Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Breck School

Job Description

Title: Outdoor Education Teaching Assistant

FLSA Status: Non Exempt

Reports to: Division Director and Department Chair

Updated: May 2025

Salary: $23.00 per hour

School Overview

Breck School is a preschool through twelve, coeducational college preparatory, Episcopal day school located in Golden Valley, Minnesota, with a national reputation for excellence and achievement in academics, athletics, and the arts. Our School’s Episcopal roots are lived through an unwavering commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging where we respect the dignity of every human being. We prioritize lifelong learning and a commitment to the greater good.

We are a community of highly engaged and motivated students, faculty, staff, and school leaders focused on building trusting relationships and strong academic scholarship through a practice of bridging research to practice. Upon graduation, Breck students are prepared for a life of intellectual curiosity, self-knowledge, and social responsibility, matriculating to colleges and universities throughout the world.

Position Overview

The Middle School years are essential for identity development: how one identifies with oneself as a student, artist, athlete, and community member. Breck recognizes the importance of students identifying with their natural surroundings as well and, as such, has started an Outdoor Education program in the Middle School. From geocaching to archery to partnering with local organizations, the opportunities are robust, and Breck is looking for the right person to help support the work. We are seeking someone to work collaboratively with the Lead Outdoor Educator to deliver a comprehensive outdoor program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Inspire a community of environmentally literate citizens who demonstrate stewardship and an authentic passion for learning about and enjoying the natural world.

• Use outdoor skills and varied interests to lead and guide students through their outdoor learning experience.

• Support the planning and organization of the OE program

• Be committed to advancing equity, inclusion and belonging through the outdoor learning lens.

• Uses Breck’s 50+ acres for instruction and curricular resources

• Foster the discovery of individual differences, change, and growth as students work together through the outdoor educational experience.

• Create an environment that promotes respect, rapport, and learning

• Establish effective relationships with students

• Use outdoor learning as a gateway to active thinking, problem-solving, and cooperative interactions. Broaden horizons and stimulate new interests in order for students to discover their potential.

Professional Responsibility

• Supports the programs and priorities of the department, division, and school

• Maintains confidentiality

• Communicates effectively with students and colleagues

• Demonstrates professional behavior

• Seeks and develops opportunities for professional growth

• Attends and participates in required meetings, school events, and committee work

• Performs duties as required/requested

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Experience working with groups in the outdoors and in a range of weather conditions.

• Experience engaging diverse audiences in hands-on education programs.

Competencies

• Deep understanding of Breck School’s mission, culture, and values, and the centrality of the outdoor education program to the school’s identity and organizational success

• Ability to inspire trust and respect from faculty, parents, and students

• Passion for the outdoors, for physical activity, and for children

• A collaborative spirit

• Enthusiasm for exploring thoughtful ways to improve program, curriculum, delivery, and practices

• Commitment to high performance; strong work ethic

• Ability to model and foster expedition behavior: self-awareness and efficacy, selflessness, commitment to group goals, tolerance, flexibility, consideration, trust, communication, humility, teamwork, sense of humor

• Commitment to building a fun, friendly learning atmosphere that involves students in hands-on activities and encourages them to take responsibility for their own learning

• Commitment to own professional growth and renewal

• An awareness and attention to all relationships that influence the outdoor education experience

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