Outdoor Educator / Guide

The Educator-Guide will lead educational programs and trips for school groups in grades K through 12 during the school program season, April-June and September-October. During the summer months they will transition to guiding trips for families and adults. The Educator-Guide is a responsible, energetic individual who is excited to share their knowledge and love of the outdoors with young people. Academic lessons on climate change, forest and watershed ecology, map and compass, geology, weather and climate, outdoor skills, community building, and leadership development are integrated and taught in a nature- and student-centered hiking-based program. The Educator-Guide will lead trips, manage risk, facilitate learning, and act as an interpretive and informational resource to participants and guests, providing high-quality, joyous experiences outdoors.

What you’ll be doing at AMC

• Lead and facilitate single and multi-day hiking, backpacking, and occasional canoeing trips for youth, adults, and families.
• Implement thematic, place-based environmental education, leadership, and community-building lesson plans that meet the needs of diverse participant populations.
• Create and foster an inclusive group culture and learning environment among participants and co-workers.
• Prioritize safety and manage risk of participants in backcountry settings, assessing both environmental and human risk and making decisions that benefit both the group and individual experience.
• Provide wilderness medical care.
• Model responsible behavior in the outdoors and Leave No Trace ethics.
• Work independently or collaboratively on projects including, but not limited to, curriculum development, the creation of teaching tools, and other logistical tasks.
• Work collaboratively across departments at AMC.
• Perform logistics functions for the program including issuing, collecting, cleaning, and maintaining gear, preparing teaching supplies, ordering and organizing food, and assisting with gear and supplies inventories.
• Travel to and be familiar with operations of AMC lodges, backcountry huts, and shelters.
• Drive 12-passenger vans carrying participants.