Soaring Eagle Nature School,Lead Instructor/Nature Mentor Jobs in Canada

er and share their gifts through meaningful
connections with the natural world. We honour the natural cycles within people
and use their own excitement and curiosity to guide their learning and their
connections to themselves, the earth and other people.

• Instructor
  for weekly, monthly, weekend programs, as well as contract programs and
  school group programs. This position would also include subbing for other
  staff, facilitating contract programs, as well as other programs should
  they be developed. Curriculum includes, but is not limited to: knife
  safety skills, survival skills, wildlife tracking, edible and medicinal
  plants, navigation, forest ecology, and bird language and identification.
• Development
  and implementation of age specific programming for youth, teens and adults
  based on the 8 shields model
• Maintain
  clear and consistent communication with students, parents and teachers
  involved in programming
• Maintain
  all relevant paper work and administrative support for programs
• Work
  closely with Soaring Eagle Nature School staff to maintain clear
  responsibilities
• Paid
  Weekly or bi-weekly check in with Soaring Eagle Nature School’s director

• Strong
  familiarity with Coyote Mentoring/ 8 shields model (developed by Jon Young
  and Wilderness Awareness School)
• Deep
  desire to have a nature based community of youth, adults and elders
• Understanding
  and practice of effective, clear and compassionate communication skills
• Experience
  working with children and youth aged 4-18
• Naturalist
  skills as well as earth based living skills/primitive skills
• Openness
  to new and potentially challenging experiences
• Excellent
  group facilitation skills
• Exercise
  a healthy sense of humour
• Comfort
  in handling student and family affairs in a competent and open way;
  confidence creating and setting clear boundaries with students and
  families
• Desire
  to expand and grow nature based programs in Vancouver and the Lower
  Mainland
• Desire
  to use your gifts to help guide people into a closer connection with the
  natural world
• Creative
  and crafty with a love of making cool things with your hands out of natural
  materials
• Friendly,
  kind and patient

• Minimum
  2 year experience in nature-based mentoring with children and adults
• Wilderness
  First Aid (will be required by date of hire)

• Graduate
  of the Anake Program and the Anake Leadership Program, RDNA program or
  similar program
• Graduate
  of the Kamana Naturalist Program, or equivalent
• Bachelor
  or Master’s Degree in education or environmental degree
• Child
  Development Expertise