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Want to hike, explore, climb, play in water, and have the freedom to create your schedule, design your own lessons, and learn new skills in the heart of Alabama?

McDowell Environmental Center is making the world a better place by educating tomorrow's leaders about the natural world. Instructors teach classes that are hands-on and minds-on, giving students the greatest opportunity to learn about themselves and better understand our environment. Responsibilities include teaching groups of up to 10-12 students from a variety of age levels and backgrounds on topics that include geology, forest ecology, map & compass skills, earth science, aquatic ecology, Indigenous history, canoeing, team building, and high ropes. Compensation includes pay starting at $350/week (with seasonal raises), all meals, private rooms with shared kitchen, large screened-in porches (with rocking chairs!), laundry facilities, WiFi access, pro-deals, and an intensive two-week paid staff training. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age. If you are an awesome, enthusiastic teacher who loves working with children and sharing the natural world with them, email your cover letter, resume and three professional references to Meredith Donaldson. 15 staff members are hired each season — applications accepted year-round. View the MEC experience »

• MEC is currently seeking Environmental Education Instructors for the fall season (August 21st to December 17th). Work MO-FR with your weekends off!

Hone your talents. Improve your skills. Learn from professionals. Experience a year filled with curiosity, confidence-building, and outdoor adventure.

Connecting people to nature and each other through transformative outdoor experiences, Eagle Bluff is Southern Minnesota’s premier outdoor learning center. As one of 11 participants in this year-long residential fellowship, Environmental Education Fellows develop teaching, interpretive, and public relations techniques rooted in principles of environmental education. Fellows are exposed to a wide variety of audiences through instructing hands-on, experiential, and inquiry-based adventure, science, and cultural history classes. Professional growth and learning are accomplished through direct teaching experience supported by staff, professional workshops, and a series of observations and evaluations. Benefits include a $1,000/month stipend, dorm-style housing in a staff wing (with private room in shared suite and common living room), meals when visiting groups are in residence, food staples for the staff kitchen, significant PTO, several holidays, personal voicemail, WiFi access, staff gear + pro deals, and use of Eagle Bluff’s recreational equipment. Participants also have the option to earn a postgraduate certificate in environmental education from Hamline University.

• Applicants must be at least 21 years of age, excited about facilitating positive, outdoor experiences for students of all ages and backgrounds, and able to make a commitment from August 12th, 2024 to August 1st, 2025. Learn more about the application process or contact Cheryl Krage for more information.
• Eagle Bluff prides itself on creating impactful Environmental Educators. Learn more about the Fellowship experience.

Say goodbye to the office grind and hello to the wilderness! Explore stunning landscapes while making a meaningful impact.

Camping. Backpacking. Bow drill fires. And most importantly, helping at-risk teens and their families heal, all in southern Utah's spectacular backcountry. At RedCliff Ascent you'll receive the most extensive training and support in the industry to become an outdoor professional, all while mentoring the teens most in needs of help and healing. RedCliff is unlike anything you've ever experienced. It's work without walls, without limits, where every day is full of novel, challenging, and meaningful experiences. Nothing is more rewarding than seeing pain and suffering slowly replaced by genuine change and healing. The connection between field guides and students is critical to their progress. That's what the shared experiences of wilderness, facilitated by caring guides, can do.

Start your career as an outdoor professional. Make a real difference. Learn more at RedCliffAscent.com/jobs.

Filmed over two summers, this video was created to celebrate Mayhew's 50 years of helping NH boys find their best.

Maturity, patience, dedication, professional, creative, enthusiastic, self-reflective, a love of the outdoors, a willingness to learn, a good sense of humor, a positive attitude, and the ability to work well with others... sound like you?

With a summer staff of 25 in charge of working with just 42 at-risk boys (10-18 years of age) during each of two summer sessions, you’ll be an integral part of a uniquely supportive and cohesive community on a 50-acre island in New Hampshire. Mayhew boys all come from disadvantaged backgrounds (low-income, single-parent homes) and participate tuition-free. Summer staff will help promote the development of improved self-esteem and behavior, healthier peer interactions, goal setting skills and a strong sense of belonging for the boys. While the work can be fatiguing and emotionally draining, the positive and meaningful experience created at Mayhew is rich beyond measure. Tangible benefits include compensation of $4,500 plus a $1,000 summer completion bonus, room & board, and lots of great home cooking served family-style.

• Explore all summer 2024 positions (June 5th to August 13th commitment), learn what it takes to excel as a staff member, fill out an application or contact Ed Thompson for more information!
• Filmed over two summers, this video was created to celebrate Mayhew's 50 years of helping NH boys find their best.

Join the Elements field team as you create deep bonds with clients and create a life-changing, challenging and fun wilderness experience!

Elements Wilderness Program works with assigned male at birth adolescents (13-17 years of age) and young adults of both genders (18+) who are struggling to lives their lives in healthy, productive ways. From the initial training onward, Field Mentors are given the skills they need to utilize the wilderness, meaningful relationships, and evidence-based treatment models in effective and engaging ways. While in the field, Mentors teach outdoor living skills, facilitate adventure activities like climbing, rappelling, fly fishing, stand-up paddle boarding, low ropes initiatives, and mountain biking. Field Mentors also run therapeutic groups, check in with clients 1-on-1, practice mindfulness and other Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills, and generally role-model what it means to be a healthy adult. Mentors work 8-days-on followed by 6-days-off, giving you almost 150 days off a year! Compensation starts at $175/day, with the opportunity to move up to $240/day and up to $1,100 in other bonuses within the first year.

Apply now for the next Field Mentor training opportunity (which are held each month!). Speak with the Recruitment Team to find a training that works with your availability!