Details
Posted: 19-Jan-23
Location: Denver, Colorado
Type: Full Time
Salary: $60,000 - $75,000
Categories:
Other
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
ABOUT ST. ANNE’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
St. Anne’s is an independent PS-8 co-educational school enrolling approximately 430 students across the Denver metro area. We provide an uplifting, nurturing environment where each child is fully supported academically, artistically and athletically. We build character and integrity upon a spiritual, moral and ethical foundation and strive to foster the development of people who make significant and lasting contributions to society. Grounded in the values and traditions of our founding Sisters and empowered by their sense of belonging, St. Anne’s graduates know themselves, care for others, and strive to serve and improve their communities.
MISSION
St. Anne’s educates minds, enriches hearts, and expands horizons.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
St. Anne’s Episcopal School is pleased to announce an opening for a full-time Director of Outdoor Education and Experiential Education for the 2023-2024 school year.
The ideal candidate will have the opportunity to create a vision and build an outdoor and experiential education program. The school seeks a Director who can help continue to build upon the PS-8 outdoor education program and create a middle school leadership wilderness and trips program. The school is fortunate to have a mountain campus 30 minutes from school as a base of operations. The Director of Outdoor Education is responsible for the oversight of all outdoor education programs for St. Anne’s Episcopal School (SAES) and its camp, St. Anne’s in the Hills, which is located in Indian Hills, Colorado.
The Director of Outdoor Education engages in the continual implementation, risk assessment, evaluation and design of quality outdoor education programs. The Director of Outdoor Education develops programming, provides training opportunities for faculty, manages budgets, and creates risk management policies for all wilderness programs at SAES.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS
- Supervise staff in all aspects of outdoor education and wilderness programming.
- Act as lead instructor for all trips.
- Facilitate the training of all SAES staff on outdoor education policies and procedures.
- Design an outdoor education K-8 curriculum and coordinate with all faculty to integrate grade-level themes across the curriculum.
- Teach a middle school leadership course.
- Have expertise with experiential education and implementation in elementary and middle school students.
- Design and implement a 5th -8th grade wilderness trips and experiential education program.
- Schedule, develop, and manage all outdoor education facilitation training and risk management.
- Organize, schedule, communicate, and manage all logistics for all outdoor education trips.
- Oversee the outdoor education budget.
- Ensure all equipment for SAES is maintained, is in good working order, and meets appropriate safety standards. Organize, clean, and maintain storage areas for equipment.
- In conjunction with the Director of Maintenance, maintain SAITH property, including grounds and building.
- In cooperation with the Director of Marketing and Communications, update program literature that relates to the outdoor education programs. This includes portions of the viewbook, website, and resources for wilderness programs and outdoor education curriculum.
- Create, implement, and manage all plans for safety and risk management, including an emergency plan, crisis plan, and relevant protocols.
- Maintain Medication Training credentials. Administer medications on all outdoor trips. Coordinate with the Health Assistant to prepare and manage all health profiles on all trips.
- In conjunction with the school dining staff, manage SAITH kitchen: order food for each trip, restock staples, shop for some food, and create and implement safe kitchen procedures, and maintain a database of food allergies and dietary needs for all students, faculty, and staff.
IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in education or related field required. Master’s Degree preferred. Training in experiential education is highly desirable.
- Minimum of three years experience working in wilderness and outdoor environments.
- Knowledge of Experiential and Project/ Problem based learning will be given strong consideration.
- Candidates must have excellent writing, interpersonal, and organizational skills, and the ability to work independently
- Experience working with elementary and middle school students in a school setting is preferred.
- Ability to build a strong rapport with students, families, school personnel and external support providers.
- Willingness to develop one's own knowledge and skills through professional development.
- Ability to work and communicate effectively and efficiently with and within a culturally diverse student body, staff, and community.
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible, visible, resilient, collaborative, and approachable.
- An enthusiastic and strong work ethic, a team player, and a self-starter.
St. Anne’s Episcopal School is committed to creating a supportive learning environment where all individuals are valued for their unique contributions and are able to achieve their highest potential. We strongly believe that a diverse and inclusive environment is the best learning environment for our students and prepares them to live, work, and thrive in an increasingly global and multicultural community. We reject all prejudice, particularly those based on race, national and ethnic origin, religion, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and physical characteristics.
St. Anne’s believes that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, gender or gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, ancestry, disability genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws. The school’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotional opportunities, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.
SALARY RANGE & BENEFITS
$60,000 - $75,000 Annually (Commensurate with Experience)
St. Anne’s offers a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 403(b) retirement inclusion, long-term disability, life insurance, free lunch and tuition assistance.
Interested candidates can send their cover letter, resume, Philosophy of Education statement, and list of references to Rene Reynolds, Director of Human Resources, at recruiting@st-annes.org.