Tryon Life Community Farm

SAVE THE DATE: Volunteer Educator Orientation & Training

Saturday, September 29, 9:30am-1:30pm @ Tryon Life Community Farm

If 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 how to lead the "Farm Tour," learn games & team-building activities, and learn how to teach some of our basic hands-on activities like gardening and forest ecology. PLEASE RSVP TO mattg@tryonfarm.org or 503.245.3847 with your name, email, phone # and how you heard about the event. Thanks!

This training will allow you to become a Volunteer Educator (read on for details...)

Volunteer Educator Position Description (possible internship or independent study credit):

Our Hands-on Sustainability Program engages youth ages preschool through college in an interactive farm tour and hands-on activities and lessons on specific sustainability and ecology themes (gardening, natural building, forest ecology, restoration, etc.). There are opportunities for volunteers to develop ongoing relationships with groups that visit regularly.

Volunteer Educators will lead youth field trip activities at Tryon Life Community Farm using activities from TLC Farm's curriculum and their own creativity. Training for each volunteer educator includes an orientation /training session, observing / co-teaching two classes before being the primary teacher for visiting students. Each volunteer educator 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, Thursdays, and Fridays. Each month, TLC Farm will strive to provide volunteer educators with at least one knowledge and skill building training. For more information, please contact Matt Gordon @ mattg@tryonfarm.org
or 503.245.3847