in the next few months)
- Well-developed interpersonal, and relationship building skills; ability to establish rapport and excellent communication skills with parents/ guardians, children and staff,
- Experience and sensitivity in dealing with members of all cultural and racial backgrounds, including visible and non-visible dimensions of diversity.
- Physically capable of working in all weather conditions, carrying a backpack, carrying learning materials. Ability to walk for long periods on uneven terrain.
- Understand play based learning, outdoor learning and principles of risky play.

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $18.00-$22.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Weekends only

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Toronto, ON M4E 1G1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

**Experience**:

- teaching: 5 years (required)

Work Location: In person



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