Garden Educator

Shafter, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22-09-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Garden Educator

Year-Round Hourly

Reports to: Grow Academy Lead ESY Educator

Position Summary:

The Garden Educator is involved in teaching garden classes and is responsible for maintaining a year-round productive and educational organic garden.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Maintains garden as stated in the garden handbook
Maintains garden at a level that ensures ample produce to the Kitchen classroom.
Involved in all garden classes guiding students through propagation harvesting cultivation composting greenhouse production and maintenance of the garden
Collaborates with the Lead Garden Educator and garden staff on the design of grade-appropriate garden activities
Assists with soil fertility composting garden planning seed supply pruning irrigation pest and disease management and small-scale chicken husbandry
Maintains garden records
Helps maintain garden equipment
Collaborates with the Lead Garden Educator on the execution of grade appropriate garden skills activities and lessons
Maintains communication with kitchen staff about garden production and available produce.
Assists in planning and executing events at fall winter and summer camps and seasonal events throughout the school year
Other related duties as assigned

All Garden Staff Will:

Participate in the implementation set up and teaching of daily lessons
Participate in ESY Summer Camp during Summer Intercession
Maintain garden facilities equipment and inventory including tool shed chicken coop greenhouse and all hand tools
Teaches or participates as needed in the kitchen
Participate in all staff meetings garden walk throughs professional development and scheduled ESY professional development days

Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required:

Ability to work with elementary and middle school students in an educational environment
Ability to maintain order and safe working practices in a garden and kitchen setting with young students
Strong knowledge of the principles of gardening
Ability to interact positively and effectively with a variety of constituents including students co-workers parents and teachers
Ability to work collaboratively

Education and Experience:

Gardening experience (preferred)
Bachelors degree preferred
Background in agriculture horticulture liberal arts education or related fields preferred

Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to work safely in summer weather (100 )
Ability to stand stoop reach and bend
Ability to stand for long periods
Ability to lift push and/or pull objects (up to approximately 50 pounds)
Ability to read small print
Ability to work with and in the proximity of equipment with moving mechanical parts
Ability to work outdoors in a physically demanding environment
Ability to smell taste and feel to determine the quality of raw food products
Ability to work around loud noise

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Garden EducatorYear-Round HourlyReports to: Grow Academy Lead ESY EducatorPosition Summary:The Garden Educator is involved in teaching garden classes and is responsible for maintaining a year-round productive and educational organic garden.Duties and Responsibilities:Maintains garden as stated in th...

Garden Educator

Year-Round Hourly

Reports to: Grow Academy Lead ESY Educator

Position Summary:

The Garden Educator is involved in teaching garden classes and is responsible for maintaining a year-round productive and educational organic garden.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Maintains garden as stated in the garden handbook
Maintains garden at a level that ensures ample produce to the Kitchen classroom.
Involved in all garden classes guiding students through propagation harvesting cultivation composting greenhouse production and maintenance of the garden
Collaborates with the Lead Garden Educator and garden staff on the design of grade-appropriate garden activities
Assists with soil fertility composting garden planning seed supply pruning irrigation pest and disease management and small-scale chicken husbandry
Maintains garden records
Helps maintain garden equipment
Collaborates with the Lead Garden Educator on the execution of grade appropriate garden skills activities and lessons
Maintains communication with kitchen staff about garden production and available produce.
Assists in planning and executing events at fall winter and summer camps and seasonal events throughout the school year
Other related duties as assigned

All Garden Staff Will:

Participate in the implementation set up and teaching of daily lessons
Participate in ESY Summer Camp during Summer Intercession
Maintain garden facilities equipment and inventory including tool shed chicken coop greenhouse and all hand tools
Teaches or participates as needed in the kitchen
Participate in all staff meetings garden walk throughs professional development and scheduled ESY professional development days

Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required:

Ability to work with elementary and middle school students in an educational environment
Ability to maintain order and safe working practices in a garden and kitchen setting with young students
Strong knowledge of the principles of gardening
Ability to interact positively and effectively with a variety of constituents including students co-workers parents and teachers
Ability to work collaboratively

Education and Experience:

Gardening experience (preferred)
Bachelors degree preferred
Background in agriculture horticulture liberal arts education or related fields preferred

Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to work safely in summer weather (100 )
Ability to stand stoop reach and bend
Ability to stand for long periods
Ability to lift push and/or pull objects (up to approximately 50 pounds)
Ability to read small print
Ability to work with and in the proximity of equipment with moving mechanical parts
Ability to work outdoors in a physically demanding environment
Ability to smell taste and feel to determine the quality of raw food products
Ability to work around loud noise

Required Experience:

Senior IC