Education Assistant AmeriCorps

Position Details

• Position (s): 4480
• Position Title: Education Assistant - Ameri Corps
• Conservation Legacy Program: Scientists in Parks, Stewards Individual Placements
• Site
  
  Location:
  
  Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford, Washington
• Number of positions available: 1

• Duration: 12 Weeks
• Note: not flexible
• Flexible
  
  Start Date:
  
  Yes
• Start Date: 02/07/2027
• End Date: 05/02/2027
• Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 450 hours - this is the minimum number of hours the selected candidate must serve throughout the duration of their position.

• Segal Ameri Corps Education Award
  : $1,956.00 upon successful completion of position (pre-tax)
• Weekly Living Allowance
  : $675.00 per week, fixed rate (pre-tax)
• Relocation Allowance
  : $450.00 (distributed as a one-time lump sum with first paycheck) (pre-tax)
• Student Loan Forbearance if applicable (administered by My Ameri Corps , directly)
• Student Loan Interest Payments if applicable (administered through My Ameri Corps , directly)

Preference given to applicants who submit applications before Sunday, June 14, 2026. Applications will be reviewed after the Final date to receive applications passes. Positions will close after receiving 60 complete applications, or at 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 14, 2026, whichever occurs first.

Education; interpretation; information; geologic and hydrologic resources; stewardship

This Education Assistant is an Ameri Corps position. The SIP will be integral in communicating and sharing the park's resources and significance with a variety of audiences and stakeholders including park visitors, local community groups, and students while encouraging safe recreational enjoyment of the area and inspiring stewardship of the resource. This participant is anticipated to connect directly with approximately 250 students during field trips and in-class presentations, about 100 public visitors during formal snowshoe programs, and more than 3,000 people during visitor services tasks in visitor centers, roving, and correspondence.

Education programs will include current data collection and scientific analysis to strengthen understanding of scientific processes, bringing classroom learning to life with hands-on activities.

The SIP participants will assist in providing general public visitor services and education with a focus on geological and hydrologic resources in Mount Rainier National Park. The park offers winter recreation opportunities and connections to major geologic and hydrologic resources including an active volcano with numerous glaciers and year-round snowpack. They will provide park orientation and safety messaging and communicate in-depth information in formal interpretive programming, curriculum-based education at in-park school field trips, and in-classroom education sessions.

The SIP member will be mentored/trained on park resources, visitor services activities, and how to create and facilitate programs using hands-on, audience-centered techniques, and how to safely travel and live in the park’s winter environment.

Deliverables include at least one new independently created interpretive program or curriculum-based program that will be facilitated multiple times and available in the program library. The program will focus on hydrologic connections with the volcano’s watersheds, using current research and data from park resource specialists. Records and statistics of field contacts and programming attendance will be compiled for the park’s annual report to support future similar activities.

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident.
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of secondary school to enroll as an Ameri Corps participant and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award.
• Prior to starting the position, agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check for the employer of record, Conservation Legacy, and a separate government security background check for the host site.
• The…