Prefered Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university with major course work in the natural sciences or related field. Three years of related experience, training, or equivalent combination. Experience working with school-age children in an organized educational environment is preferred. Experience teaching virtually and in-person. Experience in providing instruction in an outdoors environment is highly desirable. Must possess and maintain a valid California driver’s license and the ability to maintain insurability under OCDE’s vehicle insurance policy. Current CPR and First Aid Certificates are required within first two months of employment. In order for your application to be considered, your online application must be complete, including responses to the supplemental questions on the application. For your reference in preparing to complete the online application, the application’s supplemental questions requiring composition and thought are included below. Please note that your response to the supplemental question should be thoughtful and thorough, within the limit of 5,000 characters or less. 1. Please list any equipment you can operate that may be involved in the position for which you are applying. 2. Please describe any work or volunteer experience in an outdoor education program, camp, or youth group within the past five years. Please include name(s) and location of program(s). 3. If you have had experience instructing natural sciences to elementary school children, please describe your teaching style. Please include specific philosophy(s) and discipline procedure(s). 4.Please comment further on your employment history or to describe in greater detail any aspects of your experience.

The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) is a public education organization based on fundamental human values of honesty, commitment, responsibility, respect, integrity and professional ethics. Our priority is service to students, districts, and the community who look to us for support and educational leadership. We hold each other and ourselves accountable for the highest level of service, performance, efficiency, resources management, and professionalism. As a leader in hands-on science and social science programs, our Inside the Outdoors School and Field Programs have three major goals: • Encourage students’ awareness and appreciation of the environment. • Broaden the students’ knowledge of science concepts. • Foster students’ commitment to the protection of the natural environment.