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VOLUNTEER EDUCATORS NEEDED!:Do you like working outdoors with kids?  Are you passionate about teaching sustainability, gardening, natural building, restoration and/or the arts?  Volunteering with Tryon Life Community Farm's Hands-On Sustainability Youth Education Program could be your next exciting adventure!  Our Hands-on Sustainability Program engages youth ages preschool - college in an interactive farm tour and hands-on activities and lessons on specific sustainability and ecology themes.  There are opportunities for volunteers to develop ongoing relationships with groups that visit regularly.  Tryon Life Community Farm is a non-profit sustainability education and demonstration center on 7 acres in SW Portland on the edge of Tryon Creek State Park.  More info at www.tryonfarm.org.

If you're interested in volunteering with our education program, please come to our orientation & training on June 9th (more below).  Here's what being a volunteer educator is all about --

Volunteer Educator Position Description (possible internship or independent study credit):Volunteer Educators will lead youth field trip activities at Tryon Life Community Farm using activities from TLC Farm's curriculum.  Training for each volunteer teacher includes a day-long orientation, observing at least two classes, and co-teaching two classes before being the primary teacher for visiting students.  Each volunteer teacher will then lead at least one field trip per month for at least 3 months.  Field trips are usually scheduled during the daytime on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  Each month, TLC Farm will strive to provide volunteer teachers with at least one knowledge and skill building training.  For more information, please contact Matt Gordon, Education Coordinator, @ mattg@tryonfarm.org or 503.245.3847.
 
SAVE THE DATE: Next Volunteer Educator Orientation & Training -- Saturday, June 9, 9am-3pm @ TLC FarmIf you want to get involved working with youth in TLC Farm's Hands-on Sustainability Education Program, please come to this day!  We'll get an in-depth look at the "Farm Tour", talk about working with youth of various ages and backgrounds, learn games & team-building activities, and learn how to teach some of our basic hands-on lessons on soil, gardening, cob and watershed ecology.  We'll provide a vegetarian lunch!  PLEASE RSVP TO Matt Gordon at mattg@tryonfarm.org or 503.245.3847.

Matt Gordon