Join Archbold Biological Station's education team for this paid 34-week internship and make a positive difference in an underserved rural county by communicating science, connecting people to nature, and cultivating environmental identity in children and adults, all while living in the beautiful Headwaters of the Florida Everglades. The Jill Abrahamson Memorial Environmental Education Intern receives on-the-job training, mentorship, and participates in a statewide education conference.
Join our education team and make a positive difference by communicating science and fostering a sense of place for children and adults in the Headwaters of the Florida Everglades. The Environmental Education Internship at Archbold Biological Station in Venus, Florida is designed with a focus on professional development through skill building, professional experiences, mentorship, and participation in education conferences.
Archbold Biological Station, in Venus, FL, is hiring for an 11-month long environmental education internship. Responsibilities include: helping lead (virtual) elementary school programs, tabling community events, assisting with program evaluations, and animal care (snakes). The intern also develops, facilitates, and evaluates their own e-learning project. The intern receives mentoring and NAAEE conference registration.
Archbold Biological Station, in Venus, Florida is a non-profit focused on research, conservation, and education in the Headwaters of the Everglades. Due to COVID-19 health concerns, spring 2020 field trips and public events were canceled and moved online as live-streaming events. Archbold's YouTube page has recordings of past classes and seminars as well as other educational videos.
After years of ineffective recruitment of Hispanic youth at an ecology summer camp in rural Florida, a partnership with an employer started a customized camp for the children of the employees. Learn the story of why the partnership worked and what we’ve learned after three summers.
