UACS PT Garden​/Nutrition Group Leader

UACS PT Garden/Nutrition Group Leader

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Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.

UACS PT Garden/Nutrition Group Leader

Temporary Employee
- Non-Exempt

PT UACS Garden/Nutrition Educators work as part of the Netter Center UACS team to support nutrition and wellness programming. This place-based position will be rooted at a local K-12 Philadelphia public school. The position oversees the design and implementation of youth-centered, project-based, hands‑on, outdoor and indoor garden education and nutrition activities. The position both helps coordinate and provide direct instruction at Netter Center after‑school programs.

Founded in 1992, the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships is the University's primary vehicle for advancing civic and community engagement  brings together the resources and assets of both the University and the wider community to help solve universal problems such as poverty, health inequities, environmental sustainability, and inadequate, unequal education as they are manifested in the University's local geographic area of West Philadelphia and Philadelphia  Netter Center develops and helps implement democratic, mutually transformative, place-based partnerships between Penn and West Philadelphia that advance research, teaching, learning, practice, and service and improve the quality of life on campus and in the community.

The Netter Center works with and serves as a model for other higher education institutions across the United States and around the world.

The Netter Center's university‑assisted community schools (UACS) is a strategy to educate, engage, empower, and serve all members of the community in which the school is located and engage students (K‑16+) in real world, community problem solving learning. UACS collaborates with partners to advance teaching, research, learning and service, as well as the civic development of their students.

PT UACS Garden/Nutrition Educators work as part of the Netter Center UACS team to support nutrition and wellness programming. This place-based position will be rooted at a local K-12 Philadelphia public school. The position oversees the design and implementation of youth-centered, project-based, hands‑on, outdoor and indoor garden education and nutrition activities. The position both helps coordinate and provide direct instruction at Netter Center after‑school programs.

Primary responsibilities of this role include supervising K-12 students in safe and fun learning while maintaining a school garden and participating in cooking activities. This involves team building, gardening and cooking, and reflection with K-12 students and Penn students during after‑school. A component of the position will be to further implement and develop our University‑assisted garden, nutrition and wellness education programming.

The position works with staff and partners to implement University‑Assisted Garden/Nutrition curricula that is most appropriate and effective for their audience.

This position will work closely with Penn ABCS courses and facilitate connections to faculty partners. This…