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Description
INTERNSHIPS IN EDUCATION/APPLIED LEARNING
Positions available for spring 2007
Smokey House Center is a nonprofit organization that partners with public schools to provide adolescents with a hands-on, environmentally-based curriculum that integrates academic disciplines. At Smokey House, young people work with experienced adults on ecological research and farm and forestry tasks - - learning, in the process, science, math, ecology, communications, reading, writing, problem-solving, critical thinking, and teamwork. We offer two applied-learning programs -- our Youthwork Program for at-risk high school students and our Environmental Field Studies Program for mainstream and at-risk middle school students.
About our Internships: We believe a good internship involves a careful match between what we need done and what the intern is interested in learning. We work with each intern to develop an internship that will meet your individualized learning goals.
We offer two types of internships:
· Educational Internships provide an introduction to hands-on, integrated teaching. Educational internships emphasize teaching students using a variety of research and farming tasks.
· Organic Farming Internships provide hands-on experience in a variety of organic farming techniques while working independently and with students. Most of our internships are semester-long, full-time positions but part-time internships and internships that are longer or shorter are also possible.
Educational Internship:
Our Educational Internships are designed to provide educators and people considering a career in education with hands-on experience using applied learning to teach academic and interpersonal skills.
Educational Interns will work closely with instructors in two distinct programs:
1) working with at-risk teenagers in farm and natural resource management tasks and
2) conducting environmental field research with middle school students.
Both programs integrate academic and personal skills into work-based experiences. While the focus of our educational internship is on teaching, education interns also gain skills in agriculture, forestry, and environmental research.
Most educational internships include a week of orientation training, time "shadowing" experienced crew leaders and instructors as they work/teach, and the opportunity to take the lead on a project(s) with a small group of students.
Educational Internships begin in February and run through May or June. Continuation of an internship through the summer may be possible.
Qualifications for internships: genuine desire to work with youth, good oral and written communication skills, willingness to work outdoors in all weather conditions. Some background in the natural sciences, carpentry, forestry, or agriculture helpful but not necessary. For interns over 21, a driver's license in good standing is also helpful.
Compensation: Housing and a stipend of $130/week.
For more information and an application visit our web site or contact Joe Przypek.
Smokey House Center,
426 Danby Mountain Rd.
Danby, VT 05739