Growing Kids 2010 Spring Season

Growing Kids Volunteer Educator

Growing Kids 2010 Spring Season

The Environmental Youth Alliance is looking for committed community members to help deliver hands on workshops in Elementary School classrooms and food gardens. Workshops will be co-facilitated by trained Volunteer Educators and the Growing Kids Program Coordinator to enable garden work to be done in small, hands on groups.

Throughout March and April we will be presenting our Indoor Seedling Workshop. Educators in this workshop will work in Grade 2-3 classrooms to teach about: food security, seed diversity, and how to grow vegetables from seed. Much of our time will be spent working in small groups planting seeds to be grown on the classroom windowsill.

Throughout May and June we will be presenting our follow up Outdoor Planting Workshop. Educators in this workshop will work with Grade 2-3 students to teach about: interdependence, stewardship and how to care for organic food gardens. Much of our time will be spent working in small groups caring for the school garden’s soil and planting a variety of useful and interesting plants into it.

Growing Kids emphasizes a learner directed education style that is non-hierarchical. Having the support of a team of Volunteer Educators enables us to work primarily in small groups of 6-7 students, ensuring that education can be adapted to fit the learners interest and ability. Through the integration of hands on work and brief interactive presentations, our workshops create a dynamic, engaging learning environment in which everyone learns from one another.

Your support in creating this environment in fundamental to the success of many school garden projects!

To get involved and be trained as a Volunteer Educator contact:

Matthew Kemshaw
matthewk@eya.ca
604 689 4446

Volunteer Educator Training Sessions will be ~2 hours long and will be held the last week of February – the first week of March.