Internship Description
Troy Kids' Garden Internship
Job Description:
"Interns will build their skills as environmental educators and gardeners as they work with youth from area community centers, elementary and high schools, and summer camps. Interns will assist the Kids' Gardening Coordinator in developing, implementing, and evaluating program activities for children in our award-winning organic Kids' Garden, tallgrass prairie, edible landscape, and sugar maple woodland. In addition, interns will gain valuable experience training and supervising volunteers and helping to maintain and improve the Kids' Garden and the Culinary Arts Outdoor Classroom."
(source: http://www.communitygroundworks.org/what-we-do/youth-grow-local/internships)
Qualifications and Requirements:
Interns must go through a background check and be legally allowed to work in the United States. There are no other qualifications for this job. However, previous experience and education is preferred. During the summer, paid interns are required to work from 8 am till 12:30 pm five days a week for nine weeks; volunteer interns only work three days of the week. Spring interns are required to work eight weeks and Fall interns are required to work six weeks on Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:30-5:30 pm.
Benefits and Opportunities:
There were nine interns this summer, five of which were paid interns and four were volunteer interns. Paid interns are paid minimum wage by the hour. All interns receive insurance coverage for any injuries that may occur while working on the job and receive professional development opportunities through the Wisconsin School Garden Initiatives Garden Toolkit "Got Veggies? " College credit is available if you arrange for this with the Garden Manager, Ginny, prior to the start of your internship. While working at the Kids' Garden, you work with a multitude of local community centers which provides a great opportunity to network with some of the youth leaders in those organizations. The same is true with the Goodman Youth Farm except the clients can be from more than just community centers. At the farm, you work with a variety of local schools, programs associated with schools, recreational groups, and volunteers from the community.
My Own Personal Achievements:
Through this internship experience I learned basic gardening skills, chicken management, and people management skills. With my learning through the "Got Dirt?" toolkit, a week of intern training with my supervisors, and my overall work experience over the summer and fall seasons, I grew in my time management skills, communication skills, and had a worthwhile experience with positive youth development techniques. In addition to these learning opportunities, I was given a special task to co-lead an afternoon gardening program at a local community center for five Mondays.
Goodman Youth Farm Internship
Job Description:
"Youth Farm interns develop skills in organic vegetable production as well as agriculture-based youth programming and environmental education. Interns lead groups of elementary, middle and high school youth in educational farm tasks, as well as cooking, art, and nature activities. Outside of youth programming time, interns will work as part of a field crew, completing tasks such as bed prep, planting, weeding, harvesting, and watering. All farm staff assist the program manager with general program oversight and development, including planning daily activities, program documentation, and evaluation."
(source: http://www.communitygroundworks.org/content/internships-goodman-youth-farm)
Qualifications and Requirements:
Interns must go through a background check and be legally allowed to work in the United States. There are no other qualifications for this job. However, previous experience and education is preferred. "Positions are available for separate spring, summer, and fall seasons, but interns who are able to work a full growing season–from April through October–are preferred."
Spring: April 14-June 11
Benefits and Opportunities:
If internship is a paid internship, the intern will be paid by the hour at minimum wage. All interns, like the Kids' Garden, are covered by insurance for any injuries that occur on the job site. Interns in the summer will receive weekly professional development classes and Spring and Fall interns will also receive more scattered professional development learning opportunities.
My Own Personal Achievements:
I only interned at the youth farm for the Fall semester and enjoyed a similar, yet different list of achievements. This experience grew me in a variety of management areas and farming techniques but also gave me the opportunity to learn how to bee-keep and run a more structured youth program. Goodman youth farm is geared towards giving youth the opportunity to experience all aspects of farming, harvesting, art, cooking, and doing other farm activities while the Kids' Garden is a place where youth are encouraged to choose what activities they want to do from a variety of gardening activities offered to them. Both places facilitate an environment that encourages growth and opportunities to learn something new, but they have different ways of reaching these goals. It was a great experience to see how each system worked and benefited the youth populations they were serving.
Job Description:
"Interns will build their skills as environmental educators and gardeners as they work with youth from area community centers, elementary and high schools, and summer camps. Interns will assist the Kids' Gardening Coordinator in developing, implementing, and evaluating program activities for children in our award-winning organic Kids' Garden, tallgrass prairie, edible landscape, and sugar maple woodland. In addition, interns will gain valuable experience training and supervising volunteers and helping to maintain and improve the Kids' Garden and the Culinary Arts Outdoor Classroom."
(source: http://www.communitygroundworks.org/what-we-do/youth-grow-local/internships)
Qualifications and Requirements:
Interns must go through a background check and be legally allowed to work in the United States. There are no other qualifications for this job. However, previous experience and education is preferred. During the summer, paid interns are required to work from 8 am till 12:30 pm five days a week for nine weeks; volunteer interns only work three days of the week. Spring interns are required to work eight weeks and Fall interns are required to work six weeks on Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:30-5:30 pm.
Benefits and Opportunities:
There were nine interns this summer, five of which were paid interns and four were volunteer interns. Paid interns are paid minimum wage by the hour. All interns receive insurance coverage for any injuries that may occur while working on the job and receive professional development opportunities through the Wisconsin School Garden Initiatives Garden Toolkit "Got Veggies? " College credit is available if you arrange for this with the Garden Manager, Ginny, prior to the start of your internship. While working at the Kids' Garden, you work with a multitude of local community centers which provides a great opportunity to network with some of the youth leaders in those organizations. The same is true with the Goodman Youth Farm except the clients can be from more than just community centers. At the farm, you work with a variety of local schools, programs associated with schools, recreational groups, and volunteers from the community.
My Own Personal Achievements:
Through this internship experience I learned basic gardening skills, chicken management, and people management skills. With my learning through the "Got Dirt?" toolkit, a week of intern training with my supervisors, and my overall work experience over the summer and fall seasons, I grew in my time management skills, communication skills, and had a worthwhile experience with positive youth development techniques. In addition to these learning opportunities, I was given a special task to co-lead an afternoon gardening program at a local community center for five Mondays.
Goodman Youth Farm Internship
Job Description:
"Youth Farm interns develop skills in organic vegetable production as well as agriculture-based youth programming and environmental education. Interns lead groups of elementary, middle and high school youth in educational farm tasks, as well as cooking, art, and nature activities. Outside of youth programming time, interns will work as part of a field crew, completing tasks such as bed prep, planting, weeding, harvesting, and watering. All farm staff assist the program manager with general program oversight and development, including planning daily activities, program documentation, and evaluation."
(source: http://www.communitygroundworks.org/content/internships-goodman-youth-farm)
Qualifications and Requirements:
Interns must go through a background check and be legally allowed to work in the United States. There are no other qualifications for this job. However, previous experience and education is preferred. "Positions are available for separate spring, summer, and fall seasons, but interns who are able to work a full growing season–from April through October–are preferred."
- "Goodman Youth Farm Interns: Both paid and volunteer positions are available."
- "Beekeeping Intern: This intern will care for our beehive, in addition to working with students and other interns on the farm. Must be available Wednesdays in spring and fall, in addition to other work dates below."
- "High-school age Youth Interns: High school interns work during our summer season only. High school interns apply through CommonWealth Development."
Spring: April 14-June 11
- Tuesdays, 8:00am-1:00pm
- Tuesdays, 12:30pm-5:30pm
- Thursdays, 8:00am-1:00pm
- Mondays, 7:00am-12:00pm
- Tuesdays, 7:00am-12:00pm
- Thursdays, 7:00am-1:30pm Includes weekly professional development classes.
- Tuesdays, 8:00am-1:00pm
- Tuesdays, 12:30pm-5:30pm
- Thursdays, 8:00am-1:00pm
Benefits and Opportunities:
If internship is a paid internship, the intern will be paid by the hour at minimum wage. All interns, like the Kids' Garden, are covered by insurance for any injuries that occur on the job site. Interns in the summer will receive weekly professional development classes and Spring and Fall interns will also receive more scattered professional development learning opportunities.
My Own Personal Achievements:
I only interned at the youth farm for the Fall semester and enjoyed a similar, yet different list of achievements. This experience grew me in a variety of management areas and farming techniques but also gave me the opportunity to learn how to bee-keep and run a more structured youth program. Goodman youth farm is geared towards giving youth the opportunity to experience all aspects of farming, harvesting, art, cooking, and doing other farm activities while the Kids' Garden is a place where youth are encouraged to choose what activities they want to do from a variety of gardening activities offered to them. Both places facilitate an environment that encourages growth and opportunities to learn something new, but they have different ways of reaching these goals. It was a great experience to see how each system worked and benefited the youth populations they were serving.
