Position Purpose

The Education Instructor works directly with the Missouri River Scientists traveling trunk program to provide instruction that builds students’ knowledge and understanding of the Missouri River. This will be achieved through hands-on lessons designed to deepen the students’ connection to and understanding of how various groups (i.e. scientists and farmers) perceive and experience environmental issues.

The “Missouri River Scientists” (formerly Missouri River All-Stars) program is an educational curriculum for 4^th graders that includes four lesson plans about the recovery and management of the endangered Pallid Sturgeon on the Missouri River.

The position’s goal is to support classroom teachers and their implementation of the curriculum using a gradual co-teaching model. The co-teaching model could look something like this:

1. Lesson One: Missouri River Relief instructor teaches the entire lesson. The teacher will observe how the instructor leads the lesson.
2. Lesson Two: Missouri River Relief instructor teaches most of the lesson and teacher leads either the beginning or end of the lesson plan.
3. Lesson Three: Missouri River Relief instructor teaches half of the lesson plan while the classroom teacher leads the other half.
4. Lesson Four: The teacher leads the entire lesson plan on their own, with the Missouri River Relief instructor acting as classroom support.  This program is not structured for the Education Instructor to do all of the teaching as much as it is to support and encourage the classroom teachers that participate in the program.

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About Missouri River Relief

Missouri River Relief is a small but mighty 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to connecting people to the Missouri River through hands-on, on-the-river stewardship, education, and recreation. Since 2001, we have been growing and deepening our impact throughout the Missouri River Valley from St. Louis to Omaha, NE.

We are known for hosting large, efficient and impactful river clean-up events with hundreds of volunteers. Our experiential education programs served over 26,000 students since 2001, bringing many of those students to the river for the first time. Our recreation programs, including river excursions, floats and races, continue to grow in participation and diversity and in 2020 we added the MR340 paddling race to our family of recreation events.

How to Apply for the Position

Send a cover letter and resume to the Education Director Kristen Schulte at kristen@riverrelief.org with the subject line: “Application: Education Instructor”. Incomplete applications will be disqualified. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and strong early applications will be contacted sooner in the process.

Or Mail to: Missouri River Relief

PO Box 463

Columbia, MO 65205

www.riverrelief.org

573-443-0292

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