Gardening Instructor Opportunities
About The Position
Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide gardening and environmental enrichment services for K–12 students. This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position. Contractors may choose whether to apply for, accept, decline, or ignore available opportunities. Assignments vary by school, grade level, schedule, available indoor or outdoor space, growing season, curriculum, materials, and program objectives. Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson-plan suggestions, project ideas, instructional resources, or program objectives. Contractors may use their professional judgment to adapt instruction within the assignment scope and applicable site requirements.
Requirements
- At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site
- Experience with gardening, horticulture, agriculture, environmental education, botany, landscaping, or related disciplines
- Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students
- Strong communication, organization, and classroom facilitation skills
- Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable
- Ability to safely lead hands-on outdoor or classroom-based gardening activities while fostering curiosity, responsibility, and environmental awareness
Nice To Haves
- Gardeners, horticulturists, environmental educators, master gardeners, farmers, biology teachers, science educators, landscape professionals, college students studying environmental science or horticulture, and others with relevant instructional or practical experience.
Responsibilities
- Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate gardening sessions
- Introduce students to gardening, plant science, sustainability, and environmental stewardship through hands-on learning activities
- Adapt instruction based on student experience levels, site requirements, available space, seasonal conditions, materials, and program objectives
- Support students in planting, maintaining, observing, and harvesting gardens, container gardens, or other horticultural projects, where applicable
- Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment
- Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate
- Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session
- Follow applicable site safety, visitor, classroom, outdoor, emergency, tool-use, and student-protection procedures
Benefits
- Compensation of $50+ per completed instructional service hour, depending on assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation
- Payment for completed services is generally made by direct deposit on the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which services were completed, unless otherwise stated in the accepted assignment terms or required by applicable law.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
