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Do good. Feel great. Volunteer!
Give back and make a difference in your community by volunteering.
Volunteer Ozaukee matches everyone to their perfect volunteer experience. We work with local community agencies helping them find volunteers to help them serve. Go to VolunteerOzaukee.org to find the perfect volunteer opportunity for you. Here's an opportunity for those passionate about the environment!
Teacher Naturalist - Riveredge Nature Center
Share your love of nature with future generations. Lead environmental education programs for school age children. Through hands-on discovery, help to develop within children an understanding of their relationship with and sense of responsibility for the earth and its plant and animal life.
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Teacher Naturalists are the backbone of the Environmental Education Field Trip program for schools. With support from the Environmental Education staff, co-teach and lead 2 to 5 hour educational programs such as Pond Interactions, Life in Winter, Maple Sugarin', Fruits of Fall and Wisconsin?s Glacial Landscape.
Rewards are many!
- Powerful and pleasant are the rewards of volunteering!
- This is an awesome learning opportunity!
- You will deepen and expand your knowledge base through attending TN Training Days and through observing and teaching programs to school groups.
- You will also learn to utilize the many resources available: staff, equipment, library, and sanctuary.
- Experience the exhilaration of helping young people discover new things about themselves and their environment.
- A special camaraderie develops as you share work with a diverse but like-minded group of adults.
- You get a psychological and physical breather from your regular life.
- Know that YOU are really making a difference!
Requirements:
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- You will become a Riveredge-trained teacher.
- Desire to learn and to make a difference.
- Possess a positive attitude and a warm enthusiastic personality.
- Interest in being with children from grades K - 8.
- Ability to teach outdoors, in a variety of seasons and weather conditions.
- Be available weekdays.
Contact volunteers@riveredge.us or 262-375-2715.
To find additional volunteer opportunities, go to VolunteerOzaukee.org.