Class 8 -Teaching Non Credit -New Jersey Climate Change Corps (2024-2025)
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Position Information
Recruitment/Posting Title: Class 8 -Teaching Non Credit -New Jersey Climate Change Corps (2024-2025)
Activities performed by the AmeriCorps members will include:
- Training school food service personnel in strategies to reduce food waste in cafeterias
- Conducting food waste assessments in school cafeterias to measure how much food is wasted
Applicants need not have a background in any specific topic area. They need only be passionate about youth, food security, and/or climate change education, be reliable and responsible, and have reliable transportation to get to the schools where they will be teaching. They will be trained to implement all required activities, including teaching lessons, performing food waste audits, and training staff by the faculty and staff overseeing this program.
10 available positions. This is an evergreen posting to expire 3/1/2025.
Position Status: Full Time
Posting Number: 24FA0172
Posting Open Date: 03/18/2024
Posting Close Date: 03/01/2025
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience:
- Be at least 18 years of age
- No criminal history
- Have completed at least 60 college credits
- US citizen or legal permanent resident
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Presentation Skills
- General Computer Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
Will be working in schools and with food waste. Need reliable transportation.
Overview
Background on NJ Climate Change Corps
The Rutgers Food Waste Team has been successfully partnering with schools since 2018 to implement strategies in schools that reduce the amount of food waste generated by cafeterias. The team has also piloted curricula in schools across New Jersey. New Jersey became the first state in the nation to mandate climate change education for K-12 public schools and will implement that mandate this year. In response, Rutgers Food Waste Team has developed curricula for fifth-grade students that address food waste and its effects on climate change. Food waste reduction practices are framed as a solution to climate change in the unit.
The goals of Climate Change Corps will be to improve school administrations’ and fifth-grade students’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward adapting food waste reduction practices, and, ultimately, to reduce the amount of food waste produced by the schools in which they work.
Benefits for AmeriCorps Members:
- Living allowance
- Education Award upon successful completion of the program (can be used to pay tuition or student loans)
- Ability to put student loans into forbearance while serving with AmeriCorps (with no interest accrual)
- Professional, networking, and leadership development opportunities
- Experience teaching in public schools
The position is expected to run from September 15, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
Statement: Refer to our website for more information: https://sites.rutgers.edu/food-waste/americorps/
This is a grant-funded position, employment in this position is contingent upon the availability of funds. This position will expire once the grant has ended.
Special Instructions to Applicants
AmeriCorps members will be assigned to various participating schools throughout New Jersey.
Quick Link to Posting: https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/221628
Pre-employment Screenings: All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.
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