{"id":6345,"date":"2017-03-06T22:49:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/?p=6345"},"modified":"2017-03-06T22:49:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:49:38","slug":"summer-2017-fellowship-citysprouts-cambridge-ma-unpaid-apply-by-march-15-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/internship\/summer-2017-fellowship-citysprouts-cambridge-ma-unpaid-apply-by-march-15-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2017 Fellowship: CitySprouts, Cambridge MA (unpaid), Apply by March 15, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

City Spouts Summer Fellowship<\/strong>
\nLocation<\/strong>: Cambridge, MA
\nDates<\/strong> : June 19 – August 18, 2017 ( Program dates may shift s lightly)
\nHours<\/strong> : 8:00am – 4:30pm , Monday – Friday
\nCompensation<\/strong>: The CitySprouts Summer Fellowship is an unpaid position*
\n*Bowdoin students may be able to acquire funding through the Career Planning Office<\/p>\n

Reporting to: Program Director<\/strong>
\nCitySprouts is a non-profit school garden program that works with public schools to build capacity to integrate the school garden into teachers\u2019 curriculum and the school culture.
\nCitySprouts partners with 23 public schools in Cambridge and Boston, MA. Our Middle School Program consists of both afterschool and summer programming with a goal to make the experience of garden-based learning accessible to all young people.<\/p>\n

CitySprouts\u2019 Summer Program is based in Cambridge and provides 100 youth (ages 11-14) with hands-on learning through growing, harvesting, preparing and eating healthy food in an urban garden. With an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), the summer program fosters a strong connection to their natural urban environment through working and learning in the garden.<\/p>\n

CitySprouts is seeking, energetic, diverse, and outgoing college students* to provide essential support to the Summer Program. We expect to accept 8-10 students as CitySprouts Summer Fellows for nine weeks during the summer of 2017. CitySprouts Summer Fellows can expect a significant learning opportunity as well as opportunities for career exploration. Summer Fellows work in pairs, directly with a CitySprouts Garden
\nCoordinator and will also:<\/p>\n

\u25cf Receive training in:
\n\u25cb Urban agriculture
\n\u25cb Teaching about food and the environment
\n\u25cb Managing youth groups in an outdoor setting
\n\u25cb Building relationships with and teaching middle school youth
\n\u25cf Participate in weekly staff meetings
\n\u25cf Collaborate with a garden maintenance team as stewards for multiple school gardens
\n\u25cf Engage in daily lesson and activity planning in STEM-SL curriculum, gardening skills and
\ncooking<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/strong>:
\nThe CitySprouts Summer Fellowship is an opportunity for interested applicants to gain first-hand experience working in the heart of a growing nonprofit organization. Summer Fellows will be given significant responsibility toward making the summer program a successful experience for all participants, as well as in representing CitySprouts to young people, families and the larger community. All members of CitySprouts staff, including Fellows, are expected to uphold the following expectations:
\n\u25cf Be curious, open and willing to try new things
\n\u25cf Express enthusiasm for the CitySprouts program in the garden, in the neighborhood and on ield trips
\n\u25cf Approach the physical labor of garden maintenance with energy and a positive attitude
\n\u25cf Stay mindful of the impact adults have on young people and to foster a positive & respectful relationship between youth, other Fellows and CitySprouts staff<\/p>\n

Summer Fellow Responsibilities<\/strong> :
\n\u25cf Youth Development and Education
\n\u25cb Assist the Garden Coordinator in teaching a team of summer middle school interns
\nabout growing food, garden care, healthy cooking, science of the garden, food
\njustice, community service, and the natural environment
\n\u25cb Work with the Garden Coordinator to plan inquiry and project based activities and
\nlessons for interns related to the above topics
\n\u25cb Mentor middle school youth and encourage their leadership skills
\n\u25cb Chaperone youth on field trips to local farms, food pantries and grocery stores
\n\u25cf Urban Agricultural Skills
\n\u25cb Work as part of an afternoon garden maintenance crew, perform routine tasks such
\nas watering, weeding, harvesting and planting
\n\u25cb Complete special garden maintenance and construction projects with garden crew
\n\u25cf Cooking and Food
\n\u25cb Responsible for pantry inventory at summer internship site
\n\u25cb Responsible for overseeing and maintaining safety during youth meal preparation
\nImportant Notes :
\n\u25cf Fellows are central to our summer staffing and the success of our summer youth program,
\nso we ask for a commitment to the full-nine week time period
\n\u25cf Summer Fellows should be willing and comfortable with various forms of commuting in an
\nurban environment. Throughout the day, Fellows will be expected to travel between
\nCambridge school gardens, and a bicycle and or use of the T is the most efficient mode of
\ntransportation in this city.
\n\u25cf The CitySprouts Summer Fellowship is an unpaid position. We ask all Fellows to either
\nsecure funding through their school\u2019s service learning & career center or receive Internship
\ncredits from their college or university. We do not provide housing. If funding for the
\nsummer is an issue please contact us about potential resources.
\n
\nApplication<\/strong> :
\n\u25cf Please respond to the following questions\/prompts in no more than a page
\n\u25cb (The cost of living for 2 months in the greater Boston area is approximately $2,500)
\nIn this unpaid internship, my funding or Internship credits will be coming from…
\n\u25cb The experience I bring to this internship will be…
\n\u25cb The skills and experience I hope to gain include…
\n\u25cf Please include two references that can speak to your work or school experience.
\n* In our experience, this position has worked best for college students because they can access a funding and support system that allows them to participate in a demanding full time experience for 9-weeks without pay. However, if a qualified candidate who is not currently enrolled in college can give compelling evidence that they will be able to complete the fellowship without that support, we will gladly consider them.
\nPlease send one page application & resume to middleschoolprogram@citysprouts.org
\nby <\/strong>March 15, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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