Senior Educator

Season Dates: March 3-October 31, 2025

Summary Description:

Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) offers an engaging slate of staff-led outdoor experiences for the youth, adults, and families, which promote the appreciation, understanding, enjoyment, and responsible use of natural resources. We provide people of all ages and backgrounds with the skills to enjoy the outdoors and an increased understanding of their connection to the natural world.

The Senior Outdoor Educator will lead educational programs for school groups in grades K through 12. They will also guide trips for adults and families as needed. The Senior Educator is an experienced outdoor educator, ready to share their love of the outdoors with young people while also mentoring less experienced staff. The Senior Educator will develop curriculum on topics including climate change, forest and watershed ecology, map and compass, geology, weather and climate, outdoor skills, community building, and leadership development. The senior educator 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. This position combines field-based teaching with leadership responsibilities on the team.

What you’ll be doing:

• 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.
• Assist with training and mentoring of seasonal educators.
• Perform trip coordination functions including communication with teachers and chaperones, directing co-workers, and ensuring smooth program delivery.
• Travel to and be familiar with operations of AMC lodges, backcountry huts, and shelters.
• Drive 12-passenger vans carrying participants.